Questions tagged [google-chrome]
Google's web browser available on both mobile and desktop platforms.
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Duplicate the CURRENT STATE of a tab in Firefox or Chrome?
In both Firefox and Chrome, you can duplicate tabs by right-clicking the tab and choosing "Duplicate Tab". (In Firefox, you can also Ctrl+drag the tab.)
However, when a tab is duplicated in ...
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Does disabling a Google Chrome extension prevent any code of the extension from being executed?
I disabled a Google Chrome extension:
However, based on some recent experience, I am starting to wonder whether disabling a Google Chrome extension is a guarantee that no code from the extension is ...
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What's the keyboard key of defocus in address bar in Google Chrome?
I was using extensions like Vimium, Saka Key( to use only keyboard to control web browser )
sometimes, I want to leave focus, in the current tab,
so that I can active those extensions with keyboard ...
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Monospace fonts pixelated in Chrome but not in Firefox for Ubuntu 18.04LTS
I am using Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and I find that the monospaced font in Chrome is pixelated while in Firefox it is fine.
A screenshot from Chrome:
A same screenshot from Firefox:
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Chrome doesn't render fonts in PDFs
My Google Chrome isn't rendering fonts correctly, mainly in PDFs.
Here's a screenshot
The text simply doesn't appear. I'm using Manjaro Linux and Chrome 79.0.3945.88.
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How to examine and edit google-chrome Local Data?
How does google-chrome store its Local Data?
Specifically, I'd like to have a command-line script that would display, or make a few specific changes to, some of the browser's local data.
I'm not ...
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Turn off autocomplete for single webpage
I use a webpage for work which I have several logins for (admin, user, etc) so I utilize Chrome autocomplete for my logins. However, when I create a new user for the system, it autofills my user name ...
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Chrome shows "aw snap" message after windows update
I have some unknown problem with chrome.
Today I have been updated my windows 10 after I did not about 2-3 months.
Before the update, chrome worked fine, but now no matter what I'm trying to do "aw ...
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VS2017 makes display driver crash around 4pm if web browser is on
I got a weird display driver crash problem.
My computer is Dell T5810 with Windows 10. My display card is AMD FirePro W2100. My display would crash around 4pm if I got Visual Studio 2017 on with a ...
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New Windows Install, some apps have internet, some don't
I reinstalled Win10 last week and after spending considerable time getting things installed realized that my VisualStudio Community had only partial internet. When browsing Nuget packages that worked, ...
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How can I defocus all inputs on a page easily?
I'm using a Chrome extension called Vimium which allows me to navigate quickly through a page, it inserts letters as commands on all the parts of the page that I can iteract with when I press f on the ...
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Connect to WIFI from Chrome while in kiosk mode
I have a small setup, where a windows tablet starts up and automatically loads a webpage in Chrome, in kiosk mode. But the webpage requires WIFI to work (Ethernet cable is not an option), is there ...
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Google Chrome Bookmark Folders - Can you Undo 'Reorder By Title'?
In my Google Chrome v53, I have hundreds of bookmarks groped into around 20 folders. Folders were arranged as they were created over a period of time. Certain links that I access frequency were ...
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How can I undo what CCleaner did?
I experienced a little problem when using CCleaner. Before I started, I had two Chrome windows opened with multiple tabs each. Then I ran CCleaner and it asked me to close Chrome in order to delete ...
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Using Google Hangouts on Google Chrome: from time to time "Couldn't start the video call because of an error"
When I joined a Google Hangouts video conference with Google Chrome, from time to time, I get the error message
Couldn't start the video call because of an error"
Please check your firewall ...
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Chrome/YouTube using motion interpolation; How can I turn it off?
Recently I have noticed that when watching YouTube on Chrome, the video is motion interpolated (the "soap opera" effect). When I watch the same video on Firefox using the Flash plugin there is no ...
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Chrome not able to browse from ethernet network when connected to wifi. But IE can
My PC is connected to a WIFI access point to access internet. That is working fine. Now, I have connected an embedded system (say a router) to my PC using an ethernet cable. Now I am able to ping ...
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IDM integration in chrome is not functioning
I am using the latest versions of both IDM and Chrome, but IDM context menu is greyed out. I tried reinstalling both Chrome and IDM, but found the following error -
Warning note: advanced browser ...
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How do I get Chrome/Chromium to remember username and password for Namecheap?
I've tried some extensions like "Autocomplete on" and "Remember Password", but nothing seems to on just this particular site. All other sites seem to be working fine without extensions.
Is there a ...
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Download data from Google Chrome Sync before deleting
I would like to clear the data synced by Chrome to my google account: history, open tab, extensions, auto-filled form fields,...
But, before, I would also like to download all the data on my account....
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What can cause `ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED` DNS resolution errors in Chrome (Win 7 x64) that are eliminated by proxying through Fiddler2?
Suddenly after updating Chrome (from v36 => v41 I think) I started having persistent DNS resolution errors in Chrome. Eventually after using Chrome for an indeterminate amount of time, when I try ...
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Thin black bar appears on fullscreen Flash videos in Chrome
In Chrome, when I go fullscreen on YouTube videos I get a thin horizontal black line across all videos, about 2/3 of the way up the screen. It looks like this:
It isn't there when the video is ...
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Remove Entries from Chrome's preloaded HSTS list
Is there any way to remove entries from Chrome's preloaded HSTS list?
For development reasons I need to route a webpage through Fiddler, but that webpage loads jQuery from ajax.googleapis.com - which ...
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Can't install Google Earth plugin in Chrome on OSX
This is weird. A few months ago I had the plugin running just fine in Chrome. Now it's not showing up (OSX 10.9.5, Chrome Version 40.0.2214.111 (64-bit)).
When I go to http://www.google.com/intl/en/...
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I need to find the dates on which I first accessed webpages
What is the easiest way to find the first time I visited a given website in:
Firefox 32.0.3
Google Chrome 37.0.2062.124
and IE 11.0.12
I need to know the very first time that I visited each website, ...
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How to set Chrome browser image as wallpaper in Linux?
I want to set an image in Chrome browser as desktop wallpaper without explicitly downloading the image. Something like http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/31759/how-to-set-an-image-as-wallpaper-in-google-...
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Not able to disable incognito mode in chrome with windows 8
I have windows 8 and chrome version 28 but the steps which was said with the links below is not working. It still shows me incognito mode as enabled.
http://dev.chromium.org/administrators/policy-...
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How do I disable Google Chrome silent updates?
I've done the instructions that I found online and Chrome is still automatically updating itself.
I've downloaded and installed the ADM template so I can use Local Policy to disable updates. I've set ...
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Google Chrome "warn to quit" not warning on Cmd + Tab quit
As a Mac poweruser, I often use Cmd + Tab to switch between applications. Tab is unfortunately close to Q, so I often end up jamming Cmd + Q as well by accident. On most applications, this isn't a ...
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How to prevent or revert Chrome from randomly replacing the sites that show up in my new tab page?
Chrome shows the most visited sites on my new tab page which is great. But sometimes it replaces one of these with a page that's still on that site but not the main page.
So if I am visiting ...
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Chrome: Add sites to new tab page
Chrome 20.
I deleted a bunch of sites from my new tabs page. But they're not getting refilled. It's been a few weeks but I see 3 empty grey boxes. Anyway to fill them?
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Is there a Chrome equivalent to the Firefox JS Print Setup addon?
Is there an addon to Chrome or a setting I can tick where I can print silently?
JS Print Setup is a Firefox addon which instantiates a JavaScript object that lets you print silently. I'd settle for ...
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Firefox high GPU usage
These graphs show the GPU usage patterns of the Flash Player plugin for Firefox and Chrome, respectively. The test involved playing a 30-second HD Facebook video.
As the graphs show, Firefox uses ...
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Chrome extensions settings - are they portable?
As of 2023 Chrome extensions' settings seem to be located on Windows in:
%userprofile%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 1\Local Extension Settings
They are stored using LevelDB (one .ldb ...
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Google Chrome crashing when opening youtube
I am using Chrome 92.0.4515.107 on Win 10. Whenever I try to open youtube (i.e. type the address in omnibox and press Enter), Chrome instantly closes. When I reopen Chrome, it warns that it was closed ...
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Chrome Jump List gone on Windows 8
Image looks like this:
Chrome's jumplist won't show so there are no "New tab" or "New incognito tab" options. I want to blame CCleaner because it clears recent jump lists, but somehow I doubt this is ...
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The Volume/Sound of Youtube videos in my main Youtube account is lower than the other youtube accounts
I have 3 different youtube accounts but for some reason, the volume/sound of one of them is lower than the other two accounts.
The system sound is working well. So the main problem is the youtube ...
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How to enable Google hangouts plugin in Linux?
How do you enable Google Hangouts in Chrome on Ubuntu 16?
I have a Gmail account open in Chrome, and when I hover over the phone icon in Gchat, it says "Please enable Hangouts to make and receive in ...
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Session expiration issues with various browsers
For a while now, I have been having issues with several websites, which tell me either just after logging in, or after one or two clicks, that my session has expired and I need to log in again.
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Chrome Javascript and/or network stops running after closing RDP window (not logging out)
I have a Windows server whose only job is to run javascript which is injected into an open webpage in the Chrome browser. The javascript runs perfectly while the RDP session is open. The second I 'X' ...
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Is there a shortcut to translate page in Microsoft Edge?
My goal is to translate a page using a keyboard shortcut.
For example, when user visit a website, it can press a keyboard shortcut to translate the page.
This is a use case because the translate ...
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How can I automatically select a passkey in Chrome's passkey popup?
I'm using Chrome on a mac to login to a website using a passkey. When I arrive at the login screen, Chrome pops up this window for me to choose a passkey with the prompt: Use your passkey for website....
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Chrome: how to prevent changing color setting with Chrome Group Policy ADMX Templates?
Finally I installed the Chrome Group Policy ADMX Templates on a windows 11 pc but I didn't find any option to stop editing. Maybe I'm missing something...
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Windows 10 random freezes
Couple of months back my system started freezing up randomly. When it happens PC is completely frozen and requires cold reboot. No errors or abnormal artifacts appear on the screen.
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Disable class list popup while adding custom CSS
How to disable this popup while adding a new CSS to the chrome inspector module.
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(New) link for Google Tasks redirects to calendar view when creating a Chrome shortcut
When I create a new Chrome shortcut for https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/r/tasks, Google redirects to calendar view. The link works as a regular bookmark though. Can I create a Chrome shortcut ...
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Can't set Chrome's browser theme to a custom color
The older version of Google Chrome (122) on my Ubuntu 20.04 machine allowed me to set a custom color for the browser's theme using its color picker.
But after upgrading to 123 it's not possible ...
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Is it possible to move chrome's title bar icons position?
Seems unlikely but it wouldn't hurt to ask --
Is it possible to move chrome's title bar icons position, the window resize and close icons?
Such icons' position are different between Linux and Mac, I ...
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Google Chrome Option+Left Arrow does not move cursor back one word in URL bar on MacOS With Unicode Hex Input
When you have a url like https://example.com/with/many/parts-in-the/url.do?separated=by&non-word-characters, in Ubuntu and in Windows, chrome will let you navigate through each word separately, if ...
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Chrome Desktop sync error: "Corruption block checksum mismatch Failed"
When I open chrome://sync-internals/ I saw red errors. One of them is:
Preferences 52 52 Error:
WriteModifications@components\sync\model\model_type_store_backend.cc:237,
datatype error was ...
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