Status bar URLs are being clipped in Chrome

Question

Same as this question, but regarding Chrome.

When I mouse over a long URL, it puts ... at the end. I don't like that.

Is there a way to disable it? An extension, a hidden about:config page, or a chrome.css file I can edit?

Dennis · Accepted Answer · 2012-06-07 12:05:22Z

There are two ways to see the full link of a href attribute:

Hover over the link and stay still for a second.

The ellipsis now gets replaced by the truncated part of the href attribute.
If you don't want to wait, you can use an extension. For example:

Status Bar (Chrome Web Store)
Status bar to display non-truncated links on mouseover.

Simple extension that does what it says. Nothing fancy.

Features
- Displays complete link (href attribute) on mouseover. No more truncation.
- Displays complete Page Title five seconds after moving mouse off a link.
- Single-click bar to hide it until you mouse over another link.
- Double-click bar to hide it until you reload the page.
- Customize the look and location via CSS.
The only problem: Now you have two status bars. To change this, open
```
chrome-extension://ojjdiklbbogaliiljdbpbkkkghendjja/options.html
```
and click Load Defaults.
- To maintain only the built-in status bar, make the following changes:
```
height           0px
```
  Then, click Save.
- Unfortunately, there's no way to disable or hide Chrome's built-in status bar altogether. However, you can make both status bars blend in with each other.
  
  To do this, make the following changes:
```
right            
left             0px
height           18px
padding          1px 10px 0px 3px
font-size        12px
color            #808080
background-color #DFDFDF
border-top       none
border-left      none
border-right     none
```
  Then, click Save.

Quite nice, except it leaves the normal status bar in tact (so I have 2). Anyway to disable that? — mpen, Jun 7, 2012 at 4:02
Unfortunately, there's no way to disable or hide Chrome's built-in status bar altogether. However, you can make both status bars blend in with each other (more or less seamlessly). I've updated my answer. — Dennis, Jun 7, 2012 at 12:05
Today (Chrome 84) even waiting 1 second or 10 seconds, the URL is still truncated to 114 chars... — Déjà vu, Jul 15, 2020 at 6:18

uSlackr · Accepted Answer · 2012-06-07 00:54:51Z

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The ViewThru extension for Chrome might give you what you need. More here: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/jkncfnbcgbclefkbknfdbngiegdppgdd

answered Jun 7, 2012 at 0:54

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No...did you read the description? This works on links to sites like tinyurl.
– mpen
Jun 7, 2012 at 4:02
That is link is a 404
– user3481644
Dec 14, 2021 at 14:32

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