Grayscale Tool

Press shift+g (or create your own key shortcut) to (de)activate grayscaling of a web page.

Grayscale Tool - A Unique Chrome Extension for Website Grayscaling

"Grayscale Tool" is a specialized browser extension for Google Chrome, designed to simplify the process of transforming a web page's content into grayscale. Primarily best suited for web designers seeking to test contrast, it persists between page loads and can be activated using a customizable shortcut. Equally, any individual requiring an on-demand grayscale feature for a webpage may find the Grayscale Tool beneficial.

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By: Emanuel Malmquist

Users: 2,000+

Rating: 2.54

(46)

Version: 2.0 (Last updated: 2014-10-19)

Creation date: 2014-10-19

Permissions:

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Size: 4.55K

Full description: See detailed description

Ranking

# 18,653 ▲ 7

Other rankings

#3120 in Developer Tools ▲ 24 #218 in tool keyword 65 ▼ 4

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 Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.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

Works well when it functions correctly
Allows customizing the shortcut
Nice neat tool

Cons

Doesn't work for many users, especially after installation
Shortcut keys often do not work reliably
No on/off setting outside of keyboard shortcuts
Doesn't work on existing tabs before installation
Incompatibility issues reported on different platforms

Most mentioned

Doesn't work anymore
Shortcut does not function as intended
Refreshing tabs is required for it to work
Incompatibility or functionality issues across different device types

User reviews

doesn't work

Jonathan Holden, 2024-06-18

Works well, I would prefer it to store on/off state per tab since I'll only need it for one or two tabs at a time but for my usage I only activate it briefly now and then so I don't need to worry much about opening/refreshing other tabs while its on. I'm using Alt+G as the shortcut as I already use Shift+G for something else.

Old “Laag” Starchy, 2023-09-14

No matter what combination I used, it didn't work- was looking forward to this...

Brooklyn, 2022-02-08

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Grayscale Tool requires very minimum permissions.

Risk impact analysis details

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