Chrome++ Next

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Chrome++ Next is a version.dll injection project for Google Chrome. It is loaded alongside chrome.exe and augments browser behavior at startup with tab, hotkey, portable, command-line, and policy-related features.

Overview

• Targets Google Chrome on Windows.
• Works by placing version.dll next to chrome.exe.
• Focuses on practical browser behavior changes instead of UI wrappers or extensions.
• Prioritizes capabilities that browser extensions cannot implement well, or that external tools do not solve cleanly.

Support Policy

• Stable Google Chrome is the primary support target. Reports of regressions in Beta, Dev, and Canary are also welcome.
• Other Chromium-based browsers may work, but they are not supported targets.
• Reporting requirements are enforced in the GitHub Issues templates.

Download

• Latest releases

Installation

Use Pitstop to set up Chrome and Chrome++ Next and manage settings and updates through a graphical interface. With automatic updates enabled, patch releases use Chrome's native "Relaunch to update" flow.

Manual installation

• Put version.dll in the same directory as chrome.exe.
• For Chrome program files, use the Chrome offline installer package, extract it twice, and use the unpacked Chrome program files directly.
• The project is intended for portable Chrome deployments. If you keep updater components or other Chrome remnants on the system, you are responsible for the resulting environment-specific behavior.
• If version.dll is not loaded correctly, you can try setdll.

Capability Overview

Tab and bookmark behavior

• Double-click to close tabs.
• Right-click to close tabs, with Shift preserving the original menu.
• Keep the last tab from closing the browser window.
• Switch tabs with the mouse wheel over the tab strip.
• Switch tabs with the mouse wheel while holding the right mouse button.
• Activate a tab by resting the cursor on it.
• Open omnibox input or bookmarks in a new tab.
• Control new-tab detection through new_tab_disable and new_tab_disable_name.

Hotkeys and input remapping

• Configure a boss key to hide and restore Chrome windows, and mute or restore audio along with those actions.
• Configure a translate hotkey.
• Remap hotkeys to other key combinations or Chrome command IDs through keymapping.

Portable deployment and startup behavior

• Override data_dir and cache_dir for portable use.
• Append Chromium switches through command_line.
• Run commands or programs with launch_on_startup and launch_on_exit.

Browser environment controls

• Ignore enterprise policies with ignore_policies.
• Enable the win32k fallback only when Chrome++ itself causes startup crashes.
• Suppress Chrome's false "out of date" upgrade notification on portable installs with suppress_false_upgrade_notification.

Configuration Reference

• See src/chrome++.ini for the full public configuration surface.

License

• Versions 1.5.4 and earlier are licensed under MIT, with all rights reserved by Shuax.
• Versions 1.5.5 through 1.5.9 are licensed under MIT, with modifications by contributors in this repository based on Shuax's version.
• Versions 1.6.0 and later are licensed under GPL-3.0.

Thanks

• All contributors
• Original author Shuax
• Revision code provider for version 1.5.5
• 面向大海
• Ho Cheung