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favorite configuration on desktop
background of the inactive chrome tabs
If the background of the inactive chrome tabs is dark, their titles are not readily visible. To work around this, change the “theme color” to “Warm grey”.
chrome://settings/manageProfile -> Pick a theme color -> choose "Warm grey" option.
Before:
After:
tags | can't see chrome tabs in dark mode
restore previous session
chrome://settings/onStartup -> check "Continue where you left off"
or
Settings -> On startup -> check "Continue where you left off"
or
Settings -> On startup -> Manage on startup pages -> Pages to open on startup -> check "Continue where you left off"
or
chrome://settings/startupUrls -> Manage on startup pages -> Pages to open on startup -> check "Continue where you left off"
disable video auto play
- Disable automatic playing of videos on facebook.com using this extension. Once the extension is installed, hide the icon in the toolbar by right clicking on it → select “Hide in Chrome menu”.
Configuration
set up custom search engines
Right click in the address bar -> Edit search engines or preferences button -> Settings -> Settings -> Search -> Manage search engines
Add a new search engine | Keyword | URL with %s in place of query |
---|---|---|
Wikipedia.org | wiki | https://www.wikipedia.org/search-redirect.php?family=wikipedia&language=en&search=%s&go=&go=Go |
raju.shoutwiki.com | rwiki | http://raju.shoutwiki.com/wiki/Special:Search?search=%s&go=Go |
To access the search engines, enter the keyword in the address bar and press tab.
Another easy way to add a custom search engine is to go to the website, right click on the search bar → select “Add as search engine…” → edit the fields if necessary → ok
dummy
fast select text in chrome
- Select the first word or letter or a part of the word where you want to start copying.
- Scroll down till the place you have to copy.
- Hold down the Shift key, and click on the ending of the text.
links I came across
- https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/157179 - chrome keyboard shortcuts
Extensions
Install ublock origin
Ref:- https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/tree/master/dist#build-instructions-for-developers
cd $software/build mkdir ublock_origin_parent; cd ublock_origin_parent git clone https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock.git # 2022-09-20: Do we have to check out uAssets? git clone https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uAssets.git cd uBlock git checkout master conda activate py310 ./tools/make-chromium.sh
The package is created in dist/build/uBlock0.chromium
chrome -> chrome://extensions/ Enable Developer mode -> Load unpacked select /uBlock/dist/build/uBlock0.chromium/
Useful links:
- https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues - This is the issue tracker as per https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/3726
Install bypass paywalls
Ref:- https://github.com/iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-chrome
cd $software/zipped mkdir -p bypass_paywalls cd bypass_paywalls
Create a backup of the existing zip file
make_bkup.py master.zip
Download the zip file
curl -L -O https://github.com/iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-chrome/archive/master.zip
Create a backup of previously unzipped version.
cd ../../unZipped make_bkup.py bypass-paywalls-chrome-master rm -rf bypass-paywalls-chrome-master
Unzip the latest version
unzip ../zipped/bypass_paywalls/master.zip
This will unzip everything into $software/unZipped/bypass-paywalls-chrome-master
chrome -> chrome://extensions/ Enable Developer mode -> Load unpacked select $software/unZipped/bypass-paywalls-chrome-master
related:
- https://github.com/iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-chrome/archive/v1.7.5.zip - link to download a specific version.
- https://github.com/KamarajuKusumanchi/rutils/blob/master/python3/make_bkup.py - script to backup a directory or a file.
extensions I use
- autoscroll
- Install this extension to scroll using the middle mouse button in chrome on Debian.
- It supports two ways of scrolling:
- Press (or hold) the middle mouse button and then move the mouse
- Hold Ctrl and press the left mouse button
bookmarks related
bookmarks file
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Bookmarks
import bookmarks
three dots button → Bookmarks and lists → Import bookmarks and settings… → In the drop down choose “Bookmarks HTML file”