Navigate GitHub.com via keyboard shortcuts.

Latest Version

Version
0.1.0
Update
April 6, 2019
Size
78.23KiB
Developer
Category
Users
12
Rating
1 ★
Manifest Version
2
Web Store Status
Languages Support
English (United States)
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Permissions
Storage
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Hubnav Extension

Use keyboard shortcuts to quickly access issues, pull requests, the file finder, and other views of interest for your most frequented GitHub repositories, users, organizations, milestones, and projects. The extension doesn't require any special permissions, you don't have to authorize anything with GitHub.

Change log:

0.1.0

- You can now add shortcuts for user projects.

0.0.9

- Add 'pro[j]ects' shortcut for organizations and repositories.

0.0.8

- You can now add shortcuts for GitHub teams.
- Repositories shortcut for a user now opens the \"Repositories\" tab on a user profile, instead of taking you to the search results page.
- Fix bug so that you can remove milestone shortcuts.

0.0.7

- You can now add GitHub milestones and switch quickly between them.
- Allow drag-and-drop reordering of shortcuts on the options page.
- Context switcher now includes an icon so you can tell whether it activates a project, repository, organization, user, or milestone context.
- Activating shortcuts that do not apply to the active context no longer opens URLs for previously active contexts.
- Small UI improvements to options page.
- More compact popup so it shouldn't scroll vertically.

0.0.6

- Added ability to have a varying number of shortcuts per type, e.g., you can have 10 repository shortcuts instead of just 4.
- Added documentation on options page about how to change the keyboard shortcut to open the extension.
- Fixed bug where help text would show in the popup even if a project shortcut had been added.
- Fixed bug where renaming the active project would deselect it and require you to reselect it in the popup.
- Fixed bug where file finder could be opened for the last selected repository, even when you had a user, organization, or project selected.

0.0.5

- Added ability to limit viewing a user's issues or pull requests to those within a specified repository or organization.
- Improved UI for adding user or organization shortcuts.

0.0.4

- Fixed bug where the shortcut for viewing merged pull requests for a user would not filter correctly.
- Added ability to set a custom GitHub URL for repository shortcuts. This can be used for GitHub Enterprise installations on custom domains.
- Added shortcut to view closed pull requests in a repository.

0.0.3

- Added ability to save and switch between multiple users and organizations instead of a single organization.
- Added ability to save and switch between multiple projects.

0.0.2

- Reduced permissions the extension requires.
- Added a welcome tip when no settings have been saved for the extension yet.
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Source Manifest.json

{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx", "manifest_version": 2, "name": "Hubnav", "short_name": "Hubnav", "description": "Navigate GitHub.com via keyboard shortcuts.", "version": "0.1.0", "permissions": ["storage"], "browser_action": { "default_icon": "icon48.png", "default_popup": "popup.html", "default_title": "Hubnav" }, "icons": { "16": "icon16.png", "48": "icon48.png", "128": "icon128.png" }, "options_page": "options.html", "web_accessible_resources": [ "bad-user.png", "icon128.png", "unknown-user.png" ], "commands": { "_execute_browser_action": { "suggested_key": "Alt+H" } }}
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How to download and manually install Hubnav extension for Chrome

Looking for a way to install Hubnav extensions for Chrome, you can search for them in the Chrome Web Store, clicking the "Add to Chrome" button, and following the straightforward process.

However, you may need to install Hubnav extensions manually, this article outlines two simple methods to effortlessly install Hubnav extensions, whether they come as unpacked folders in compressed formats like .zip or as .crx files.

Method 1: Download Hubnav extension and manually install through Drag &Drop

If you ever need to manually install a Hubnav extension for Chrome, don't worry, it's a simple process. Just follow these easy steps, and you will have your extension ready to use in no time.

Step 1: Download the Hubnav Extension by clicking the "Download CRX" button on the website.

Look for the Hubnav extension you wish to install. Go to the website and download the Hubnav extension package, which is usually a .CRX file and comes in a zipped file. Here ".crx" file is the format for Hubnav extension that contains all the data.

Step 2: Extract &Arrange Files

Once the file is downloaded, extract that file into its own folder. Similarly, give that extension files a permanent home. In other words, keep it in a folder that you don't accidentally delete it because these files will be needed to make that extension work.

Step 3: Go to the Chrome Extensions Page

Open Google Chrome and in the address bar, type chrome://extensions; it will open the Google Chrome extensions page. Make sure that "My extensions" is selected in the sidebar.

Step 4: Drag and Drop the Extension

Now, go to the folder where you extracted the Hubnav extension and drag &drop the extension file from there anywhere onto the extension page within Google Chrome.

Step 5: Complete the Installation

Once you drag and drop the extension file, follow the steps that Google Chrome takes you through. Similarly, if the extension file is of .crx file format, you will be required to review the permissions and then add the extension.

Now, you can manage that added extension as you would like to with any other Chrome extension that you added through Chrome Webstore. Its icon will also appear in the Google Chrome Menu on the right side of the address bar once you activate it.

Method 2: Download Hubnav extension for Chrome and install in Developer Mode

This is another method to install Hubnav extension manually, but the twist is that here, you install by enabling the developer mode option provided in Google Chrome. This mode is commonly used for testing extensions or running unpublished tools.

Step 1: Download the Hubnav extension file

Select and download the Hubnav extension by clicking the 'Download CRX' button on the website.

Step 2: Extract the downloaded contents

Convert the file to a ZIP file if it is in CRX format then extract the Hubnav extension zip file or folder that you downloaded. Make sure you extract it using the same folder name and keep it safely in another folder, so you don't delete it by mistake. The extracted folder will be needed to keep your Hubnav extension running.

Step 3: Open Chrome Extension Setting Page

In the address bar of Google Chrome, type chrome://extensions and open the Chrome Extension Page.

Step 4: Enable Developer Mode

After opening the Chrome Extension page, look at the top right side, and you will find the toggle option of "Developer mode."Simply enable that developer mode option.

Step 5: Load the Unpacked Extension

Once you enable the developer mode option, you will see the menu of Load Unpacked, Pack Extensions and Update. From that, select the option "Load unpacked."

Step 6: Select the Extension Folder

Once the pop-up opens upon clicking Load unpacked, select the Hubnav extension directory and click on the "Select Folder "button.

Step 7: Confirm and Install

After you select an extension folder of a Google Chrome extension you're installing manually, confirm its installation for the final time and let the installation complete.

Conclusion

Here we've made a step-by-step guide on How to manually install Hubnav extension in 2 ways. We hope this guide proves helpful.

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