This extension lets you change the title of the current tab to something more descriptive. You can even ‘lock’ a title to a tab, even if you navigate to a different page! Please note that this will not work well on websites which dynamically change the tile of the page, or only change parts of the page while navigating (e.g Facebook), or if you type a new URL in (but I’m trying to find a way around the last one)
Chrome Extensions cannot affect any pages that are part of the Chrome Web Store, so don’t forget to open another web page before testing it!
Permissions – I realise the permissions required are quite broad, unfortunately this is required to run the necessary code on any tab. The source code is available for public inspection at http://github.com/alexbate/RenameTab
Just didn’t work 🙁
very useful and handy, especially with online schooling its easy to switch to the right tabs when I need to. would recommend
Terrific extension, very useful! Haven’t tested the “lock title” feature as I don’t need it, so can’t say anything about that. The keybind to bring up the “rename tab” dialog is also a very useful feature, saves me the effort of having to reach for the mouse
I usually have ton of tabs open for work and often have numerous instances of tabs from the same site, so the icon looks the same and even the first few characters of the tab name might look the same. Instead of hunting around through the tabs & sometimes accidentally closing one b/c I hit the “x” instead of the negligible space of the tab, I have this extension. This extension is a GOD SEND!!!!!!! Being able to label my three different gmail tabs and the 7+ different google docs tabs – Crazy Useful. My only complaint is that the tab names go away after a while (time span of a day or so) & I have to rename them. I’m not sure what changes, but this is a minor inconvenience. Thank you for this extension!
I just wanted to keep my tabs organized while they were briefly cluttered with documents and this extension did the trick. Simple, no frills, exactly what I needed. No complaints from me.
Does the trick
It doesn’t even work.
I’m on mac
plz fix
The “Lock Title” feature actually locks my entire browser, I can’t click on anything can’t even close Google chrome without going to task manager and killing it. Very bugged.
The “Report a bug” link in the menu just takes you to the Chrome Web Store, so you have to search for the extension to be able to contact the developer, and then that is only through the Web Sotre “Support” page, not directly.
If you use the “Lock Title” option a second time on the same tab, your tab title will flip back and forth between the two. Using “Lock Title” a third time results in quickly cycling between three titles. The only cure is deleting the tab.
If you don’t use “Lock Title”, your title may revert, especially if the page is automatically updated like Google Drive/Docs, FaceBook, email, weather, or status pages of many kinds.
That leaves this extension as a “Use ONLY ONCE per tab” tool. If you typo your title, you’re better off leaving it be.
I really like this extension, but it would cause my browser to crash occasionally using the Lock Tab feature. Also, if the Lock Tab Feature had been usedalready on a tab, and then I tried to change it (I’m OCD so spelling errors would bug me, or sometimes I changed what I wanted the shorthand to be), it wouldn’t save the new title; even if I opened a new tab. The premise is awesome, just needs a little sanding, but other than that, really liked it.
after reboot the name disappears
The most useful Chrome Extension I have ever used. This really saved me from loosing track when I work on many tabs.
I used it and employed the “lock” feature. Next time I opened the browser, the names had disappeared. Great concept but isn’t working for me.
Works, unlike tab titler
tabs automatically change back after a few minutes lol why? pointless extension
Just looking for a ext that can modify current tab title. Simple and get the job done! Thanks!
Simple! Perfect! Thank You!
Works exactly as advertised.
didnt work for me
Does what it says. Simple, useful, just what I was looking for.
Doesn’t work.
Just started using it like 5 mins ago, but it does everything I need it to do. I usually have a lot of tabs open simultaneously for work, this makes it so much easier to organize especially if used in conjunction with the Spaces extension.
crashes the broswer
Allows to rename a tab, but also to lock the title so that it doesn’t get changed again. However, reloading the page resets the title.
Very good! Works perfectly! For those who want, you can create a shortcut to rename the tab, by default it is ctrl + Shift + A.
Ma you can go to the Chrome extension tab, below you have * Keyboard shortcuts *, search for the extension and choose the shortcut.
Thank you for developing this extension!