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On Windows 10, I have a number of web pages for which I used the "Add to desktop..." option in Chrome settings to have them start as 'applications' which I have pinned to the Taskbar:

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When I say 'application', it's really just a separate Chrome window with no address bar or other browser-related identifiers, so it feels like its own application. But under the covers, it's just a Chrome browser window, really.

So now I can click on a link in my Taskbar and this opens as its own window, which I really like, since I use this for some work-related stand-alone stuff, which I want to keep separate from my other browser tabs:

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However, if I navigate within this 'application' by clicking on links etc., since there is no address bar, is there any way to determine the URL of the current page? I can't right-click on the page

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    Right-click on the page works for me and gets me the context menu. You may use the extension Copy page title and url to add an entry to this menu. Another way is by typing Ctrl-U to open a new browser tab with the url in its address bar.
    – harrymc
    Feb 16, 2018 at 13:46
  • @harrymc Like I said at the very end of my post, I can't use right-click (because the context menu has been overridden in JavaScript). And extensions don't seem to work in application windows. However, if you post this as an answer (not a comment), you'll get the bounty win, because I'd forgotten about View Source (Ctrl+U) which, whilst a hack, does indeed work.
    – roryhewitt
    Feb 16, 2018 at 23:15
  • Done as requested.
    – harrymc
    Feb 17, 2018 at 8:06

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You may type Ctrl+U to open a new browser tab with the page-source and with, most importantly, the URL in its address bar.

If right-click on the page is not blocked in your application, you may use the extension Copy page title and url to add an entry to this menu that saves title and URL.

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In like harrymc's suggestion of viewing the source with Ctrl+U, here are a couple of other options (non-exhaustive):

  • Hover over the link to see its address in the tooltip at the bottom of the window.
  • Open the developer tools with F12 (also, Ctrl+Shift+J; Ctrl+Shift+C; Ctrl+Shift+I)
  • Ctrl+P should open a preview of what would be printed. If Show headers and footers is checked off, the URL will be added to the bottom of the printout (preview).

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