Chrome Hidden Features

1. Omni box

The browser has an address bar with auto-completion features called „omnibox‟; Google says it offers search suggestions (“Omni” is a prefix meaning “all”, as in “omniscient” – “all-knowing”). The simple way to explain separate search box is combined with the address bar in what it calls the "Omnibox." Pure google search simply put a “?” before your query. 

2. Quick calculation

We can do simple mathematical calculations like addition, subtraction, multiplication, finding percentage and more. Quick calculation results from address bar. It is faster than opening up your calculator. Just type (e.g. sin(30)+cos(30)) the result will come up automatically. Google chrome address bar only applicable these features.

 3. Drag downloaded files

Easily drag downloaded files from Chrome to your desktop or any other folder on your computer. That means, from now on, no need to find the folder or change the download location each time.

4. Resize Multi-line textboxes

This feature is related to Multi-line Text Boxes. Google has observed this carefully and allowed the user to change the size of such Multiline Text Boxes according to users' requirements. It is very easy to use this feature. A lot of times, the text boxes on webpage‟s are annoying. They are too small and just typed a few lines; we get a scroll bar which is irritating. On Chrome, actually drag that box from the corner and make it bigger.

5. Create application shortcut

Creating desktop shortcuts for frequently visited sites is a smart move that saves time. Google Chrome provides an easy option to create desktop application shortcuts. It‟s not the same as creating the shortcut of a webpage in other browsers. These shortcuts help you open the site in a chrome window dedicated to them. Launch any website from the desktop, start menu, quick launch bar. Open any site and choose "Create application shortcut" from the Wrench menu.

6. Developer tools

The Developer Tools are available in Chrome and Safari, allows web developers and programmers deep access into the internals of the browser and their web application. The Developer Tools are part of the open source Webkit project. This article applies to the Google Chrome browser on windows. To access the developers‟ tools, open a web page in google chrome. Then select the Wrench menu at the top of the top right of your browser window, then select tools à developers tools (Control-Shift-I).

7. Memory comparison

Use this simple trick to compare browsers memory usage. Open a new tab inside Chrome browser and type in the address bar about:memory (or) chrome://memory-redirct. Chrome can track the memory used by itself, but also other browsers currently open and running on your computer.

8. Chrome commands

Back in 2008, Damien wrote an article going through various Firefox about page tricks. Well, Chrome has similar functions behind the scenes, whereby accessing various about pages lets you turn on and off features that you might not otherwise have access to. They can also provide a window into information that might be useful in debugging a problem you might be having, or useful for some other purpose.To view all the available chrome commands, type (chrome://about) in your chrome browser URL as shown below.