newtab-page's Introduction

NewTab-Page

Purpose

This is an alternative New Tab page for Chromium based browsers. This was originally written as I was frustrated by not being able to specify my own custom HTML as a New Tab page in Chromium-based browsers, as you can in Safari on MacOS.

Requirements

A Chromium-based browser (Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge >v79).

Installation

As this extension is still in development, it is not currently available for install through the Google or Microsoft extension stores.

To run it, it must be sideloaded.

To sideload this extension in Chrome, please follow these instructions: https://developer.chrome.com/extensions/getstarted#manifest

To sideload this app in Microsoft Edge (Chromium), please follow these instructions: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/extensions-chromium/getting-started/part1-simple-extension#run-your-extension-locally-in-your-browser-while-developing-it-side-loading

If you experience any difficulty installing this extension, please open an Issue.

Configuration

The configuration can currently only be changed by editing the default_options.json file.

setting	default	options	description
`page_title`	`"New Tab"`	Any string value	String that will be displayed in the top left hand corner of the navbar
`online_status`	`true`	`true`,`false`	Whether online status indicator should be displayed in the navbar
`clock`	`"24h"`	`"24h"`,`"12h"`,`false`	Whether the clock should be displayed, and/or whether it should be 24h or 12h format (currently disabled)
`themeswitcher`	`true`	`true`,`false`	Whether themeswitcher should be displayed
`default_theme`	`"light"`	`true`,`false`	What the default theme should be (not valid when `themeswitcher` is `true`)
`locale`	`"en"`	`"en"`	Language for the page - currently only English is available. This option is here for future compatibility
`shortcuts`	See `default_options`	JSON	Links to be displayed in the navbar
`greeting_name`	`null`	Any string value	Name to be displayed after the greeting.