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In Chrome, copy the following address into the URL bar: chrome://flags/enable-media-router. Click Enable under Enable Media Router. Relaunch Chrome. I tried to enable: chrome://flags/media-router chrome://flags/media-router-cast-allow-all-ips but still the chromium cannot find any devices. Both computers are connected to
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I am using Chromium version 80.0.3987.100 snap 64 bits in both 19.10 and 18.04. Both computers do not find the chromecast device. I tried to use mkchromecast but it cannot find the device either.I tried to enable:chrome://flags/#media-router chrome://flags/#media-router-cast-allow-all-ips but still the chromium cannot find any devices.Both computers are connected to the same WIFI. But i am wondering, how can the chromecast device connect to a WIFI without any authentication? Could be this the problem?It LED in the chromecast is blinking white which means it needs to be configure. Google says that it is only possible to configure it using the Google Home app which does not install in my phone because i have android 4.2 and apparently only install in android 4.4How can i make the configuration and make it run?Thank you. asked Feb 18, 2020 at 12:55 1 I give up. I use a android device to configure it. answered Sep 17, 2020 at 9:18 I was looking online for this issue howto fix. Maybe a little bit late, but for me these these three flags on enabled work.Connect to Cast devices on all IP addressesGlobal media controls control Cast start/stopEnable Open Screen Library (libcast) as the Mirroring Service's Cast Streaming implementation answered Feb 21, 2023 at 17:51 Try to enable the flags load-media-router-component-extensionIf that doesn't work after a relaunch, you may also need to enable cast-media-route-providerUnfortunately without a device that can confirm if the chromecast has been properly configured, it isn't possible to determine if the issue is with your chromium flags or the chromecast itself.Chrome-stable will have all the required flags enabled by default and should allow you actually set up the chromecast, see for instructions on Ubuntu.Good luck! answered Sep 16, 2020 at 17:13 You must log in to answer this question. Start asking to get answers Find the answer to your question by asking. Ask question Explore related questions See similar questions with these tags.
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V1.0.0 (Tue, Jul 18 2023) 37609a01 deps: upgrade lighthouse-logger to 2.0.1 (#309)dacd3578 Publish as ESM (#302)f9e43693 fix: always close file handles to stdout/stderr logs (#259 v0.15.2 (Mon, April 17 2023) 76b6a13c Update logLevel option typing (#295)60044483 Update headless=chrome flag to headless=new (#290)b041125a log when connection to existing chrome found for requested port (#291)f64a7d89 docs(flags): fix description of mock-keychain flagc753ba08 use updating node versions in CI (#286)8d1d85dc docs(flags): adjust grouping. add in several features (#283)471a97c7 flags: disable optimization guide and media router (#282)83f08461 docs(flags): add disable-features=MediaRouter which is surprisingly active346b3c2c rename master branch references to main (#280)f618e7e5 docs: a few additions to the flags docc36bd8dc docs: add OptimizationHints to flags1cbf8b9a Make LaunchedChrome.kill sync (#269) v0.15.1 (Tue, May 31 2022) 3724165a make launcher.kill() synchronous, fs.rm now gets force and maxRetries (#268)3561350a revise taskkill procedure on windows (#267)690ae983 add lighthouse smoketests (windows) to CI (#265)279577fd docs(chrome-flags-for-tools): add link to overview of features (#235)ff91c18b fix: use wslpath to resolve Windows paths (#200)30755cde test: run latest versions of node in CI (#257) v0.15.0 (Wed, Nov 10 2021) 1af60cb add getChromePath() method for printing found chrome path (#255) v0.14.2 (Tue, Nov 2 2021) ba8d76bd fix chrome connection in node 17, use 127.0.0.1 explicitly (#253)56731dd8 fix: forward support for fs.rm in node 14.14+ (#242) v0.14.1 630bb77f feat: set browser preferences (#247)12b2c8e3 docs(flags): note that disable-gpu isnt needed v0.14.0 (Tue, May 18 2021) ac1f4aff move to minimum node 12; remove rimraf (#237)dec646c4 deps: remove mkdirp for fs.mkdirSync (#234)83ab178a update minimum node version (#222)a5f6eb2f add additional chrome flags (#227)3a7c9610 reword unset-CHROME_PATH error messageb1b8dc74 rename disabled TranslateUI to Translate to match Chrome (#225)beb41360 chore: update dependencies and test targets (#221)df9d564a tests: migrate from travis to github actions (#228)673da08b tests: add mac/win bots to ci (#232)a700ae0c docs: fix readme's getInstallations() section (#212)chrome-flags-for-tools.md update4b98587d massive update and refactor (#226)e45b100f minor tweaks to headless and others3a90c21b fix links8429ca93 add feature flags description21db5f9f even more documented flags (#231) 0.13.2 (Thu, May 7 2020) 7c1ea547 deps: bump to is-wsl@2.2.0 (#187)2ae5591d fix: sanitize environment variables used in RegExp (#197) 0.13.1 (Wed, Apr 1 2020) bf2957ac deps: update various dependencies (#192)fixes the vulnerability warnings 0.13.0 (Thu, Feb 27 2020) 83da1e41 feat: add killAll function (#186)b8c89f84 flags: disable the default browser check (#181) (#182)6112555c fix: log taskkill error based on logging opts (#178) (#179)7c935efa docs: add missing quote in README.md example (#180)2e829c7d Skip --disable-setuid-sandbox flag when ignoreDefaultFlags = true (#171)(👋 also... there are a few releases we didnt publish here, but are tagged and published to npm.their changes are detailed in changelog.md)[chrome flag] Media router 끄기 - 네이버 블로그
Łukasz Anforowiczunread,Jul 20, 2020, 12:02:42 PM7/20/20to Chromium Extensions, Charlie Reis, Simeon Vincent, Devlin CroninHello,To streamline testing, Chrome 85 includes additional options on chrome://flags that can be used to opt into or out of the new behavior. This should help with testing on systems where command line flags cannot be easily specified (e.g. ChromeOS) and with avoiding mistakes spelling the command line flags.To opt into the changes (e.g. to test if your extension is affected), set chrome://flags/#cors-for-content-scripts to “Enabled” and chrome://flags/#force-empty-CORB-and-CORS-allowlist to “Enabled”:When testing an extension, look for the following error messages:or:Access to fetch at ' from origin ' has been blocked by CORS policy: No 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' header is present on the requested resource. If an opaque response serves your needs, set the request's mode to 'no-cors' to fetch the resource with CORS disabled.To opt out of the changes (e.g. to verify whether a bug goes away in the absence of CORS-for-content-scripts), set chrome://flags/#cors-for-content-scripts to “Disabled”.Best regards,Lukasz Anforowicz and the Chrome Security Architecture teamŁukasz Anforowiczunread,Aug 18, 2020, 11:27:01 AM8/18/20to Chromium Extensions, Łukasz Anforowicz, Charles Reis, Simeon Vincent, Devlin CroninHello,To further reduce disruption amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, we decided to proactively add to the allowlist all the potentially affected extensions that have been detected by Chrome telemetry in earlier Chrome versions. (This excludes extensions where authors have contacted us to indicate that they have migrated to the new security model. We thank those authors for their efforts and help in keeping Chrome users secure.) We still plan to deprecate the CORB/CORS. In Chrome, copy the following address into the URL bar: chrome://flags/enable-media-router. Click Enable under Enable Media Router. Relaunch Chrome.flags: disable optimization guide and media router - GitHub
To enable Extensions menu button still works in Chrome and the same preference/flag can be used to get rid of the Extensions button.If you also want to remove the new Extensions menu button from Google Chrome toolbar, following steps will help you:UPDATE: In newer versions of Google Chrome (version 87 and later), Chrome team has removed the previous working flag “Extensions Toolbar Menu” from Chrome://flags page. If you are using a new version of Google Chrome, following new method will help you in removing “Extensions” menu button from Google Chrome toolbar:[New Working Method] Remove “Extensions” Menu Button from Google Chrome Toolbar1. Open Google Chrome web browser and type chrome://flags/ in addressbar and press Enter. It’ll open the advanced configuration page.2. Now type toolbar menu in the “Search flags” box.It’ll directly go to following option:Extensions Toolbar MenuEnable a separate toolbar button and menu for extensions – Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS#extensions-toolbar-menu3. To disable/remove Extensions toolbar button, select Disabled from the drop-down box.4. Google Chrome will ask you to restart the browser. Click on “Relaunch now” button to restart Google Chrome.That’s it. You have successfully removed the new “Extensions” menu button from Google Chrome toolbar. Google Chrome will no longer show Extensions button in its toolbar.PS: If you want to re-enable or add the Extensions toolbar button in future, select “Default” option from the drop-down box and restart the browser.Also Check:[Tip] Remove Media Controls Button from Google Chrome Toolbar[Tip] Always Show Full URLs (Including HTTPS and WWW) in Google Chrome Address barYou are here: Home » Google Chrome » [Tip] Remove “Extensions” Menu Button from Google Chrome ToolbarFor chromecast enable this flag: load-media-router-component-extension)
Chrome 69 is rolling out today to the beta channel with a number of features ranging from security, crash reductions on Windows, display notch support, Picture-in-Picture, and more.After marking all HTTP sites with a “Not secure” badge in version 68, Google is moving on to the next stage of making HTTPS commonplace. Chrome 69 will begin phasing out the “Secure” badge on HTTPS sites to establish that the “default unmarked state is secure.” The gray lock icon will remain in the Omnibar, but Google’s goal is to only make users aware of sites that are insecure.The AV1 Video Decoder is a next generation codec to improve compression efficiency by 30% compared to VP9. Chrome 69 adds just an AV1 decoder to Chrome OS, macOS, Windows, and Linux, with encoding capabilities not yet included. Chrome 69 now supports display cutouts given the trend of phones with notches, and Android P’s support for it. Developers can take advantage of the entire screen on these devices through new CSS functions and the viewport-fit meta tag. Sites will be able to “expand into the cutout area and use the extra space to provide additional content without the cutout overlapping their main UI.” For example, laying out media controls to the left of a notch, like in the example below. In addition to Universal 2nd Factor (U2F), the Web Authentication API now supports CTAP2 FIDO devices, which provide advanced security capabilities like biometric authentication and resident keys (keys stored on the device).Google announced at I/O 2018 that Chrome OS would gain Picture-in-Picture with Android P, while the PiP API is now enabled by default on desktop platforms in Chrome 69. It can be enabled manually with the following flags in Chrome 68 and already works with media files.chrome://flags/#enable-surfaces-for-videoschrome://flags/#enable-picture-in-pictureAn overflow menu in the bottom-right corner allows users to pop-out a video to the bottom corner. The resulting window features a pause button, while the tab features a PiP icon in the status bar.Ligatures — combinations of two or more letters in a single symbol — can now be selected mid-text in Chrome.This includes both mouse selection as well as cursor selection in input and textarea elements. We have also changed slightly the way we render text selection to support this change. Parts of text that happen to lie outside the selection area are now rendered with the original style: On Windows, browser crashes will be reduced with version 69 blocking third-party apps from injecting into processes. If this prevents Chrome from launching, the browser will restart and permit the injection but display a warning advising that users remove it.AndroidOn Android, Chrome Duet — a split toolbar redesign of the browser — adds several buttons to the bottom bar, including home, search — to quickly open the Omnibar, tab switcher, and an overflow menu. As a result, the latter two buttons have been removed from the top-right corner with the address bar now full width.This results in a clean design that balances the familiar position of theI set brave://flags/Load Media Router Component
Recognised as capable of receiving this command Gnome will show the sign that is attached to first post and won't send any command anywhere.The solution is simple - make Gnome unable to intercept media key events. Install dconf-editor , go to org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.media-keys and change any button that should work from XF86SomeExample (e.g., XF86AudioPlay) to none (''). This way any app should receive key command directly. answered Mar 1, 2018 at 19:32 darkdudedarkdude4014 silver badges3 bronze badges 4 If the keyboard media keys do not work from your Ubuntu desktop, you can use D-Bus support to send the proper commands to Spotify. Validate the following commands from the console:Play/Pausedbus-send --print-reply --dest=org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.spotify /org/mpris/MediaPlayer2 org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player.PlayPauseNextdbus-send --print-reply --dest=org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.spotify /org/mpris/MediaPlayer2 org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player.NextPreviousdbus-send --print-reply --dest=org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.spotify /org/mpris/MediaPlayer2 org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player.PreviousEnable Media Key ShortcutTo tie these to the keyboard, go to Settings > Keyboard > Shortcuts > Custom Shortcuts, then “Add” with +. Use one of the command above, then hit the key that you want to tie to the new command.Source totymedli5044 gold badges10 silver badges27 bronze badges answered Aug 25, 2018 at 0:05 foamboarderfoamboarder4714 silver badges3 bronze badges 6 For some this may be a browser-related issue for instance (Google Chrome) "holds" the media keys. Even without browser media, the keys are allocated to Chrome.Solution:Paste chrome://flags/#hardware-media-key-handling at Chrome;Select "Disabled" for "Hardware Media Key Handling" - it's the first option;Chrome should ask to "relaunch", accept and proceed to enjoy apps! answered May 14, 2020 at 20:28 3 I found that, with Ubuntu 18.04 LTS as of 2019/2/1, all I needed[Media Router] Adds flag to create separate instance for OTR.
Google Chrome will soon add Android 11-like audio picker to its media control UI. This feature is currently under development.Global Media Controls Seamless TransferI recently spotted a Chrome flag that spoke about audio output transfer. I mentioned it in one of our recent articles. However, it wasn’t clear how this is going to look like, or work.This morning, however, Google released an update to Android 11 Beta. Mishaal Rahman from XDA Developers spotted this change in the media control notification:You now have an option to select the audio output device. The flags and the bug report that I saw the other day started making sense. I updated my Pixel 2 to the latest beta and got this feature. Here is how it looks like:When you tap on the speaker audio icon, you get a list of audio devices to choose from:Google Chrome UIWe have already seen the Chrome flag:Global Media Controls Seamless Transfer – Enables selection of audio output device to play media through in the Global Media Controls UI. Requires #global-media-controls to also be enabled.Today, however, I have screenshots from a Chrome bug, showing how this feature is supposed to look like:Here is one more screenshot, with a single notification:Do you see the similarity between the two notifications? It will take a while before we can test this on Chrome. However, it is clear that all the work that the team is putting on Chrome’s media control UI is to make it closer to that of Android.The same UI and experience across mobile and desktop, including Chromebooks.I am still waiting to see if this will let us change audio output for Chromecast. Global Media Controls on Chrome currently shows playback from your Chromecast too. When the audio switcher UI is enabled, will it allow us to change the audio output of Chromecast too? For example, cast video to the TV, and then switch audio to a headphone connected to the computer or phone?Do you think this will happen? Let me know in the comments section.Source: Gerrit and bugs.chromium.org.. In Chrome, copy the following address into the URL bar: chrome://flags/enable-media-router. Click Enable under Enable Media Router. Relaunch Chrome.
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Open tabs, click on the **Tabs** section from Chrome settings and adjust the **Maximum number of tabs** setting.Advanced Settings: Chrome FlagsTo access advanced Chrome settings using flags, follow these steps:Search for Flags: Open a new tab in Chrome and type chrome://flags/ in the address bar.Expand the Categories: Use the Search flags button to search for a specific flag or expand the available categories to find a feature you’re interested in enabling or disabling.Enable or Disable Flag: Click on the drop-down menu next to each flag to enable, disable, or set it to Default.ConclusionWe hope this comprehensive guide on how to open Chrome settings has been helpful in exploring the various options and customization available in Google Chrome. Whether you’re looking to troubleshoot an issue, customize your browsing experience, or simply want to dig deeper into Chrome’s functionality, this guide provides an exhaustive overview of Chrome’s settings.Save money with car insurance and credit card tips!Extension: Chrome Media Router (Chrome Cast) 8615
Readers help support Windows Report. We may get a commission if you buy through our links. Read our disclosure page to find out how can you help Windows Report sustain the editorial team. Read more Google has recently announced its generative AI features for Chrome browser where you can create themes, get help with writing on the web with Compose feature aka Help Me write feature and organize tabs. Not to forget, History search Powered by AI. The ability to organize tabs using AI from Tab Search is now available in Chrome Canary, here is how you can try it now.Google Chrome already offers Tab groups on desktop and mobile devices. So organizing tabs into groups has to be done by the user manually. Microsoft Edge already allows organizing similar tabs into groups using AI, Google Chrome also allows to do that, albeit in initial stages and is an “experimental AI” feature.Like Edge, Google Chrome wants to take the pain out of creating tab groups manually, instead, the browser will auto group similar tabs and even offers suggestions if it can’t find similar tabs group. This neat feature called “Tab Organizer” is available to try out in Chrome Canary with respective flags.How to enable and use Tab Organizer AI feature in Chrome Launch the latest Chrome CanaryVisit chrome://flagsFind and enable following flags related to “Tab organization” as well as “Tab reorganization”.Tab organization flags in Chrome: Tab organizationTab Organization Settings VisibilityMulti Tab OrganizationTab reorganization flags:Tab ReorganizationTab Reorganization DividerRestart Chrome.When you enable Tab Organization flags, Chrome enables “the Auto Tab Groups feature, which can be found within the Tab Search bubble”, after that, you can find and enable “Tab organizer” under “Experimental AI”. Chrome also offers “multi Tab groups suggestions for multiple tab groups at once”.Tab orgranization flags. Image Credit: Windows ReportWhen. In Chrome, copy the following address into the URL bar: chrome://flags/enable-media-router. Click Enable under Enable Media Router. Relaunch Chrome. I tried to enable: chrome://flags/media-router chrome://flags/media-router-cast-allow-all-ips but still the chromium cannot find any devices. Both computers are connected toload-media-router-component-extension flag missing from Edge
At 12:02:42 PM UTC-7 Łukasz Anforowicz wrote:Hello,To streamline testing, Chrome 85 includes additional options on chrome://flags that can be used to opt into or out of the new behavior. This should help with testing on systems where command line flags cannot be easily specified (e.g. ChromeOS) and with avoiding mistakes spelling the command line flags.To opt into the changes (e.g. to test if your extension is affected), set chrome://flags/#cors-for-content-scripts to “Enabled” and chrome://flags/#force-empty-CORB-and-CORS-allowlist to “Enabled”:When testing an extension, look for the following error messages:or:Access to fetch at ' from origin ' has been blocked by CORS policy: No 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' header is present on the requested resource. If an opaque response serves your needs, set the request's mode to 'no-cors' to fetch the resource with CORS disabled.To opt out of the changes (e.g. to verify whether a bug goes away in the absence of CORS-for-content-scripts), set chrome://flags/#cors-for-content-scripts to “Disabled”.Best regards,Lukasz Anforowicz and the Chrome Security Architecture team-- Łukasz Anforowiczunread,Aug 20, 2020, 12:19:47 PM8/20/20to Jackie Han, Chromium Extensions, Charles Reis, Simeon Vincent, Devlin CroninJust thought of a thing, why those break changes or official announcements only post on this forum mixed with lots of other discussions?Two suggestions:setting up a dedicated announcement mailing list.Or email to all extension developers who has a paid CWS account, like the email "[Action Required] Revised Chrome Apps shut down plan"Thank you for the feedback. I'll let Devlin and Simeon answer the suggestion for a separate mailing list for announcements. It seems like a reasonable idea to me.LetComments
I am using Chromium version 80.0.3987.100 snap 64 bits in both 19.10 and 18.04. Both computers do not find the chromecast device. I tried to use mkchromecast but it cannot find the device either.I tried to enable:chrome://flags/#media-router chrome://flags/#media-router-cast-allow-all-ips but still the chromium cannot find any devices.Both computers are connected to the same WIFI. But i am wondering, how can the chromecast device connect to a WIFI without any authentication? Could be this the problem?It LED in the chromecast is blinking white which means it needs to be configure. Google says that it is only possible to configure it using the Google Home app which does not install in my phone because i have android 4.2 and apparently only install in android 4.4How can i make the configuration and make it run?Thank you. asked Feb 18, 2020 at 12:55 1 I give up. I use a android device to configure it. answered Sep 17, 2020 at 9:18 I was looking online for this issue howto fix. Maybe a little bit late, but for me these these three flags on enabled work.Connect to Cast devices on all IP addressesGlobal media controls control Cast start/stopEnable Open Screen Library (libcast) as the Mirroring Service's Cast Streaming implementation answered Feb 21, 2023 at 17:51 Try to enable the flags load-media-router-component-extensionIf that doesn't work after a relaunch, you may also need to enable cast-media-route-providerUnfortunately without a device that can confirm if the chromecast has been properly configured, it isn't possible to determine if the issue is with your chromium flags or the chromecast itself.Chrome-stable will have all the required flags enabled by default and should allow you actually set up the chromecast, see for instructions on Ubuntu.Good luck! answered Sep 16, 2020 at 17:13 You must log in to answer this question. Start asking to get answers Find the answer to your question by asking. Ask question Explore related questions See similar questions with these tags.
2025-04-23V1.0.0 (Tue, Jul 18 2023) 37609a01 deps: upgrade lighthouse-logger to 2.0.1 (#309)dacd3578 Publish as ESM (#302)f9e43693 fix: always close file handles to stdout/stderr logs (#259 v0.15.2 (Mon, April 17 2023) 76b6a13c Update logLevel option typing (#295)60044483 Update headless=chrome flag to headless=new (#290)b041125a log when connection to existing chrome found for requested port (#291)f64a7d89 docs(flags): fix description of mock-keychain flagc753ba08 use updating node versions in CI (#286)8d1d85dc docs(flags): adjust grouping. add in several features (#283)471a97c7 flags: disable optimization guide and media router (#282)83f08461 docs(flags): add disable-features=MediaRouter which is surprisingly active346b3c2c rename master branch references to main (#280)f618e7e5 docs: a few additions to the flags docc36bd8dc docs: add OptimizationHints to flags1cbf8b9a Make LaunchedChrome.kill sync (#269) v0.15.1 (Tue, May 31 2022) 3724165a make launcher.kill() synchronous, fs.rm now gets force and maxRetries (#268)3561350a revise taskkill procedure on windows (#267)690ae983 add lighthouse smoketests (windows) to CI (#265)279577fd docs(chrome-flags-for-tools): add link to overview of features (#235)ff91c18b fix: use wslpath to resolve Windows paths (#200)30755cde test: run latest versions of node in CI (#257) v0.15.0 (Wed, Nov 10 2021) 1af60cb add getChromePath() method for printing found chrome path (#255) v0.14.2 (Tue, Nov 2 2021) ba8d76bd fix chrome connection in node 17, use 127.0.0.1 explicitly (#253)56731dd8 fix: forward support for fs.rm in node 14.14+ (#242) v0.14.1 630bb77f feat: set browser preferences (#247)12b2c8e3 docs(flags): note that disable-gpu isnt needed v0.14.0 (Tue, May 18 2021) ac1f4aff move to minimum node 12; remove rimraf (#237)dec646c4 deps: remove mkdirp for fs.mkdirSync (#234)83ab178a update minimum node version (#222)a5f6eb2f add additional chrome flags (#227)3a7c9610 reword unset-CHROME_PATH error messageb1b8dc74 rename disabled TranslateUI to Translate to match Chrome (#225)beb41360 chore: update dependencies and test targets (#221)df9d564a tests: migrate from travis to github actions (#228)673da08b tests: add mac/win bots to ci (#232)a700ae0c docs: fix readme's getInstallations() section (#212)chrome-flags-for-tools.md update4b98587d massive update and refactor (#226)e45b100f minor tweaks to headless and others3a90c21b fix links8429ca93 add feature flags description21db5f9f even more documented flags (#231) 0.13.2 (Thu, May 7 2020) 7c1ea547 deps: bump to is-wsl@2.2.0 (#187)2ae5591d fix: sanitize environment variables used in RegExp (#197) 0.13.1 (Wed, Apr 1 2020) bf2957ac deps: update various dependencies (#192)fixes the vulnerability warnings 0.13.0 (Thu, Feb 27 2020) 83da1e41 feat: add killAll function (#186)b8c89f84 flags: disable the default browser check (#181) (#182)6112555c fix: log taskkill error based on logging opts (#178) (#179)7c935efa docs: add missing quote in README.md example (#180)2e829c7d Skip --disable-setuid-sandbox flag when ignoreDefaultFlags = true (#171)(👋 also... there are a few releases we didnt publish here, but are tagged and published to npm.their changes are detailed in changelog.md)
2025-03-27To enable Extensions menu button still works in Chrome and the same preference/flag can be used to get rid of the Extensions button.If you also want to remove the new Extensions menu button from Google Chrome toolbar, following steps will help you:UPDATE: In newer versions of Google Chrome (version 87 and later), Chrome team has removed the previous working flag “Extensions Toolbar Menu” from Chrome://flags page. If you are using a new version of Google Chrome, following new method will help you in removing “Extensions” menu button from Google Chrome toolbar:[New Working Method] Remove “Extensions” Menu Button from Google Chrome Toolbar1. Open Google Chrome web browser and type chrome://flags/ in addressbar and press Enter. It’ll open the advanced configuration page.2. Now type toolbar menu in the “Search flags” box.It’ll directly go to following option:Extensions Toolbar MenuEnable a separate toolbar button and menu for extensions – Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS#extensions-toolbar-menu3. To disable/remove Extensions toolbar button, select Disabled from the drop-down box.4. Google Chrome will ask you to restart the browser. Click on “Relaunch now” button to restart Google Chrome.That’s it. You have successfully removed the new “Extensions” menu button from Google Chrome toolbar. Google Chrome will no longer show Extensions button in its toolbar.PS: If you want to re-enable or add the Extensions toolbar button in future, select “Default” option from the drop-down box and restart the browser.Also Check:[Tip] Remove Media Controls Button from Google Chrome Toolbar[Tip] Always Show Full URLs (Including HTTPS and WWW) in Google Chrome Address barYou are here: Home » Google Chrome » [Tip] Remove “Extensions” Menu Button from Google Chrome Toolbar
2025-04-14Chrome 69 is rolling out today to the beta channel with a number of features ranging from security, crash reductions on Windows, display notch support, Picture-in-Picture, and more.After marking all HTTP sites with a “Not secure” badge in version 68, Google is moving on to the next stage of making HTTPS commonplace. Chrome 69 will begin phasing out the “Secure” badge on HTTPS sites to establish that the “default unmarked state is secure.” The gray lock icon will remain in the Omnibar, but Google’s goal is to only make users aware of sites that are insecure.The AV1 Video Decoder is a next generation codec to improve compression efficiency by 30% compared to VP9. Chrome 69 adds just an AV1 decoder to Chrome OS, macOS, Windows, and Linux, with encoding capabilities not yet included. Chrome 69 now supports display cutouts given the trend of phones with notches, and Android P’s support for it. Developers can take advantage of the entire screen on these devices through new CSS functions and the viewport-fit meta tag. Sites will be able to “expand into the cutout area and use the extra space to provide additional content without the cutout overlapping their main UI.” For example, laying out media controls to the left of a notch, like in the example below. In addition to Universal 2nd Factor (U2F), the Web Authentication API now supports CTAP2 FIDO devices, which provide advanced security capabilities like biometric authentication and resident keys (keys stored on the device).Google announced at I/O 2018 that Chrome OS would gain Picture-in-Picture with Android P, while the PiP API is now enabled by default on desktop platforms in Chrome 69. It can be enabled manually with the following flags in Chrome 68 and already works with media files.chrome://flags/#enable-surfaces-for-videoschrome://flags/#enable-picture-in-pictureAn overflow menu in the bottom-right corner allows users to pop-out a video to the bottom corner. The resulting window features a pause button, while the tab features a PiP icon in the status bar.Ligatures — combinations of two or more letters in a single symbol — can now be selected mid-text in Chrome.This includes both mouse selection as well as cursor selection in input and textarea elements. We have also changed slightly the way we render text selection to support this change. Parts of text that happen to lie outside the selection area are now rendered with the original style: On Windows, browser crashes will be reduced with version 69 blocking third-party apps from injecting into processes. If this prevents Chrome from launching, the browser will restart and permit the injection but display a warning advising that users remove it.AndroidOn Android, Chrome Duet — a split toolbar redesign of the browser — adds several buttons to the bottom bar, including home, search — to quickly open the Omnibar, tab switcher, and an overflow menu. As a result, the latter two buttons have been removed from the top-right corner with the address bar now full width.This results in a clean design that balances the familiar position of the
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