A browser extension that enhances your GitLab experience.
UX Enhancer for GitLab Extension
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Maximize productivity and streamline your workflow on GitLab with this browser extension!
This powerful extension introduces a suite of features specifically designed to optimize your GitLab interface, making issue tracking and merge request management more efficient and user-friendly.
## ✨ Features
**General**
- Enable/disable most of the features by toggling the preferences
- Move the close issue / merge request button to the right side to prevent accidental clicks
- Add dropdown for scoped labels in issues & merge requests
- Remember the applied filters in the overview
**Command panel**
- Render starred projects
- Move \"Places\" after \"Frequently visited ...\"
- Increased height to fill the screen
**To-Do list**
- Render project logos
- Render labels
- Receive web notifications for new To-Do items
**Issues**
- Star issue boards and access them in the command panel
- Highlight issues assigned to yourself
- Render project logos in issue overview & board when viewed in groups
- Use \"Threads\" in favor of \"Comments\" by default
- Show unresolved threads in the detail
- Show unresolved threads **created by you** in the detail, with scrollTo buttons
- Validate incomplete issues in issue detail (e.g. missing iteration, weight, specific labels, ...)
**Merge Requests**
- Highlight your MRs
- Use \"Threads\" in favor of \"Comments\" by default
- Draft merge requests are visually dimmed, making them stand out less and helping you focus on ready-to-review items.
- Render project logos in group overviews
- Show unresolved threads in the overview
- Show unresolved threads **created by you** in the overview
- Show unresolved threads **created by you** in the detail, with scrollTo buttons
- Add hotkey `v` to toggle a changed file as \"viewed\"
- Add hotkey `Shift+J` to mark a changed file as \"viewed\" and go to next page
Source Manifest.json
How to download and manually install UX Enhancer for GitLab extension for Chrome
Looking for a way to install UX Enhancer for GitLab 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 UX Enhancer for GitLab extensions manually, this article outlines two simple methods to effortlessly install UX Enhancer for GitLab extensions, whether they come as unpacked folders in compressed formats like .zip or as .crx files.
Method 1: Download UX Enhancer for GitLab extension and manually install through Drag &Drop
If you ever need to manually install a UX Enhancer for GitLab 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 UX Enhancer for GitLab Extension by clicking the "Download CRX" button on the website.
Look for the UX Enhancer for GitLab extension you wish to install. Go to the website and download the UX Enhancer for GitLab extension package, which is usually a .CRX file and comes in a zipped file. Here ".crx" file is the format for UX Enhancer for GitLab 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 UX Enhancer for GitLab 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 UX Enhancer for GitLab extension for Chrome and install in Developer Mode
This is another method to install UX Enhancer for GitLab 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 UX Enhancer for GitLab extension file
Select and download the UX Enhancer for GitLab 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 UX Enhancer for GitLab 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 UX Enhancer for GitLab 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 UX Enhancer for GitLab 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 UX Enhancer for GitLab extension in 2 ways. We hope this guide proves helpful.
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