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.

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Extension stats

By: Edu Campi

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Users: 921 ▼ -14

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

Email: we*****@campi.xyz

Ranking

# 30474 ▼ 227

Other rankings

#4569 in Workflow & Planning ▼ 8 #40 in windows keyword 38 ▼ 5 #141 in manager keyword 49 ▼ 2 #179 in trademark keyword 14 ▲ 1

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Not available on Edge

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Extension summary

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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 Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.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.

Jon Rowlands, 2022-10-16

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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.