Is it possible to have rectangular tabs on Chrome?

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;

Daniel Beck

Posted 2012-06-08T15:17:45.373

Reputation: 98 421

4+1 I am amazed someone happens to just know this – datatoo – 2012-06-08T16:34:24.193

3@datatoo It's not that hard to search through source code :P – slhck – 2012-06-08T18:49:27.723

2@slhck Shhhh. Don't spill my secrets! – Daniel Beck – 2012-06-08T21:08:29.813

Thank you Daniel Beck, I'll try to compile chrome and see if I can tweak those corners ;) – a--m – 2012-06-12T15:08:58.037

@dome Any progress? – Daniel Beck – 2012-08-05T21:11:11.377

5What's a square tab? – Daniel Beck – 2012-06-08T15:24:22.970

1@DanielBeck: I must assume rectangular is requested here (instead of the default, trapezoid shape). – Der Hochstapler – 2012-06-08T15:28:34.040

Thank you for the comments, I've edited the question. Oliver Salzburg understood well my zenglish ;) – a--m – 2012-06-12T14:20:39.390

Is it possible to have rectangular tabs on Chrome?

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