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Google Chrome Extensions (Labs)

Samples

Animated Page Action

Uses background_page, page_action and tabs

This extension adds an animated browser action to the toolbar.

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Blank new tab page

Uses chrome_url_overrides

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Block/allow referrer API example extension

Uses browser_action and privacy

Sample extension which demonstrates how to access a preference.

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Block/allow third-party cookies API example extension

Uses browser_action and privacy

Sample extension which demonstrates how to access a preference.

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Broken Links

Uses background_page, devtools_page, experimental and tabs

Extends the Developer Tools, adding an audit category that finds broken links on the inspected page.

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BrowsingData API: Basics

Uses browser_action, browsingData and popup

A trivial usage example.

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CatBlock

Uses background_page, webRequest and webRequestBlocking

I can't has cheezburger!

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Chrome Query

Uses devtools_page

Extends the Developer Tools, adding a sidebar that displays the jQuery data associated with the selected DOM element.

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Chromium Buildbot Monitor

Uses background_page, browser_action, notifications and options_page

Displays the status of the Chromium buildbot in the toolbar. Click to see more detailed status in a popup.

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CLD

Uses background_page, browser_action and tabs

Displays the language of a tab

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Content Script Cross-Domain XMLHttpRequest Example

Demonstrates making cross domain requests from a content script by putting Twitter trends on Google News.

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Content settings

Uses browser_action, contentSettings and tabs

Shows the content settings for the current site.

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Context Menus Sample

Uses background_page and contextMenus

Shows some of the features of the Context Menus API

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Email this page (by Google)

Uses background_page, browser_action, options_page and tabs

This extension adds an email button to the toolbar which allows you to email the page link using your default mail client or Gmail.

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Event Tracking with Google Analytics

Uses browser_action

A sample extension which uses Google Analytics to track usage.

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FirePHP for Chrome

Uses background_page, devtools_page and tabs

Extends the Developer Tools, adding support for parsing FirePHP messages from server

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Google Calendar Checker (by Google)

Uses background_page, browser_action, options_page and tabs

Quickly see the time until your next meeting from any of your calendars. Click on the button to be taken to your calendar.

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Google Mail Checker

Uses background_page, browser_action, options_page and tabs

Displays the number of unread messages in your Google Mail inbox. You can also click the button to open your inbox.

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Hello World

Uses browser_action

The first extension that I made.

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iGoogle new tab page

Uses chrome_url_overrides

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Keyboard Pin

Uses background_page and tabs

Creates a keyboard shortcut (C + Shift + P) to toggle the pinned state of the currently selected tab

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Merge Windows

Uses background_page, browser_action and tabs

Merges all of the browser's windows into the current window

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Message Timer

Uses browser_action and tabs

Times how long it takes to send a message to a content script and back.

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My Bookmarks

Uses bookmarks, browser_action and tabs

A browser action with a popup dump of all bookmarks, including search, add, edit and delete.

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News Reader

Uses browser_action and tabs

Displays the first 5 items from the 'Google News - top news' RSS feed in a popup.

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News Reader

Uses browser_action and tabs

Displays the first 5 items from the 'Google News - top news' RSS feed in a popup.

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Notification Demo

Uses background_page, notifications, options_page and tabs

Shows off desktop notifications, which are "toast" windows that pop up on the desktop.

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NTP prototyping extension

Uses chrome_url_overrides and topSites

extension to prototype new NTP designs

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Omnibox Example

Uses background_page

To use, type 'omnix' plus a search term into the Omnibox.

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Page action by content

Uses background_page and page_action

Shows a page action for HTML pages containing the word 'sandwich'

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Page action by URL

Uses background_page, page_action and tabs

Shows a page action for urls which have the letter 'g' in them.

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Page Cycler (packaged app)

Uses experimental

Page Cycler UI

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Print this page

Uses background_page, browser_action and tabs

Adds a print button to the browser.

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Process Monitor

Uses browser_action, experimental and tabs

Adds a browser action that monitors resource usage of all browser processes.

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SandwichBar

Uses background_page and experimental

Shows an infobar on pages which contain the word 'sandwich'

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Show Tabs in Process

Uses browser_action, experimental and tabs

Adds a browser action showing which tabs share the current tab's process.

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Stylizr

Uses <all_urls>, browser_action, options_page, storage and tabs

Spruce up your pages with custom CSS.

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Talking Alarm Clock

Uses background, background_page, browser_action and tts

A clock with two configurable alarms that will play a sound and speak a phrase of your choice.

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Test Screenshot Extension

Uses background_page, browser_action and tabs

Demonstrate screenshot functionality in the chrome.tabs api. Note: only works for code.google.com

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TTS Debug (packaged app)

Uses tts

Tool for developers of Chrome TTS engine extensions to help them test their engines are implementing the API correctly.

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TTS Demo (packaged app)

Uses tts

Demo Chrome's synthesized text-to-speech capabilities.

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Typed URL History

Uses browser_action, history and tabs

Reads your history, and shows the top ten pages you go to by typing the URL.

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`extension.isAllowedFileSchemeAccess` and `extension.isAllowedIncognitoAccess` Example

Uses browser_action

Demonstrates the `extension.isAllowedFileSchemeAccess` and `extesion.isAllowedIncognitoAccess` APIs

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