Open Chrome with no toolbar etc

[gianthobbit]

I am looking to use KBM to open a specific url in a new Chrome window that has no chrome (toolbar, address bar, status bar etc). I can’t seem to find anything online. Any ideas?

Thanks!

[CareyB]

How can I launch a browser with no window frame or tabs/address bar

[gianthobbit]

Sorry I am not very technical. Would I have this run as a shell, apple, or javascript in browser?

The syntax is:
–app=http://address.com --flag

For example:
google-chrome --app=http://www.google.com --force-app-mode

How do I know which flag will hide what I want, so many options!

Thanks!

[CareyB]

Try it. It’s the programmer way.

[gianthobbit]

Ha, well its not working and not sure why.

I might have found another solution. My main goal is to open the new compose window in gMail in a floating window (with no toolbars etc). It does so if I click on any mailto link in Chrome. Is there a way to replicate that in KBM?

[ccstone]

Ha, well its not working and not sure why.

Hey Brandon,

Command-line stuff on the Mac can get pretty sticky – especially when you don’t know what you’re doing.

Have a look at this thread.

Gmail - Compose Macro

Hey There, I'd do the heavy lifting more directly with the shell or with AppleScript. [image] AppleScript: set gmailURL to "https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&view=cm&fs=1&tf=1&shva=1" tell application "Google Chrome" activate set newWin to make new window with properties {bounds:{0, 22, 1040, 1196}} tell newWin set URL of active tab to gmailURL end tell end tell The shell script will be a little more bombproof; the AppleScript a little more versatile. The AppleScript…

It doesn’t do exactly what you want, but perhaps it’ll do for now.

There might be a way to activate mailto generally in Chrome, but that will probably be a job for JavaScript – and @ComplexPoint is our resident expert on that.

-Chris