Guides

This simple app allows you to create modify and delete horizontal and vertical guides to check if the elements are correctly aligned
What is Guides?
"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.

Extension stats

Users: 2,000+
Rating: 4.20 (10)
Version: 2.1.1 (Last updated: 2022-03-22)
Creation date: 2017-06-24
Risk impact: Very low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • activeTab
  • scripting
Size: 15.00K

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Not available on Edge
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Extension summary

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

  1. ESC key or click on browser icon to exit/enter the application.
  2. Double click on a ruler to create a new guide.
  3. Double click on a guide to delete it.

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 Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.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
Recent 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!
by Proinsias Matthews, 2022-07-19

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

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.
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Guides does not require any sensitive permissions.

Risk likelihood

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