Google is working on an Extension Icon for Chrome

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Recent versions of Google Chrome Canary include a new experimental feature that adds an extension icon to the main Chrome toolbar.

Most extensions for Google Chrome add an icon to the main toolbar. The icon supports default options, e.g. hiding the extension icon or uninstalling the extension, but often also functionality provided by the extension.

I prefer how Vivaldi, another Chromium-based browser, gives you more control over extension icons.

Chrome has a single toolbar only for navigational icons, the site address, menu, profile icon, and extension icons.

The new Extension icon that Google is working on may be a solution for extension icons taking up too much place on Google Chrome's toolbar.

The functionality provided at this time is rather limited, on the other hand. It seems that Google is still working on the integration of the feature in Chrome.

Extensions Toolbar Menu

The feature is hidden behind an experimental flag right now. You need to run a recent version of Chrome Canary to enable it.

Note: Experimental features may come and go without announcement by Google. It is possible that a feature will land in Chrome Stable directly, that it remains hidden by a flag, or that it is removed at one point.

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