Set Character Encoding

Provide right-click menu to manually set character encoding for web pages.

Set Character Encoding - Chrome Extension for Web Pages

'Set Character Encoding' is a user-friendly Chrome extension that allows users to manually set the character encoding of any webpage. It provides you with a right-click menu where you can select the desired character set, which will automatically be applied to all pages on the same site. Additionally, it supports encoding of local files. The extension modifies HTTP response headers to override the original character set, thus requiring certain permissions during installation. It is continually updated to stay compatible with Chrome updates.

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Extension stats

By: BitLab

Users: 300,000+

Rating: 4.06

(281)

1 new ratings

Version: 1.0.1 (Last updated: 2024-08-08)

Creation date: 2019-02-24

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood:

Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

tabs
scripting
contextMenus
storage
declarativeNetRequestWithHostAccess

Host permissions:

<all_urls>

Size: 158.72K

Email: di*****@gmail.com

URLs: Privacy policy

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# 1,310 ▼ 8

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Extension summary

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Right-click at somewhere on web page to manually set character encoding. The selected character set will automatically apply to all pages on the same site. Select "Use page default" to cancel it. This extension modifies http response headers to override original character set, so when installing Chrome will say "it can read and change all your data on the websites you visit". Just let it go because that is exactly how it works. Starting from V0.4, it supports changing encoding of local files, but you need check 'Allow access to file URLs' in extension manage page. Starting from Chrome 72, old versions will stop working because new Chrome requires extensions to request for extra permission to modify response header. Please use V0.51 or later. To anybody who reports "not working", please share the URL of the page that is not working. We will try our best to make it work for you.

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Restores the function removed by Google.
Can change encoding effectively.
Works well on specific devices like Lemur browser.

Cons

Does not work properly with certain Chrome versions.
Issues with encoding changes reverting back.
Problems with newline characters being lost.

Most mentioned

Not working on some versions of Chrome.
Encoding changes are not applied consistently.
Decoding issues related to specific resources.

User reviews

Used for many many years. Thanks for the convienience it gives. Selecting UTF-8 on latest version may mislead Chrome into thinking some JS resources were text/html (instead of application/x-javascript explicitly returned by the server), preventing Chrome from loading the resource; I wonder if this can be fixed. Unluckily I'm unable to share the URL because it's currently only reproduced on an internal corporate page.