Widescreen Browsing (Enhanced Fork)

Some webpages like Wikipedia insist on using the whole screen width, which makes them annoying to read. This extension reduces the width of webpages on screen. You can set a custom width per domain, which will be saved and automatically applied everytime you go to this domain.

Enhanced Features (This Fork)

This fork adds several powerful new features for better URL-specific control:

🌟 Global Settings with Site Exceptions

• Global Toggle: Enable widescreen for ALL websites with one click
• Site Exceptions: Easily disable specific sites (like Google Maps) while keeping global settings
• Smart Workflow: Enable globally → Create exceptions as needed

🎯 Flexible URL Matching Patterns

Choose exactly how broad or specific your rules should be:

• Exact URL: Match the complete URL including parameters
• Path Only: Match URL path with customizable depth levels
• Domain Only: Match entire domain

🔧 Path Level Control

For "Path Only" matching, choose the depth:

• Level 1: google.com/maps (matches all maps)
• Level 2: google.com/maps/search (matches all searches)

Perfect for handling URLs with changing parameters like Google Maps locations.

Screenshots

Global Settings	Flexible URL Patterns

How to Use

Quick Setup (Recommended):

1. Go to any website
2. ✅ Check "limit page width" (applies globally)
3. Set your preferred width (e.g., 1200px)
4. Now ALL websites use widescreen!

Create Exceptions:

1. Visit a problematic site (e.g., Google Maps)
2. ✅ Check "disable for this site"
3. Choose pattern:
   • Path only → Level 1 for google.com/maps/*
   • Domain only for entire google.com
   • Exact URL for that specific page only

Real-World Examples:

Google Maps with dynamic parameters:

URL: https://www.google.com/maps/@36.5299245,-101.3618552,6.55z?entry=ttu&g_ep=...
Pattern: Path only → Level 1
Result: Disables ALL google.com/maps/* URLs

YouTube specific video:

URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch/abc123?t=30s
Pattern: Path only → Level 2
Result: Disables only youtube.com/watch/abc123

Entire domain:

URL: https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/xyz
Pattern: Domain only
Result: Disables ALL reddit.com URLs

Installation

From Source (Recommended for this fork):

1. Download or clone this repository
2. Open Chrome/Edge and go to chrome://extensions/
3. Enable "Developer mode"
4. Click "Load unpacked" and select the extension folder
5. The extension will be loaded with all enhanced features

Building from Source:

python build.py

This creates zip files for both Chrome and Firefox in the build/ directory.

Enhanced Features Details

Storage Structure:

// Global settings (applied everywhere)
globalSettings: {
    activated: true,
    width: 1200,
    method: "automatic"
}

// URL-specific exceptions
"www.google.com/maps": {
    disabled: true,
    pattern: "path",
    pathLevel: 1
}

Smart Pattern Matching:

The extension checks settings in order of specificity:

1. Exact URL (most specific)
2. Path Level 2 (medium-high)
3. Path Level 1 (medium)
4. Domain (least specific)

Uses the most specific match found.

Special Rules Support

The extension still supports the original rules.js for automatic site-specific adjustments:

rules = [
  {
    page: "[^ ]*.wikipedia.org", // regex pattern
    preferred: "absolute", // preferred positioning method
    rules: {
      // custom CSS adjustments
      ".mwe-popups, .rt-tooltip": { "margin-left": `-${hw}px` },
      ".suggestions": { "margin-right": `-${hw - 15}px` },
    },
  },
]

Rules are automatically applied when "automatic" positioning method is selected.

Differences from Original

Feature	Original	Enhanced Fork
Settings Scope	Per-domain only	Global + exceptions
URL Matching	Domain only	Exact/Path/Domain patterns
Path Control	None	2-level path depth
Parameter Handling	Poor (creates new settings)	Smart (ignores parameters)
Workflow	Configure each site	Enable globally, disable exceptions

Contributing

Feel free to submit issues and pull requests! This fork focuses on:

• Better user experience for URL pattern matching
• Global settings with site-specific overrides
• Smart handling of dynamic URLs with parameters

Credits

• Original Extension: nilshellerhoff/widescreen-browsing
• Enhanced Fork: Adds global settings, flexible URL patterns, and path-level control

License

Same as original project.