Windows Manager for Google Chrome™

Windows Manager for Google Chrome™

Allows to tile Chrome™ windows and emulate workspaces

What is Windows Manager for Google Chrome™?
Windows Manager for Google Chrome™ is an extension that brings window management to a new level. With multi-monitor support, it allows users to tile chrome windows and emulate up to 9 workspaces. It provides multi-platform support and features like custom keyboard shortcuts and window's workspace assignment memory after reboots. It requires some permissions including display notifications and reading your browsing history to reinstate window placements after a reboot or browser restart.
Merlin
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By: Edu Campi
Users: 937 ▲ 9
Rating: 4.36 (11)
Version: 0.9.8 (Last updated: 2018-12-03)
Creation date: 2018-12-03
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • notifications
  • storage
  • system.display
  • tabs
Size: 176.13K
URLs: Website
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Summary

Features:

  • Multi-monitor support.
  • Emulates up to 9 workspaces.
  • Tiles windows to 8 different positions. (4 corners + 4 split screen)
  • Remembers the windows workspace assignment between system reboots.
  • Allows to define custom keyboard shortcuts.
  • Multi-platform support: ChromeOS, Linux, Mac and Windows.

Required Permissions:

  • 'Display Notifications': To Notify when switching to another workspace.
  • 'Read your browsing history': To recover each window's workspace assignment after a reboot or browser restart. Check the website for more details.

Code is freely available at GitLab, check the webpage link for more details.

NOTE: Chrome™ is a trademark of Google Inc. Use of this trademark is subject to Google Permissions.

User reviews
great
by I Y I Y, 2018-08-16

Love it. Simple and works great. One request: it's hard-coded to always tile the screen exactly in halves. Would be wonderful if, after the user has dragged the tile edges into some other proportion, the move and resize keys respected those edges. Thank you, though, great work.
by Jon Rowlands Jon Rowlands, 2022-10-16

It's great. Does the job. A few things to make it even better: 1. Allow users to name their workspaces. Instead of "workspace 1", "workspace 2", I'd really like to see them as "debug XXX", "XXX issue work" 2. I think there are some compatibility issue with this extension and multiple screens. When I have 2 screens, sometimes, when I switch workspaces, all windows will squeeze themselves into one screen. This doesn't always happen but I definitely have seen it happen.
by Joyce Zhou Joyce Zhou, 2020-03-13
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Safety
Risk impact

Windows Manager for Google Chrome™ may not be safe to use and it requires some risky permissions. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing.

Risk likelihood

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