guideLinr

Photoshop-like guide lines for any page

What is guideLinr?

guideLinr is a feature-rich Chrome extension that allows users to create persistent horizontal and vertical guide lines on web pages, akin to Photoshop. It provides flexible customization, offering several different colors for the lines, which users can change any time via a context menu. Additional features include an integrated distance measurement tool, the ability to reposition guides through dragging or arrow keys, and a 'Snap to Element' and 'Snap to Grid' feature for accurate guide alignments. The guidelines created are persistent and remain visible in subsequent visits to the same URL.

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Extension stats

By: slobaum

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Users: 725 ▼ -14

Rating: 4.08 (24)

Version: 1.1.0 (Last updated: 2014-02-26)

Creation date: 2014-02-25

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

tabs
contextMenus
http://*/*
https://*/*
*://*/*

Size: 54.53K

Ranking

# 33587 ▼ 290

Other rankings

#7357 in Developer Tools ▼ 26 #98 in guide keyword 12 ▼ 1 #127 in grid keyword 23 #230 in arrow keyword 3 ▲ 7

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Extension summary

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guideLinr provides rich, Photoshop-like guidelines for any page on the web.

With guideLinr, you can create vertical or horizontal guidelines that will persist by URL. If you visit Google today and add guides, tomorrow they'll be back when you return. Right click on any element to add guides on any edge (top, right, bottom, left, or all).

There are several different color options available, and the color of guides can be changed from the rich context menu available on each guide.

There is an integrated distance measurement tool that shows distance between your guides as you move them. The measurements are now sticky so you can see them wherever you scroll.

guideLinr guides can be dragged with your pointer, or moved with your arrow keys for more precise alignment. Hold Shift while you press arrow keys, and they move faster.

There's an optional "Snap to Element" feature to help align guides to your elements while dragging. There's also a "Snap To Grid" feature that helps create or align guides to a grid of your choosing.

The source for guideLinr is available here: https://bitbucket.org/slobaum/guidelinr/overview

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

Very useful for installing lines and calculating distances
Works well after refreshing the page
Good for using multiple rulers in applications
Allows the user to draw lines without covering up elements
Easy to use on a daily basis

Cons

Does not work on local HTML files
Has not been updated since 2014
Moves guide lines instead of the elements when using arrow keys
Does not work on certain web pages as expected
Many users found it difficult to make it work initially

Most mentioned

Doesn't work
Very useful
Need for updates or improvements
Need for usability features like toggling or shortcuts
Requires page refresh to see functionality

Recent reviews

Удобная штука. Позволяет устанавливать линии и вычисляет расстояние между ними

Николай Ильинов, 2020-04-06

Like others, at first I thought it wasn't working (probably due to its age), but as the reviews were informative: to make it work with a web page you had open before installing the extension, you just have to refresh the page. Works like a champ and very useful!