Behind The Overlay Behind The Overlay

Productivity
Version: 0.2.1
Last Update: 2022-03-16

Overview

Behind The Overlay is a Chrome extension developed by NicolaeNVM. According to the data from Chrome web store, current version of Behind The Overlay is 0.2.1, updated on 2022-03-16.
100,000+ users have installed this extension. 320 users have rated this extension with an average rating of .

One click to close any overlay on any website.

Close any overlay on any website with a single click or keys.
Use keyboard shortcut on Windows ctrl+shift+x or on MacOS cmd+shift+x (think about x as the close button you can use on any website).
Once you get used to the keyboard shortcut, you'll be using it all the time and gonna love it ! ; )

Important features:
* It works on any website. It doesn't rely on a static list of rules, as some other extensions.
* It doesn't require any permissions.
* No performance impact on your browsing. It will only activate when triggered.
* (NEW) Also removes blurred backgrounds and unlocks the scroll bar.

Important changes

0.2.1 - 16/03/2022
Better handling for the scrollbar unblocker thanks to @ricobl on github (issue #23).

0.2.0 - 24/04/2021
Removes blurred backgrounds and improved scroll detection thanks to @sandsmark on github (issue #29).

0.1.3 - 18/06/2014:
A keyboard shortcut is now available and activated by default:
For windows, linux: CTRL+SHIFT+X
For MacOS: CMD+SHIFT+X
To remember X key, think of X as a close button.

The scrolling enabler now got better, thanks to jordansexton on github.
Improving the algorithm for finding overlays.

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Reach out on Github to make suggestions: https://github.com/NicolaeNMV/BehindTheOverlay

Now an Firefox extension is also available !

I'm using this extension myself and happy to share it with everyone ! <3

Rating

320 ratings

Total Installs

100,000+

Information

Last Update

2022-03-16

Current Version

0.2.1

Size

56.02KiB

Author

NicolaeNVM

Website

None

Category

Productivity

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avatar Mert Yaşin
2022-05-12

Lets you browse websites that require obnoxious sign-up's. Huge time saver and very practical compared to manually editing the CSS of the page.

avatar Hyperboid
2022-04-27

No more [expletive]ing around hopelessly with DevTools! This extension does it for you!

avatar Leo Tango
2022-03-11

very useful

avatar Clownpuncher 420
2022-02-19

Another worthless extension that doesn't work. People that make garbage like this should just stop.

avatar Kaiden Plummer
2022-02-11

Did not work