Own your day with Chalk.
Chalk Extension
Chalk allows you to easily color code your events, label individual colors and analyze time spent per color - all in your existing Google Calendar. Use it for timeblocking, timetracking, improving your calendar visuals or however else color coding helps your workflow.
*Key Features*
- Color coding of calendar events made easy
- Customized labeling of each calendar color
- Flexible tracking of time spent per color
*Use Cases*
- Turbocharged Timeblocking in your existing Google Calendar environment
- Enhanced color coding-based Calendar Mgmt
- Calendar management-based Timetracking
- Integrated, customizable Reporting, e.g. as input for freelancer invoicing
Please find a short usage guide below the line.
We are continuously improving the tool and are grateful for feedback on existing features, bugs and suggestions on what to improve and suggestions for additional features
Thanks!
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*Usage guide*
Starting up
- Download and enable the extension
- Go to your signed-in Google Calendar session
- Press “T” to enable the Chalk panel on the right hand side. This will switch to the current day/week
(Batch) Color coding
- In the “Colors” section on the top of the panel, click a color to activate it. A black frame around the activated color will appear
- Click an existing time slot in your calendar to assign the activated color to it. This can be done quickly for multiple time slots (batch color coding)
- A delay of a few seconds in the color switch is to be expected. Press the refresh shortcut (“command+r” on mac) to expedite the color switch
- Creating a new time slot with a color activated will not change the color of that new slot
Press “Esc” to deactivate the color, or press on a different color to activate it
- Note: You can also right-click on a time slot to recolor it (and the color will be recognized by Chalk’s time tracking feature - see below), but this process is significantly streamlined by Chalk. The right-click method might be still preferable when you want to color each instance of a recurring time slot.
Color labeling
- In the “Colors” section on the top of the panel, double click on a color to rename it; confirm the
renaming by pressing “Enter”
- Click “hide” next to a color to hide it; click “unhide” to unhide all hidden colors
Time tracking
- In the “Summary” section on the bottom of the panel, click the “From:” and “To:” fields to activate a selection field for the time tracking time range. You can also type in custom dates
- Press “”Reset to current week” to switch back to the current week time frame
The table indicates the time spent per category
Chalks icons created by Freepik - Flaticon (https://www.flaticon.com/free-icons/chalks)
Source Manifest.json
"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx",
"description":"Own your day with Chalk.",
"version":"0.0.0.6",
"name":"Chalk",
"options_page":"options.html",
"background":{"service_worker":"background.bundle.js"},
"icons":{"128":"icon-128.png"},
"action":{"default_popup":"popup.html",
"default_icon":"icon-128.png"},
"manifest_version":3,
"content_security_policy":{"extension_pages":"script-src 'self'; object-src 'self'; script-src-elem 'self'"},
"content_scripts":[{"matches":["https://calendar.google.com/*"],
"js":["content.bundle.js"]}],
"key":"MIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAtvn+Nv8ohCfZCW1kInGNf6U48n9qNH/PDb28Igq332xUMxDkshwfZnwnrGCy1ulk2/jLuceFgz5Esq5wm/N8AmjxxMg4Ro6LQa5SEIbSYJZq1kHWpZblTh+7RXom9SRqG91j4DmzgCu5yWGrYUNCpJSP0EiTODw73+zNbBjD0o2wFjFC/ioakPhmqeNPYSluyH9jb4sC02PmovJkWuSfevv+cL39MP26bXAszJ+83iAPQRQZsZ6QVAUTelKlL2oiCXnu+LhAr+dUStfnt1daQpG5t0qBDOz5Hfx1DpPOJsY5sCnVgByi4JR1PSZO/NbTNkZ8oM8DaRNPdI6XJbIM5wIDAQAB",
"oauth2":{"client_id":"1055659897027-m61s8t3leef29n1pqesc5kl6b5maa5mq.apps.googleusercontent.com",
"scopes":["https://www.googleapis.com/auth/userinfo.email",
"https://www.googleapis.com/auth/userinfo.profile",
"https://www.googleapis.com/auth/calendar.readonly",
"https://www.googleapis.com/auth/calendar.events"]},
"permissions":["identity",
"storage"]}
How to download and manually install Chalk extension for Chrome
Looking for a way to install Chalk 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 Chalk extensions manually, this article outlines two simple methods to effortlessly install Chalk extensions, whether they come as unpacked folders in compressed formats like .zip or as .crx files.
Method 1: Download Chalk extension and manually install through Drag &Drop
If you ever need to manually install a Chalk 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 Chalk Extension by clicking the "Download CRX" button on the website.
Look for the Chalk extension you wish to install. Go to the website and download the Chalk extension package, which is usually a .CRX file and comes in a zipped file. Here ".crx" file is the format for Chalk 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 Chalk 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 Chalk extension for Chrome and install in Developer Mode
This is another method to install Chalk 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 Chalk extension file
Select and download the Chalk 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 Chalk 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 Chalk 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 Chalk 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 Chalk extension in 2 ways. We hope this guide proves helpful.
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