View background image

Adds a "open background image in new tab" menu item. Finds closest element to the clicked area that has a background image.

What is View background image?

'View background image' is a Chrome extension that adds the functionality of opening a background image in a new tab, directly from a web page. It identifies the closest element to the clicked area that has a background image and enhances your browsing experience. This extension is always visible, albeit the presence of a background image. The open-source and MIT-licensed extension invites contributions.

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By: Espen Hovlandsdal

View on Chrome Web Store

Users: 1,000+

Rating: 2.90 (42)

Version: 1.0.3 (Last updated: 2016-08-07)

Creation date: 2016-08-07

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

contextMenus
<all_urls>

Size: 7.80K

Ranking

# 22988 ▲ 4

Other rankings

#3359 in Developer Tools ▲ 1 #7 in background keyword 24

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Not available on Firefox

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Extension summary

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Adds a new menu item to web pages - "open background image in new tab". Will try to find the closest element to the clicked area that has a background image.

Tries to mirror Chrome's own "open image in new tab"-functionality, but currently there seems to be no way in Chrome extensions to show a context menu item based on the return value of a function, so currently it is always shown, regardless of the presence of a background image.

This extension is open-source and MIT-licensed. Source code can be found at https://github.com/rexxars/view-background-image - contributions are welcome.

User reviews

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Pros

Works as advertised when correctly used.
Allows opening background images in a new tab.
Small size and lightweight extension compared to others.
Only opens the specific image you click on, unlike other extensions.

Cons

Does not work consistently across all websites.
Requires reloading the tab for it to function properly.
Users experience issues with images that have overlays.
Some users report it not working at all.

Most mentioned

Doesn't work
Needs to reload the tab
Works when used correctly
Overlays cause issues

Recent reviews

Worked as advertised.

C N, 2024-06-12

Perfect. Right-click on any image on a website and choose "Open background image in a new tab." A new tab opens with the full graphic just as advertised. If your image DOES NOT OPEN in a new tab it is not because this "View background image" extension DOES NOT WORK! It is because you are trying to right-click and open an image that has an overlay on top of it. Most overlays are invisible and may link to some other website. This "View background image" extension works in the latest version of Chrome. Before "View background image" extension works you MUST CLOSE and re-OPEN Chrome!