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.

Extension stats

By: Edu Campi
Users: 895 ▼ -10
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

Other platforms

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Not available on Edge
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Extension 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

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 Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.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
  • Simple and works great
  • Fills important productivity features for Chrome OS
  • Enables multiple workspaces
  • Positive feedback on performance
Cons
  • Hard-coded to tile screens only in halves
  • Compatibility issues with multiple screens
  • Some users report the extension does not work or respond to keyboard shortcuts
Most mentioned
  • Request for more flexible workspace naming
  • Desire for support for gestures
  • Issues with windows squeezing into one screen on multiple displays
Recent reviews
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, 2022-10-16

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by Per, 2020-09-17

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, 2020-03-13
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Windows Manager for Google Chrome™ requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Windows Manager for Google Chrome™ has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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