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Google Chrome adds option to hide any extension's button
Google Chrome extensions can be truly handy, but there's at least one feature power users have been clamoring for since the beginning: the ability to hide an extension's browser action button. Good news, Chrome Geeks: the Canary build now lets you hide extension buttons.Just right-click the icon you want to disappear and select hide button, and it's gone. If you should happen to get removal remorse, just head to chrome://extensions and you'll find a show button link next to any extension you've previously hidden.
Yes, you could already drag-to-resize the entire browser actions area to hide any buttons which happened to be on the right-hand side -- but now you've got full control over which extensions get space on your toolbar and which don't.
At last, extensions which you can call from the context menu or invoke with a hotkey don't have to chew up valuable toolbar real estate in Google Chrome.
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Subscribe to commentsSuperSheeepNov 25th 2010 10:52AM
I don't have this option is an update required or something? This little feature will come in very handy!
CdubzNov 25th 2010 11:35AM
@SuperSheeep This feature is only available in the canary build at the moment (the most unstable developer version of Chrome), it will have to pass through testing in the developer channel and the beta channel before being included as part of a stable release. The good news is that when it does become available Chrome will update automatically so there is no need for you to do anything.
ProlornNov 25th 2010 4:48PM
@SuperSheeep Note that Chrome Canary installs in a separate directory, unlike Beta or Dev, so you're free to download and experiment without messing up your Stable installation, if you wish.