GitHub Light Navbar

GitHub Light Navbar

Brings back the old navbar.

What is GitHub Light Navbar?
GitHub Light Navbar is a Chrome extension that brings back the old navbar on github.com and gist.github.com. It also supports extra features like the new code search feature preview and allows resizing textareas to larger than 500px in height.
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Stats
Users: 53 ▼ -2
Rating: 3.50 (2)
Version: 1.8.0 (Last updated: 2023-08-28)
Creation date: 2020-06-26
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Size: 7.81K
URLs: Website
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Summary

Brings back the old navbar on github.com and gist.github.com. Only works when you are logged in and a light GitHub theme is enabled.

Note (August 2023): As of the latest navbar design, this extension only affects gist.github.com.

Extra features:

  • Supports the new code search feature preview.
  • The search box is wider when focused.
  • You can resize textareas to larger than 500px in height.

This software is not affiliated or endorsed by GitHub.

Source code: https://github.com/stefansundin/github-light-navbar

User reviews
It just... doesn't work, the navbar and the rest is still black
by Louise Louvieaux Louise Louvieaux, 2019-05-02
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Safety
Risk impact

GitHub Light Navbar is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

GitHub Light Navbar has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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