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Max Tsyba edited this page Sep 12, 2024 · 2 revisions

How to open regular context menu?

  • Double right click on element
  • Right click while holding the left mouse button
  • Right click while holding the CTRL key
  • On Windows, it will also get open on right mouse button up if no circle section was selected (while "Show regular menu if no action selected" setting is on). On Linux and MacOS this behavior can achieved only in Firefox by changing ui.context_menus.after_mouseup flag to true on about:config page.

Why extension doesn't work on new tab page?

This is basic security limitation in most modern browsers. Browser extension could not execute it's scripts on new tab page (speed dial), as well as on service pages (chrome://, about:*, etc.) and in extensions store

Blur option is not working in Firefox

As it stated here, you would need first to enable this feature in your browser by visiting about:config page, search for layout.css.backdrop-filter.enabled and set it to true

Favicons are not shown for "Open URL" action and/or in tab switcher

CMG fetches favicons for websites from Google. It is possible that you have Ad-blocker installed, which blocks all requests to Google services. It may also be that current website blocks all external requests at all for security reasons, which prevents CMG from loading favicons.

Favicon for "Open URL" action shows blue globe

Perhaps there's no corresponding favicon in Google's favicon database. Try to play around with url.

Link preview is not working

Link preview's functionality is based on embedded iframes, and some websites restrict those for security considerations. It's not possible to get around this.

"Copy image" action is not working

Due to the limitations of browser extensions, it is not possible sometimes to copy image protected by CORS policy. I'm not aware of any way to overcome it.

How to get tab thumbnails (previews) in tab switcher?

This functionality is currently only available in Vivaldi and Firefox, and is working out of the box. Other browsers do not provide such ability to get this data for browser extensions (or I didn't find those).

How to add CMG settings as Vivaldi side panel?

Use this URL: chrome-extension://{ID OF EXTENSION}/options/options.html, where {ID OF EXTENSION} is a unique extension ID on your computer. You can get this from extension details page in chrome://extensions

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