Sunday
29Nov2009
Chrome Extension: Resolution Test
Nov 29, 2009 at 7:24 PM | Permalink Evenin,
I was just thinking about creating a background for my Twitter page when I thought it would be useful if there was a chrome extension that would resize your window to mimic different display resolutions. I did a search but I couldn't find one, so I thought I'd have a go at creating one myself.
I haven't done a lot of javascript before and its still very rusty, but if you're running chrome on the dev branch you can install the extension here.
Enjoy :)
-Ben
[Thanks to famfamfam for the icons]
Update on Feb 6, 2010 at 11:46 AM by
Ben Beckford
Ben Beckford
This has become quite popular :D over 4,000 downloads and counting!
Get it here, on the official extensions site, or at chromeextensions.org!
Current version: 1.80
Changelog:
- 1.80
- Added Google Browser Size support (as requested by Steve)
- Tidied up look and feel
- Added icons for tasks
- Reduced overall width
- Fixed reset bug where sometimes the width wasn't recorded correctly
- 1.70
- Added reset button (as requested by Kirk, t-dub)
- Added 1024x600 as standard (as requested by danio)
- Added checkboxes to open multiple resolutions at once
- 1.61
- Fixed large icon not showing up in extensions list
- 1.6
- Added new icons
- 1.5
- Added 1280 x 800 and 1280 x 1024
- 1.4
- Polished UI a bit
- Auto-updating now works
- Added custom option to fill in your own resolution
tagged chrome, development, extensions, programming
chrome, development, extensions, programming 
Reader Comments (4)
Thank you for a great plugin. It was the first one I have installed in my brand new and shiny Chrome for linux (and it works flawlessly - the plugin and the browser itself :) ).
Is there any chance you can add "saving custom resolution" feature? Or maybe you can share the source code in some repo, so others can help in development (I would like to help, or at least try to help as i know nothing about plugin coding except it is done in JS).
Best regards
Tomek Fafara
Hey Tomek, I had some probs with the commenting system but I see you now at last, thanks for the comment.
I'm glad you like the plugin! Its had a crazy response an I'm eager to get everyone's changes in so I am working on it. It would be cool to share the source but I really want to get the core features in before I do that, so I'll revisit that idea in future.
Thank You. Just what I was looking for. Most valuable.
Not sure how exactly, but the extension set the Chrome window to full screen (no borders, no tabs, no toolbar). The usual "F11 to exit full screen" prompt appears momentarily - but thje F11 key does not work.
I think I may have clicked on a resolution twice, the second time while the window was still resizing.
(Now all I have to do is figure out how to escape full screen mode w/o F11 ....)