Questions tagged [google-chrome-canary]

For questions related to Google Chrome Canary, a bleeding-edge web browser for developers and early adopters, who want the very latest Chrome features

Google Chrome Canary is the web browser developed by Google and released for Mac, Windows 32-bit, Windows 64-bit and Android.

To aid development and testing, Canary and Chrome Stable can run at the same time. Also referred to as a side-by-side install.

Google Chrome Canary changes and gets new features almost every day and may include features that will break. As of February 2018, product homepage itself uses the phrase "Not for the faint of heart".

Features

  • Experimental web technologies
  • Latest Developer Tools

Homepage

https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/canary.html

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Fullscreen video in Chrome shows URL in corner

When playing a fullscreen video in Chrome, the URL shows in the lower left corner. This happens for YouTube as well as other video players, where sometimes it covers the progress bar. The suggestion to pause/wait on this Yahoo Answers question…
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How can I remove the new download popup?

Since a recent Chrome Canary update, you lose focus after downloading a file, because a new download popup appears. How can I make block this popup from annoying me?
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Google Chrome Freezing in External Monitor

I'm using a Macbook with Retina Screen with a DELL LED Monitor connect via HDMI Cable. I usually keep Google Chrome Canary open in External Monitor with 8-10 tabs open and Keep my Editor in Macbook's own screen to work. But If I leave my laptop…
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Enable backspace shortcut for back in chrome

It was with disbelief that I noticed Chromium has decided to remove backspace to navigate back in browser history, a shortcut which has been established almost universally across all browsers for decades. This really, really irritates me as I…
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How do I disable FPS Meter on Google Chrome Canary?

I'm unable to disable the FPS window which appears in the upper-right of any window in Chrome Canary 38.0.2113.0, Win. It appears in my rendered window, the dev tools window and any other open page such as an iframe. I've disabled it under…
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Is there a way to install the Mobile Emulation tools in Chrome?

Google removed the emulation tools from Chrome, and it's now achievable in Chrome Canary, which I don't want to install. Is there a way to get it in the regular installation of Chrome I have on my computer?
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How to disable Google Chrome Canary forced search for 0.0.0.0 address

When i am trying to navigate to url such as http://0.0.0.0:3000/something, canary does not allow me to do it, it just offers me to search with text that i typed in omnibox. It happens only with address that started with 0. And there is no such…
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What is Chrome Canary and how is it different from Google Chrome - for Linux users?

Chrome has 3 releases - a regular release, a dev release and canary. Canary is simply a much newer release thats not as well tested, but has the latest shiny stuff. After a while the version that was released in the canary channel gets any…
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Firefox & Chrome isn't launching

I recently updated Xcode and the OS to 10.10.3. Firefox, Firefox Dev Edition, Chrome, and Canary all stopped working. They just bounce in the dock. They do the same thing in safe mode. Only Safari is working. I see this error message repeatedly…
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Is Chrome Canary safe for everyday use?

Since it is not yet checked by the majority of the developers, is there a chance that a Google Canary can steal the user's data or create a virus from this?
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How do you move a profile from Chrome Canary to Chrome stable on Windows 10 (1909)?

I currently have another profile/user in Chrome Canary and I now want to switch to stable. How would I do this?
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How can i run Chrome Canary with web security disabled flag?

Despite this post I have to run Chrome Canary with the web-security disabled modifier. I've ran this command; open /Applications/Google\ Chrome\ Canary.app --args --disable-web-security --/ChromeDisabled It opens a flagged browser but some how the…
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How do I get Chrome Canary as my default browser and not Google Chrome

How do I get Chrome Canary as my default browser? Should I delete my Google Chrome browser or is there a better way?
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Chrome Canary not detecting available plugins

I am using Chrome Canary on Mac OS X Yosemite. I am trying to install the VLC Web Plugin, with the contents of the plugin in /Users/hanxue/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/VLC Plugin.plugin. Other than VLC, I also have these other plugins: $ ls -1…
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Is it possible to use Chrome Canary and Netbeans Connector?

My default browser is Google Chrome, after knowing that Google Chrome canary has a dark theme I am convince to download and try it and the result is awesome. Now I wanted to develop my project using Google Chrome Canary's dark theme, but the problem…
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