Guides

This simple app allows you to create modify and delete horizontal and vertical guides to check if the elements are correctly aligned

Guides - A Chrome Extension for Site Alignment

"Guides" is a Chrome extension that provides a visual aid for webpage layout. It allows users to create, modify, or delete horizontal and vertical guides. These guides help to ensure proper element alignment in the page. Double-click on a ruler to create or double-click on a guide to delete. The web application can be easily exited or entered by pressing the 'ESC' key or clicking the browser icon.

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By: Stefano Vollono

Users: 2,000+

Rating: 4.20

(10)

Version: 2.1.1 (Last updated: 2022-03-22)

Creation date: 2017-06-24

Permissions:

activeTab
scripting

Size: 15.00K

Email: st*****@gmail.com

Full description: See detailed description

Ranking

# 19,812 ▼ 31

Other rankings

#893 in Developer Tools ▲ 1 #7 in guide keyword 6

Other platforms

Not available on Android

Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

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 Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.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

Useful for checking alignment
Adds a ruler feature
Simple to use

Cons

Guides cannot be saved
Limited to only 2 guides (1 horizontal and 1 vertical)
Event bubbling issues prevent use with popups
Bugs affecting functionality and pixel positioning

Most mentioned

Guides are not saved
Limited number of guides
Bugs and lack of pixel position display

User reviews

I love the idea but not being able to save guides makes it so frustrating to use as everything you do is gone as soon as you close it. I'm not going to give you a low star because it's still handy for checking if something is aligned properly. Future features to make this a quality 5* extension would be saved guide layouts (multiple layouts), suggested layouts (bootstrap grid, read from site css etc.), show distance between guides when hovering over, and different colour gridlines. Thanks for your work on this and looking forward to new features!

Proinsias Matthews, 2022-07-19

- guides are not saved - clicking on guides triggers event bubbling (cannot be used with popups)

Dmitrii Chernukho (gormonn), 2022-06-06

Es muy bueno, pero no permite tener más de 2 guías, uno horizontal y otro vertical, debería tener un mejor soporte para otras guías. En general, funciona bien, añade una regla lo cual es perfecto.

Sergio Alejandro Trejo, 2019-04-29

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Guides does not require any sensitive permissions.

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Low Request access to the following domains:

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High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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