Smooth Checkbox for Gmail™

Select/deselect multiple checkboxes by click and drag!

Smooth Checkbox for Gmail™: Easy Checkbox Selection Tool

Smooth Checkbox for Gmail™ is a unique Chrome extension designed to ease the selection and deselection process of multiple checkboxes in Gmail. Instead of individually ticking boxes, users can now simply click and drag to select or deselect numerous checkboxes at once. The extension only adds new UI functionality in Gmail and assures users of their data privacy as it does not collect or store any personal or sensitive data.
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Extension stats

Users: 10,000+
Rating: 3.66
(29)
Version: 1.4.9 (Last updated: 2019-02-27)
Creation date: 2019-02-26
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • storage
Size: 482.30K

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Extension summary

Now you don't have to click each checkbox when you want to select multiple checkboxes. You can just click and drag to select a bunch.

Deselect Behavior: If you drag your cursor during deselection, every checkbox touched will be deselected.

User Data and Privacy Policy: This extension parses Gmail web pages to simply add new user interface functionality for selecting/deselecting checkboxes. This extension does not collect or store any personal or sensitive user data.

Gmail is a trademark of Google Inc. Use of this trademark is subject to Google Permissions.

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 Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.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
  • Works great!
  • So easy to use and fast!
  • Amazing. Thanks!!!
  • Great idea
Cons
  • Not working/inconsistent functionality
  • Pop-up menu is missing options (Delete, Move, etc.)
  • Highlighted checkboxes issue with multiple panes
  • Functionality disappears in priority inbox
  • Developer has been slow to fix issues
Most mentioned
  • Not working
  • No longer working
  • Works great
  • Pop-up menu missing options
  • Inconsistent functionality
User reviews
not working
by David Curtis, 2021-05-07

No longer working AGAIN :(
by Jon, 2019-03-01

Works great! Pop-up menu (that opens after selection - optional) is missing options (Delete, Move etc.).
by Elinor Benchimol, 2018-01-31
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Smooth Checkbox for Gmail™ requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Smooth Checkbox for Gmail™ has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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