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Phil Glatz
Apr 9, 2024
Difficulty setting new tab home page
I'm using the latest version of Chrome on a Mac Sonoma 14.4.1
I use a file on my computer for my Chrome home page: /Users/philglatz/dev/Servers/pglatz/hokes-www/net/homepage.html, having set it in options / show home button. It works fine when I hit the home icon.
On the extension settings I have allow access to file URLs enabled.
I clicked on Custom New Tab URL Options and entered "/Users/philglatz/dev/Servers/pglatz/hokes-www/net/homepage.html" as the local file path.
But when I click on the "+" icon in the toolbar to open a new tab, I land on "chrome-extension://mmjbdbjnoablegbkcklggeknkfcjkjia/file///Users/philglatz/dev/Servers/pglatz/hokes-www/net/homepage.html"
I tried adding "file//" before the file name, didn't help. I can't figure out where the extra stuff before the file name is coming from. If I open a new tab and click on the home icon, I end up on my local home page.
THanks for your help. I like your extension.
Emiel Boyat
Dec 8, 2023
Is it possible to set a chrome extension page in the URL field?
I would like to open a webpage of an extension, it starts with "chrome-extension://.../WebContent/index.html". When I open a new tab I have the Chrome error ERR_BLOCKED_BY_CLIENT
When I press the Enter key with the URL that is filled in the URL field of chrome, the page loads correctly.
Is this a security issue? Is there a workaround?
Thanks!
Archith Aswath
Nov 1, 2023
Extension broken
I read somewhere that the extensions permission to access local files. If anyone has tried it or done it successfully please share the instructions.
francois dubois
Oct 14, 2023
This wonderful extension has stopped working for me today.
I am on Windows 11 desktop (Pro) with latest version of Google Chrome and this extension has worked very well for me up until today.
G Man
Oct 13, 2023
Extension does not function after latest update
Sorry, I hadn't realized there was a dedicated Support section until later.
To start with, the latest update has rendered this extension completely inoperable for me.
To clarify,, the new tab page is completely blank, as if I had not entered a URL into the extension settings. It's not the fault of the file's URL since I use it as my home page URL too and that simply works. Even entering the URL into the address bar opens it just fine.
Not sure why the extension isn't picking up the URL anymore.
My Chrome version is the latest official build 118.0.5993.71
James R. Walker
May 23, 2022
Add-on not working
I downloaded and installed the add-on from the Chrome Web Store for Opera Browser Mac (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/category/extensions), checked the enabled box and entered start.duckduckgo.com (first URL address) then clicked save. I opened a new tab in Opera browser for Mac and start.duckduckgo.com did not open. The new tab looks just as it did before installing the add-on.
Asher Kobin
Nov 3, 2021
Chrome Tab Custom New URL
Has this project been abandoned? Can you share the source code? Is it on Github?
Roger Chappell
Sep 8, 2020
Chrome disabling extension
As of a few weeks ago, Chrome keeps turning this new tab URL extension off. I turn it back on, and it works fora little while (about a day) and then it is turned off again.
They do it with other new tab extensions too, such as 'New Tab Redirect'. Do you know why?
Dylan Lemoine
Jun 1, 2020
Can't Search in New Tab
Before recently (as recent as a week ago), when opening a new tab with this extension enabled, the cursor would default to the search bar so I could do the following:
1. Ctrl + T
2. Begin typing to load a website/search
Now, it doesn't do that so I have to click into the search bar to use it. This behavior works when not using the extension.
Kevin Scott
Mar 11, 2020
admin policy configuration
Would love to use this across our G Suite account, but would need to be able to set the URL by policy (JSON for Chrome OS devices) - https://www.chromium.org/administrators/configuring-policy-for-extensions
Are you open to this? I can't find any other similar extension that supports this.