Chrome toolbar concept
One icon carries the whole day.
The fill shows the current period color, the border shows Navy or Gold week, and optional personal class names make the popup immediately recognizable.
Tuesday, September 8, 2026
Today’s Colorline
8:00 AM–3:20 PM
Personal preferences
Name each block once.
Open Preferences from the popup to add a personal name to any of the 16 color/minor blocks. The custom name appears first while the official block remains visible beneath it.
Class name example
New Tab behavior
Chrome does not support an optional native New Tab override. Using Google as the off state avoids requesting access to browsing history.
Chrome setup
Install King Colorline
Chrome loads this download as an unpacked extension. Setup takes about a minute.
Download extension.zip- 1
Download and extract
Download the ZIP, then extract it. Chrome cannot load the ZIP itself.
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Open Extensions
Enter
chrome://extensionsin Chrome’s address bar. - 3
Load the folder
Turn on Developer mode, select Load unpacked, and choose the extracted
King-Colorline-Chrome-Extensionfolder containingmanifest.json. - 4
Pin and use
Open Chrome’s Extensions menu and pin King Colorline. Select the icon for the popup, then open Preferences to add class names or change New Tab behavior.
Testing before school starts: Before , the extension shows a Test date control. It disappears automatically when Opening Day begins in New York and clears any saved test date.
If Developer mode or Load unpacked is unavailable, the school’s Chrome administrator must allow unpacked extensions.