Questions tagged [chrome-extensions]
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How to Auto-Hide the address bar in Google Chrome?
How can I hide the address bar in Google Chrome? I found this article but I am unable to find a solution for macOS. Ideally, I would like all toolbars to disappear similar to how they do in QuickTime. see images:
Is there such a solution…
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How to make Google Chrome Helper not use as much CPU
I've found solutions for this problem but they dont seem applicable now in 2017.
For some reason, Google Chrome Helper is using a lot of my CPU and fans are going full blast. I found this link on Apple's site that seems to help everyone but I can't…
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Useful Chrome extensions for OS X
I know there is already a post out there for Safari extensions, but Chrome extensions are completely different. So, what extensions do you think are useful? Please read these simple rules before posting:
Include only one extension in each…
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Is there any way to bring back H.264 support in Chromium
I'm using Chrome on a daily basis or to be exact, latest-builds of Chromium. I recently uninstalled Flash, in order to increase battery life on my MBP and in general rid my laptop of the evil Flash imply.
Now with Chromium's drop of H.264 codec…
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Can Google Chrome auto updating extensions be stopped?
A few days ago a hacked version of a Google Chrome extension I use was distributed via Chrome's automatic extension updates.
Is it possible to stop Google Chrome from automatically updating extensions?
I've seen instructions on how to do block…
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Where is Chrome Extension's Setting Files/Databases?
I don't seem to find Chrome Extension's Setting Files/Databases in OSX, it is not in the extension folder aka ~/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default/Extensions.
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change download folder based on website from which I download
Is it possible to change Downloads folder in Google Chrome (or any other browser) on the fly, based on the website from which I download?
Example: I start downloading on facebook.com and it downloads the file in ~/Downloads/Facebook. If I start the…
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How can I make Safari or Chrome remember my messages in contact forms?
As a customer, I contact businesses through contact forms on their websites, and often I forget the exact wording of the message and when I sent it.
(Often, I need to re-send messages when I don't receive a reply and an email address isn't listed…
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Toolbar Button for Chrome DevTools
anybody know any way of creating/putting an icon/button in google chrome's toolbar that will open its built-in Developer Tools?
i know there are keyboard shortcut options, menu bar options, secondary-clicking within webpage option, & the 3lined icon…
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macOS: How to open a local HTML file with URL parameters
I want to start a Kantu web macro from the command line on Mac. Essentially this is as simple as opening the Chrome or Firefox browser with a local HTML page (which contains the macro code). All works fine on Windows. But on macOS, when I use
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Can't click links at all in certain circumstances
This problem has bothered me for a few months now, but only in very limited circumstances. When I went on medium.com and tried to access my profile, when I clicked to open the navigation, the box dropped down for less than a second before…
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How to install Widevine CDM with Chromium on macOS?
I have just built the binary for Chromium. I am looking to install widevine. How might I do that?
I have only found tutroials for linux https://github.com/proprietary/chromium-widevine.
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Catalina: After some hours various things start to crash and/or stop working
I have noticeg that after some hours or so, Google Chrome starts giving a crashing extensions message, and at that time everything starts acting weird.
If I try to open an application it says "Can't open X Application". Even the screenshot shortcut…
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Hangouts Chrome extension no longer rings for calls or plays audio alerts for messages
Whenever I receive a call or a text message in Google Hangouts, the notification appears in the upper-right corner of the screen, but there is never any audio to accompany the notification (even when the Hangouts-extension window is the active…
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App to run Chrome web extensions on iPad
I have now moved from Android to iOS. In Android , I used Yandex Browser in which I can use Chrome web extensions. But in the Yandex Browser iOS app f, I can't download chrome web extension.
Does anyone know of a browser on iOS that allows the use…
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