What is TracePad?
TracePad is a lightweight Python-based text editor built using tkinter that not only lets you write and edit text but also tracks the origin of each input - Whether it was typed manually or pasted.
It visually marks:
- Manually typed text with green
- Pasted text with red
This behavior is dynamically shown only on hover, not permanently, keeping you workspace clean but informative. It's designed to help writers, developers or researchers understand how content was created - useful for code auditing, plagiarism checking or just curious minds.
you can think of it as:
"A simple text editor with hidden memory."
HOW IT WORKS(Under The Hood)
- Tkinter powers the UI.
- Every keystroke and paste action is tracked.
- On hover, the background color temporarily shows the origin: Green: manually typed Red: pasted 4 All of this is done with minimal performance overhead
TRY IT YOURSELF
You can explore the source code and contribute on GitHub
https://github.com/ZeroClick9039/TracePad.git
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