# Window Names

> Give your Firefox windows custom names that show in the title bar, taskbar, and the macOS dock window menu.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/window-names](https://chrome-stats.com/d/window-names)

## Overview

- **ID:** `window-names`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Jim Thomas
- **Category:** appearance,tabs
- **Daily users:** 35
- **Weekly downloads:** 13
- **Version:** 0.1.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-01
- **First published:** 2026-05-29
- **Size:** 18 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-07
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/window-names/)

## Description

A small Firefox extension that lets you give each browser window a custom name and color. The name shows up in the title bar, the taskbar/window switcher, and the macOS dock icon's window list — making it easy to tell windows apart when you have several open for different contexts (Work, Research, Email…).

Features

Name a window — set a custom name per window. It's prepended to the window title via windows.update({ titlePreface }), so it appears in: the OS title bar, the taskbar / window switcher, the macOS dock icon's right-click window menu.
Color a window — pick from a soft palette (the Firefox profile colors). The chrome is themed per window with a tasteful edge-gradient look: a narrow gradient strip is pinned to each side while a solid color fills the stretchy middle, so it resizes gracefully (the same technique the Alpenglow theme uses).
In-chrome confirmation — the toolbar button shows the window's name as a badge, tinted with the chosen color.

## Rankings

- #19,147 — Overall
- #18 — name
- #112 — windows

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `theme`
- `management`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Low risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** High risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Manages other extensions, which allows oversight but might intervene with user configurations and choices.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/window-names)