/google-chrome-page-title-regex-replacer

An extension for Google Chrome that search/replaces page titles based by regular expressions.

Primary LanguageJavaScript

About This Extension

Sometimes you have lots of tabs open in one Chrome window. If many of the tabs have titles like "Title Prefix | Meaningful Page Title", you may find that the "Meaningful Page Title" portion of the title is not visible:

Before

This Chrome extension allows you to specify regex replacements for page titles, so that your tab situation is improved as so:

After

Extension Contents

  • manifest.json
  • title_replace.js

Configuration

title_replace.js is executed for sites matching manifest.json.content_scripts.matches[]. To configure this extension, add values to manifest.json.content_scripts.matches[] and modify the pattern in title.js::pattern.

Loading the Extension

  1. Go to Window -> Extensions
  2. Make sure "Developer mode" is checked in the top right
  3. Click "Load unpacked extensions" and select the folder containing this README