Is it possible to have rectangular tabs on Chrome?

macos google-chrome osx-lion tabs

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If Oliver Salzburg is correct, and you want differently shaped tabs:

It's hardcoded in (NSBezierPath*)bezierPathForRect:(NSRect)rect of chrome/browser/ui/cocoa/tabs/tab_view.mm.

You could try to play around with the constants used there, and compile Chrome/Chromium yourself:

// Constants for inset and control points for tab shape.
const CGFloat kInsetMultiplier = 2.0/3.0;
const CGFloat kControlPoint1Multiplier = 1.0/3.0;
const CGFloat kControlPoint2Multiplier = 3.0/8.0;

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a--m

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Updated on September 18, 2022

Comments

a--m over 1 year

I'm on OSX 10.7, can I have rectangular tabs on Google Chrome?
- HikeMike almost 12 years
  
  What's a square tab?
- Oliver Salzburg almost 12 years
  
  @DanielBeck: I must assume rectangular is requested here (instead of the default, trapezoid shape).
- a--m almost 12 years
  
  Thank you for the comments, I've edited the question. Oliver Salzburg understood well my zenglish ;)
datatoo almost 12 years

+1 I am amazed someone happens to just know this
HikeMike almost 12 years

@slhck Shhhh. Don't spill my secrets!
a--m almost 12 years

Thank you Daniel Beck, I'll try to compile chrome and see if I can tweak those corners ;)
HikeMike over 11 years

@dome Any progress?