> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://mintlify.com/uazo/cromite/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# UI Enhancements

> User interface improvements and customization options

Cromite includes numerous user interface improvements and customization options, particularly on Android, to enhance usability while maintaining privacy and security.

## Address Bar and Navigation

### Omnibox Improvements

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Alt+D Hotkey (Android)" icon="keyboard">
    Quickly focus the address bar with Alt+D keyboard shortcut
  </Card>

  <Card title="Increased Autocomplete" icon="list">
    Autocomplete matches increased to 10 results for better suggestions
  </Card>

  <Card title="Disable History Search" icon="eye-slash">
    Flag to disable omnibox search through browsing history for privacy
  </Card>

  <Card title="Dictionary Suggestions" icon="book">
    Experimental dictionary suggestions for the Omnibox
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

### URL Display

<Info>
  **Disable omission of URL elements** - Cromite shows the full URL without hiding "trivial" subdomains.
</Info>

Many browsers hide parts of URLs (like "www" or "m"), which can be exploited for phishing. Cromite shows complete URLs for security.

### Search Engine Settings

<Note>
  Android version includes desktop UI for search engine settings, providing better control over search engine configuration.
</Note>

**Enhanced search engines:**

* Google search engine that forces English language
* Disables RLZ and field experiment parameters
* DuckDuckGo Lite added as option

## Bookmark Management

Cromite significantly improves bookmark functionality, especially on Android:

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="Import/Export">
    **Add bookmark import/export actions (Android)**

    * Import bookmarks from HTML file
    * Export bookmarks to HTML file
    * Backup and restore bookmarks easily
    * Cross-device bookmark migration
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Bulk Operations">
    **Selection and bulk actions:**

    * Allows selection of all bookmarks at once
    * Bulk delete, move, or organize
    * Efficient bookmark management
    * Multi-select support
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Bookmark All Tabs">
    **Add menu item to bookmark all tabs**

    * Save entire browsing session
    * Bookmark multiple tabs at once
    * Quick session saving
    * Restore later from bookmarks
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Improved UI">
    **Enable improved bookmarks UI by default**

    * Better visual design
    * Easier navigation
    * Enhanced organization
    * Modern interface
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>

## Tab Management

### Tab Behavior

<Accordion title="Tab Switcher">
  **Use list mode for tab switcher** - More efficient vertical list instead of card stack

  * Easier to scan open tabs
  * More tabs visible at once
  * Faster tab switching
  * Better for many open tabs
</Accordion>

<Accordion title="Tab Groups">
  **Web search in tab group** - Option to open searches in tab groups

  * Organize search results
  * Keep related tabs together
  * Better tab organization
</Accordion>

<Accordion title="Tab Opening Behavior">
  **Opens tabs in foreground** - Option to control whether new tabs open in foreground or background

  * Customize tab opening behavior
  * Immediate visibility or background loading
  * User preference control
</Accordion>

<Accordion title="Tab Persistence">
  **Keep empty tabs between sessions** - Empty tabs are preserved when restarting

  * Maintain workspace layout
  * No lost empty tabs
  * Session consistency
</Accordion>

### New Tab Page

<Info>
  **Show New Tab Page at startup** - Cromite can be configured to always start with the new tab page.
</Info>

**NTP customization:**

* Use home page as new tab page (option)
* Never fetch popular sites (privacy)
* Disable remote suggestions by default
* No Google integration

### Close All Tabs

<Note>
  Re-introduced modal dialog flag to close all tabs - Confirmation dialog when closing all tabs to prevent accidents.
</Note>

## Navigation Controls

### Bottom Navigation Bar

<Tip>
  **Move navigation bar to bottom (Android)** - More ergonomic for one-handed use on large phones.
</Tip>

* Better reachability
* Modern mobile UI pattern
* Easier thumb access
* Optional configuration

### Browser Controls

**Always open browser controls in new tab** - Consistent behavior for browser control visibility

### Reload Button Menu

**Enable menu on reload button (Desktop)** - Additional options when clicking reload:

* Normal reload
* Hard reload
* Clear cache and reload

## Reading and Viewing

### View Source

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="View Source Menu (Android)" icon="code">
    Add menu item to view page source directly from mobile browser
  </Card>

  <Card title="Easy Access" icon="eye">
    Quick access to HTML source for developers and power users
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

### Dark Mode

<Warning>
  **Enable darken websites checkbox in themes** - Fingerprinting risk, activate with caution.
</Warning>

Forces dark mode on websites:

* Reduces eye strain
* Battery savings on OLED
* Consistent dark theme
* **Fingerprinting risk** - Can be detected by sites

### Pull-to-Refresh

**Readded disable-pull-to-refresh-effect flag** - Option to disable pull-to-refresh gesture

* Prevents accidental refreshes
* Better for reading
* User preference

## Media Playback

### Background Audio

<Info>
  **Allow playing audio in background by default (Android)** - Audio continues when switching apps or locking screen.
</Info>

Perfect for:

* Music streaming
* Podcasts
* Video audio
* Audio content

### Video Playback Controls

<Accordion title="Video Resume Feature">
  **Flag to control video playback resume** - Video playback whenever switching between tabs is not blocked

  * Videos continue playing when switching tabs
  * Or pause when tab is not active
  * User configurable
  * Battery saving option
</Accordion>

### Media Format Support

<Note>
  Enhanced media codec support:
</Note>

* **Platform AAC audio** - Enabled due to license restrictions
* **H.264 video** - Enabled due to license restrictions
* **HEVC enabled by default** - H.265 video support
* **JXL support** - JPEG XL image format enabled

## Pop-up and Selection Handling

### Pop-up Selection Options

<Accordion title="Pop-up Selection Behavior (Android)">
  Options for handling text selection pop-ups:

  * **Opens tabs in foreground** - Selected text search opens in foreground
  * **Move web search to top of items** - Web search first in context menu
  * **Web search in tab group** - Group search result tabs
  * **Enable smart text selection** - AI-powered selection (disabled by default for privacy)
</Accordion>

### Tap Behavior

**Add setting to invert tap and long tap** - Accessibility option for different tap preferences

* Helps users with motor difficulties
* Customize interaction model
* Accessibility improvement

## Home Page and Startup

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Use Home Page as NTP" icon="home">
    Option to use custom home page as new tab page (Android)
  </Card>

  <Card title="New Tab at Startup" icon="door-open">
    Show New Tab Page at startup (Android)
  </Card>

  <Card title="Browser Controls" icon="bars">
    Always open browser controls in new tab (Android)
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Privacy UI

### Incognito Mode

<Info>
  **Disable screenshots in Incognito mode (Android)** - Prevents screenshot capture for privacy.
</Info>

**Always-incognito mode available** - Option to always browse in incognito mode

### Add to Home Screen

**Disable add to home screen prompt** - Removes annoying PWA install prompts

* Less clutter
* No unwanted prompts
* User-initiated only

## Promo and Help Dialogs

<Warning>
  **Disable all promo dialogs** - No promotional popups or notifications.
</Warning>

* No feature promos
* No upgrade nags
* No marketing popups
* Clean experience

**Remove help menu item** - Help menu item removed to reduce clutter

## Paint Preview

**Disable Paint Preview by default** - Disables page preview generation feature

* Saves memory
* Improves privacy
* Reduces storage use

## Downloads

**Do not ignore download location prompt setting** - Always respects download location preference

* Consistent behavior
* User control
* No default location forcing

## Autofill

<Tip>
  **Enable native Android autofill** - Uses Android's native autofill framework instead of Chrome's.
</Tip>

Benefits:

* Better integration with password managers
* System-level autofill
* More secure
* Works with Android autofill services

## Certificate Display

**EV Certificates appear as normal** - Extended Validation certificates don't get special UI treatment

<Note>
  EV certificates don't provide additional security, so Cromite doesn't give users a false sense of extra security.
</Note>

## Customization Options

### User Agent

**User agent customization** - Ability to customize browser user agent string

* Spoof different browsers
* Compatibility testing
* Site compatibility
* Advanced use cases

### Proxy Configuration

<Info>
  **Proxy configuration page** available at `chrome://proxy`
</Info>

Comprehensive proxy configuration:

* HTTP/HTTPS proxies
* SOCKS proxies
* PAC file support
* Per-host rules

Reference: [https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/HEAD/net/docs/proxy.md](https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/HEAD/net/docs/proxy.md)

### Theme Customization

* Dark mode support
* Darken websites (optional, fingerprinting risk)
* System theme integration
* Custom color schemes

## User Scripts (Android)

<Tip>
  **User scripts support (Android)** - Run custom JavaScript on pages for advanced customization.
</Tip>

Use cases:

* Custom page modifications
* Automation scripts
* Privacy enhancements
* Feature additions

## Experimental Features

<Note>
  Experimental UI features available via `chrome://flags`:
</Note>

* **Dictionary suggestions** - Omnibox dictionary lookups
* **Ask to restart on connection change** - Prompt to restart when network changes

## Platform-Specific UI

### Android

* Exit menu item
* Bottom navigation bar
* Improved bookmarks UI
* Tab switcher list mode
* Native autofill
* User scripts
* Always-incognito mode

### Desktop

* Menu on reload button
* Traditional desktop UI
* Extension toolbar
* Multi-window management

## Best Practices

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Customize Address Bar" icon="location-dot">
    Disable history search if you value privacy over convenience
  </Card>

  <Card title="Use List Tab Switcher" icon="list">
    Enable list mode for better tab management with many tabs
  </Card>

  <Card title="Export Bookmarks" icon="download">
    Regularly export bookmarks for backup
  </Card>

  <Card title="Bottom Nav on Mobile" icon="arrow-down">
    Enable bottom navigation for better ergonomics on large phones
  </Card>

  <Card title="Background Audio" icon="volume-high">
    Keep background audio enabled for media streaming
  </Card>

  <Card title="Disable Promos" icon="ban">
    Already disabled by default - enjoy clean interface
  </Card>
</CardGroup>