Chrome-tab-modifier NPM

Tab Modifier

Take control of your tabs.

Features

Rename tab
Change tab icon
Pin tab
Prevent tab closing
Unique tab
Mute tab

Quick rename can be done by right-clicking anywhere in the page and click on "Rename Tab".

Why?

I needed a quick UI element in Chrome to know the environment of the tab, as a Web developer I often use multiple versions of the same website: local, pre-production and production.

Not easy to find the appropriate tab when you have multiple tabs called "My awesome website".

I created Tab Modifier to add prefixes to website titles with a specific match.

DEV My awesome website: .local.domain.com
PREPROD My awesome website: .preprod.domain.com
PROD My awesome website: .domain.com

After that, I have added more features like "auto-pin", custom favicons and more.

Focused scope

Tab Modifier is based on user rules and act on the tab URL that matches the first seen rule.

Aware of that, there is no reason to include a feature that is not "rule-based". Prefer to install specific extensions.

Installation

Install from the Chrome Web Store.

Also available for Opera Browser.

Not available for Firefox, refer to #46.

Usage

Click on the icon to open Options.
Create your tab rules.
Try & enjoy!

Demo

Before

After

Youtube tab has been modified: use Google icon and pinned state.
My Website tabs have been modified: use a prefix in title.
Twitter tab has been modified: use default Chrome icon (white paper) and renamed to "I'm working hard!".

Options

Tab Rules

Tab Rules Form

Settings

Examples

You have infinite possibilities, here are some configurations:

Pin all tabs:

Detection: Contains
URL fragment: http
Pinned: ON

Say hello to all Google websites:

Detection: Contains
URL fragment: google.com
Title: Hello Google: {title}

Disguise GitHub as Google

Detection: Contains
URL fragment: github.com
Title: Google
Icon: https://www.google.com/favicon.ico

Prevent accidental tab closure:

Detection: Contains
URL fragment: important-website.com
Protected: ON

Mute all Youtube videos by default:

Detection: Contains
URL fragment: youtube.com
Mute: ON

Set blank icon on Pinterest:

Detection: Contains
URL fragment: pinterest.com
Icon: select "Chrome > Default"

Get only one GMail tab opened at once:

Detection: Starts with
URL fragment: https://mail.google.com
Unique: ON

Pin all PNG images (useless):

Detection: Ends with
URL fragment: .png
Pinned: ON

Customize title with HTML selector and Regexp:

Detection: Contains
URL fragment: github.com
Title: {title} | $2 by $1
URL matcher: github.com/(A-Za-z0-9_-+)/(A-Za-z0-9_-+)

Tab title will be: "sylouuu/chrome-tab-modifier: Take control of your tabs | chrome-tab-modifier by sylouuu"

Match GitHub repositories:

Detection: RegExp
URL fragment: github.com/(A-Za-z0-9_-+)/(A-Za-z0-9_-+)
Title: I got you GitHub!

Customize GMail title with Title matcher and URL matcher:

Detection: Contains
URL fragment: mail.google.com
Title: @0 | $0
Title matcher: a-z*@gmail.com
URL matcher: a-z*.google.com

Tab title will be: "youremail@gmail.com | mail.google.com"

And now, build your own... :muscle:

Ideas

Require password after inactivity.

Known issues

Local icon path doesn't work

Related issue: #5

Due to browser security restrictions, this path won't work: file://<path>/icon.png. Your icon will not be shown by Chrome.

Alternatively, you can upload your icon somewhere like imgur.com and paste the direct link in your rule.

Another solution consists in transform your image in the Data URI format. Go to duri.me and drag & drop your icon, then click on "Copy as DataURI" and paste it (the long text) in the icon input on your rule.

Chrome system pages `chrome://`

Related issues: #11, #14

Pages that start with chrome:// URL are protected. No content script can be injected then Tab Modifier will not work on these pages.

Local files `file:///`

Related issue: #13

By default, extensions don't have access to local files. You have to opt-in "Allow access to file URLs" from chrome://extensions/?id=hcbgadmbdkiilgpifjgcakjehmafcjai.