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Custom Protocol Handler for Isolated Web App Not Working After ChromeOS Update (May be)
Since the ChromeOS update on September 25, 2025 (not sure if this is the cause), my custom protocol handlers (web+collab:// and collab://) for an Isolated Web App (IWA) have stopped functioning.
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visibilitychange event not working on chromeos, when laptop is turned on from sleep mode
when user turns on his laptop, I am trying to check user's last activity time on mounted in vuejs3, i am using below code for it:
document.addEventListener('visibilitychange', () => {
if (...
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ChromeOS Kiosk links in Google Admin Console keep fetching old version
To verify the issue, I added a simple empty HTML page, just displaying icon and title,
to Google Admin Console "Kiosks", under menu: “Devices“ - “Chrome“ - “Apps & Extensions“.
However, ...
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How can I run test automation on a PWA in Kiosk mode on a Chromebook?
I’m trying to run test automation from a development machine against a Progressive Web App (PWA) that will be running in Kiosk mode on a Chromebook. The PWA is intended for use in a Kiosk environment, ...
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How to detect the correct User-Agent in Android Apps, running in ChromeOS?
I have written this basic code to detect the kind of app where my hybrid Android app is running, desktop, tablet, and phone:
var deviceDetector = (function() {
var userAgent = navigator.userAgent....
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Extra "padding" on text is showing only in Chrome
The language menu (specifically the Arabic option) has goofy ahh padding that I never asked for, unless the language is currently set to Arabic. This is only happening in Chrome and not Safari.
I've ...
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Is there any 32bit extensions for Chrome running on a Chromecast dongle
I have a TV displaying machine metrics from a secure website on a Chromecast dongle. I have made a webpage that displays our shops 5S dashboard. I want to be able to switch from the machine metrics ...
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Chromebook LDE with Eclipse GUI flickering
ChromeOS Version 123.0.6312.132 (Official Build) (64-bit) with Linux Developer Environment enabled and Eclipse IDE installed (2024-03). When I run the application, parts of the Eclipse active window ...
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How to disable isVolumeFixed=true on Chrome OS?
I'm making an app for Chrome OS that it's important to be able to adjust system volume with. It's not designed for the app store, but will be a side-loaded app.
However, while my Android Studio code ...
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Why is chrome.fileBrowserHandler API undefined when reading onExecute?
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I'm writing a ChromeOS Files extension for encrypting files. For that I'm using the Google Chrome chrome.fileBrowserHandler API. When opening the Files context menu, I get an "Encrypt&...
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How can I access all the characters on a Chromebook keyboard?
I can't seem to be able to access the blue characters on my Chromebook keyboard.
Technical info about the Chromebook I am using:
Google Chrome 121.0.6167.9 (Official Build) dev (64-bit)
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Nerd Fonts not working correctly on ChromeOS terminal
I've been following along chris@machine's YouTube tutorial for NeoVim. In episode 6 "Neovim - Completion Tutorial 100% Lua" he showed some custom kind icons.
But for me it looked like this ...
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How can I allow users to access the settings menu in their devices to add a printer
Students can't access the settings menu in their devices to add a printer option.
Change the settings under Admin Console under Devices Chrome Settings but printer option is already allowed?
I'm ...
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PWA App - How can I check that app is running in kiosk mode? [ChromeOS]
I had a Chromeos app and it was working fine. As Google now deprecated chromeos apps we are migrating to pwa app.
We were using the below code to check if the app is in kiosk mode and apply our logic ...
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Is there a way to launch python idle via command line on ChromeOS's linux terminal?
I have been searching for a way to use python on my ChromeOS laptop, I can get the python3 command working but cannot find a way to open IDLE.
The commands that are tradiditionally used such as python ...
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How can I resolve the 'connection refused' error in seaborn's sns.load_dataset() function? [closed]
While searching for this issue, I found this-
Connectionrefusederror: [errno 111] connection refused is an error message that the Python “socket()” function will show when it cannot connect to the ...
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On a ChromeOS device how do I grant serial port permissions?
I am working on a kiosk application and I need to be able to grant permissions to access the Web Serial API without any user interaction. This is on a ChromeBox that is managed through the Google ...
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VSCode terminal taking two keyboard inputs when only one key is pressed on keyboard
In the vscode terminal bash if i press a key it takes two inputs. For example if I press 'a' the terminal shows 'aa' and this happens for all the keys. But it doesn’t happen on the default terminal. I'...
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Where does Google Chrome fetch policy information?
At chrome://policy/, you can see various things set by your device administrator. Where does Google Chrome fetch these? Based off of the information under Device Policies and User Policies, can I get ...
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dispatchKeyShortcutEvent not being called in a Chrome OS environment
I want to implement code to react to common shortcuts like Ctrl + S (save), Ctrl + Z (undo) in a Chrome OS environment.
I have added the following code in the activity:
@Override
public boolean ...
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How can I open an app with arguments in ChromeOS?
I need to use this Chrome argument,
--autoplay-policy=no-user-gesture-required
on Windows you simply add that to the shortcut on your Desktop.
But I can't seem to find a way on ChromeOS, any idea?
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ChromeOS kiosk limitations: bypass framekiller
I'm developing a ChromeOS kiosk application (website + chrome extension) which suppose to run in Kiosk Mode on managed Chromebook devices. Application displays external web content which I don't own, ...
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How to change the keyboard input in vscode in chromebook?
I am working on Chromebook today and I can't find how to change the keyboard language in vscode in Chromebook.
Changing keyboard input language in other apps works fine but not in vscode and obsidian.
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Javascript canvas.toDataURL not working like Expected
I want to preface that this is my first project using pure js, lol.
So I am in the process of creating a chrome extension for chromeOS that changes the wallpaper daily to AI generated art. I was doing ...
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How to insert images in HTML on chromebook caret editor
Hi I am programming a website using HTML and I am using caret text editor as my Chromebook doesn't support Linux. I am unable to import images from my files app. The HTML program and the image is in ...
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