Reviews & Comments of Category Tabs for Google Keep™ chrome extension

Seems like a great extension, however I need an option to not show archived notes under category tabs.

Very great Idea, I love the concept of organizing my notes by color & this is very functional for quickly navigating through keep using colors as a way of searching for the notes placed in that colored category. However, The reason for 4 stars instead of 5 is because of the issue that I am experiencing. After I select a colored label and want to create a new note to add to that label color it deletes.. the action it performs is that it will delete an image from a previous pinned note below... I tried on both my windows p.c and chromebook and experienced the same issue on both of them... Would it be possible to fix that technical error? or If this is something that is a technical error on my end, would it be possible for someone to explain how I can go about fixing the issue which is that it after selecting the colored label & wanting to create a new note in that colored label - that action performed instead is that it will delete images associated to a note created before it - whenever I want to create a note in a selected colored label? Overall I really like having this extension & I am grateful to the developers for taking the time to work on something like this for google keep users. Thank you & Have a wonderful Day

Super helpful! Thank you from the depths of my productive self ???‍♂️

if you search you can use the feature but i like the app

That´s really good but if is sync with calendar i would give 5 starts. Please add that! So much potential How can it be sync with my keep on phone?

Works as described. It provides another method for sorting your notes. So they can be sorted by label or colour or both. No issues so far.

This is a good extension. But the reason I gave it 4 stars and not 5 is... Because First of all, When you press "All" On the other labels you made other than "Notes" which includes every single note, it brings you there. How about all notes in that label? You already have a option to see all notes on the side. Still good extension though.

This is really very useful extension. Color coding goes to next level for Desktop web version. I really liked giving custom names for each color coding and arranging them in personal order at the same time disabling unused colors.

Like it; it improves Google Keep from a usability PoV. I would like to see some enhancements made though: 1. save/load categories - when you temp. switch off.on the extension, they're all gone 2. have categories for each Google Account; they are now tight to one Chrome installation, which isn't handy with multiple accounts. I don't want to have to login to a different Chrome account in order to be able to do this. 3. when changing the categorie labels, it doesn't do this in the label 'picker' as well, so when assigning a category to a created note, you're back to colours, which is even more of an issue in combination with (4) below. 4. You can change the order of the colours and the labels, but it only does this in the header, not in the 'label picker' when assigning categories to notes, basically meaning you better not rearrange the colours to avoid confusion.when assigning. 5. Would be very nice to be able to mass-[re]assign existing notes to a [new] category.

Great idea, very handy extension! Using it every single day as part of my Google Keep workflow. This is the most important extension for Google Keep users. ================================================================ █▓▒░Bug Report 05 April 2020░▒▓█ 1. Since the upgrade to Google Chrome 80.xx, the categories are not underlined anymore when clicked. They do click and work so each category does load, but the categories are just not underlined. The default "All" category stays underlined, no matter what category is selected. 2. The input field "Take a Note" has dissapeared. Only the default "All" category has the "Take a Note" input field. Previously one could take notes from any selected category, which was very neat and handy! ================================================================ If you are reading this guys, lets donate the maker together sothat these bugs are fixed for us. Donation Sent! Stay Safe! Stay Healthy! ♥

Although disappointing that I can't do more than categorize by colors (can't get all the features functional) on my Chromebook, this is *still* A GREAT EXTENSION!

Fantastic, for certain use cases. At first, I thought this extension wasn't working. In the settings, I enabled Dark Blue and changed the name to match one of my labels in Keep... and nothing happened. I finally realized that the extension creates a new system of categorization, entirely separate from the built-in labels. On the one hand, this gives the user more flexibility to use two different systems of categorization--for instance, labels for topic and colors for priority. On the other hand, changing a note's color doesn't add any text to it, so you can't look at the note itself and see what the color represents. And since the extension only works in Chromium browsers, you can't see the colors' category names at all on your mobile device (possibly unless you use an alternative Chromium browser like Kiwi or Yandex). To sum up, what I thought/hoped this extension could do was assign colors to Keep's built-in labels, which would have been a nice, if subtle, tweak that would make it easier to glance through my notes in Keep on every device. Instead, it offers a search-by-color feature and a legend showing user-assigned titles for each color, which together function as a secondary organization system in extension-enabled Chromium browsers. The extension works just as intended, and I can definitely see its merits, but it has a few key limitations (acknowledged by the developer) and as a result it's just not what I was looking for.

It would be really owesome if I can Pop-out notes like a sticky note on my computer.

Why is this not a default thing in the app!

Very good. I wish Google would take the idea onboard and implement some of the concept across the keep ecosystem.

Customize Category setting popup only has one option: Reset to default. No other options to customize. Edit: v17.2.2 works now. Thank you so much for the update! ?

This is a great addition to keep for anyone who has a lot of categories and needs to quickly view and sort. Also the developer is awesome. I had an issue with renaming categories and they answered and revised the program in a few short days. That kind of service is hard to beat especially when the app itself is free. I would definitely recommend using it.

I had this review installed in Aug/2018 and I then had the ability to rename the colors. Now the only ability I have is to "reset to default" and that is it. Happened after last Chrome update but the dev won't update the extension. Too bad as it worked great before now its just...colors

If I could link this to Gnote I would be a happy camper:>(ompl

It'd be great if we can have this syned up with Google Calendar as well as the colours. It's a visual connection and will help make organizing much more effective and efficient. (Plus the option of more customized like Google Calendar colours.)

It has advertisements (Ads) and doesn't improve the experience much.

Very useful! It gives you one-click access to your notes by category / color.

not sooooo cool

I had hopes that this worked in the Chrome app. It did not.

Really wanted to love this but too many flaws. Only available on web version. Adding or removing category removes ALL custom named categories (defaults to color names). Maybe that's a bug? On note, can only choose by category COLOR not by category NAME.

Works as described. More convenient than going through the Menu in Keep, but that's the main function that it alters. I found the instructions weren't clear. It only works on Chrome via the browser EXTENSIONS ... not any chrome apps (or Android or ISO). The extension notes did say that, but I thought it was saying it wouldn't work under Chrome at all. You have to launch it by clicking on the icon for the extension at the search bar level. So, bottom line is that you will be using Keep in a browser tab/window.

First impressions, this makes Keep so much more functional ... :) Note: showing 12 colours for me, to which can add a named category.

Obviously the biggest issue is that if one clicks on "New List" it opens "Take a Note" instead.

Just installed and haven't even used it yet, but the landing page has this confusing statement: "To get started, reload Google Keep. Please keep in mind the extension doesn't work inside the Chrome, Android or iOS app." Where does it work, then? Can't wait to find out. :-D -------------- Oooooooo! Okay, this is kewl.

Very interesting Extension. It would be nice if there was a playstore application in Android for this :-)

Good extension, will update to 5 stars once additional colors are added to reflect the 3 new colors aded by google a few months ago. Thanks!

Very nice extention for meta-categorisation. Would be nice if the colour palette was updated to include the additional colours available though.

Makes Google Keep much easier to browse in Chrome and is a good reminder of the colours used. Would be great if it could support the latest colors too. When filtering a particular color it doesn't set the color of new notes to match the current filter. Would be a time saver if it could do this.

Google Keep extend color set. Unfortunately not all colors appeared in category tabs. Could you kindly update colour palette?

AMAZING

best

Very nice

It is pretty useful, BUT, just one little tiny addition would make it very useful. NEED TO BE ABLE TO SELECT MORE THAN ONE CATEGORY OR COLOR. ex. I want to only see Blue and Red colors...

doesnt really useful

Very nice addition to Google Keep. Thanks!

wont work

Not very impressed. Google Keep has the Color filter built in, when you click on the Search field (plus loads of other useful filter options, like Links). I was hoping it would add the option to filter by Color AND another Tag at the same time, for example, but it doesn't really add anything new/useful.

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Really nice extension. I was missing this feature very much. It would be even better if I could change categories order in options. Thanks!

Works perfectly! Super useful!

Like. But the update removed the categories options. Needs fixing...used heavily

Great App, but no longer working...

not working

Doesn't work at all. Very disappointing. No response from developer. Too bad, looks like a great idea.

WOULD love to see this working again if it's not too difficult! Thanks!

Update: Was working perfectly until Google recently added a big fat search bar at the top of the screen. While the search bar is certainly useful, it is much larger than it needs to be and has eliminated the possibility of Carlos' excellent 'Category Tabs for Google Keep' because there isn't any useable space for it. Update: Carlos has fixed the yellow and orange color problem and has added the same color to whichever tab you have open to the tab bar as well. For example: blue note open blue tab bar. This has great potential but has a problem. The colors Yellow and Orange do not work for me. I can change existing Notes to any other color except Orange and Yellow. I can also create new Notes in any available color except for those two colors. I'm using the latest versions of Chrome and Keep and I've uninstalled\reinstalled this extension but the problem is still there. If this can be fixed I would surely change my rating to 5 stars.

Would like it fixed tho since the June BOM bomb.

EXCELLENTE, AWESOME. TRY IT.

Great extension...but suddenly, just now, today, 3 minutes ago (June 1 12:49 pm {MDT}) Google updated the 'app and your cool Category Tabs for Google Keep disappeared in the web version...can you please fix that? Love to use your extension, makes Google Keep much more useful. Thanks !

I cannot change the name of the colors. No help for this found so far.

Good idea, but still running into issues (can't change multiple tasks to a colour as previously reported and it took a while before it actually took an effect after I installed). Feels buggy. It would also be good if clicking on the icon of the extension actually went to Keep.

can not get it to work on mac with chrome browaer

Prevents performing actions on multiple notes at once, because the bar covers up the action buttons. This could have been so good. But it's such a huge problem. I'll change my review if this is fixed. Edit: Fixed!

I love it but I have a few issues. One, I had to look in reviews to find out how to change names of the colors. Two, the buttons for affecting multiple items are not active. When clicked on you activate the color bar button not the button you wanted. I have to use Keep on my phone or different desktop app like "Panel View for Keep" to make multiple item changes. Other wise I love it and I wish Google had this from the beginning because that how I was using it.

very useful! thanks

Doesn't work at all. I click "Install" and Chrome says it's added, but when I check the Settings menu there's nothing there but the standard menu.

Seems to work well, but like others have mentioned it covers up the buttons for affecting multiple items at once.

The only additional wish i would have is that we could rename the colors to something else. Other than that perfect.

This is excellent. What would be really good is if a matching label could be assigned to the note when the colour is selected. That would make it possible to filter by label when using the Chrome/Android/iOS apps.

Would be helpful if we could drag and drop notes between tabs.

Added to Chrome as extension but not working on my browser

The Bar overlaps the menu when you select multiple notes for fast archiving, colouring or reminding. that said menu is orange but turn dakr gray when you select a note. (top left corner of a note)

Now seems the time to start using Google Keep in the process of upgrading to Win 10 and been increasing cloud based archiving. I like bright colours but its down to preference

Good Idea...but the yellow and orange do not work.

I love it and it helps me to do my GTD system with Google Keep. Great addition to a useful app! The only reason I'm not giving it 5 stars is because the orange and yellow category colors don't show up when you click them in the top tab - instead they all show up under the "white" color. Yep. Hopefully that will be fixed soon and I will give it 5 stars!

Great idea, but now labels kin dof make it obsolete. And there are quite a few bugs ...

OK, I LOVE being able to categorize the lists. I already liked Keep, but the categorization made me stop looking elsewhere. However... the yellow and orange "categories" don't work. Also, I'd LOVE to have this work on my android app and in the panel version of Keep.

This was a very useful extension. But Google added labels to the Keep notes.

Some colors work, some colors do not. Yellow notes are recognized as blue! Good idea, but poor implementation.

Great idea but colors are buggy. For example, I click on teal as the color and I get all of my yellow notes...and similar issues. Please fix, I LOVE google keep and this would be so helpful if it worked.

Completely useless IF: - I cannot move the notes I've already created from "ALL" to "another category" (I've tried to drawn them but nothing happened) - I cannot access the categories from my mobile device. In this way, if I create a new note on my phone, how can I move it to a category in Chrome?!

Some colours work. Orange + Red do not work on my machine. Change to blue, note moves.. change to orange nothing.. change to clear.. nothing. change to yellow nothing.. change to grey and it moves. would be good but its hit and miss :( (Using Linux + Chrome41, google keep as a webtab not app).

very useful. Now google keep already have incorporate that so I dont need it anymore. Thanks for the halp since i started using keep.

The Yellow and Orange tabs do not work and are wrongly recognized as the blank tab. Apart from that the extension does its job.

blank and yellow colors get confused...

not really useable. web access via pc sometimes shows up a category in filter, sometimes not even after repeated changes to color. good idea, not good execution.

Why doesn't this show up on chrome toolbar extension. I can't get this to show on toolbar. I cant show Google Keep extension as well. Please fix it.

Please fix yellow and orange colors

Orange and yellow colored notes do not show up for some reason but they show up in "All colors" and "White" note view. Does not work with android app

The tabs bar does not show at all...don't see it. Tried restarting, etc. Nothing. Useless app...doesn't work. Using Chrome browser in Windows 7. I uninstalled the app because it simply doesn't work.

Great concept, but buggy as hell. Switching back and forth between views creates a jumble of poor web page rendering. Clicking a category tab will display the wrong category, categories refuse to display, etc.

Exactly what i need right now

Not all colors will sort correctly.

I love this app. Especially that the notes can be saved and retrieved over different platforms. My only con and it's extremely minor - there are no pink or purple notes. Granted basic Sticky Notes contain Orange. But as a girl I would love some other pale pastel colors besides blue, green and yellow.

It's great accepted it only works when viewing Keep as a website. It doesn't work in Keeps app. Which is worthless to me.

Orange and yellow colored notes do not show up for some reason while they show up in "All colors" note view. How do I fix this annoying issue?

It works.

Easy to use and seamless. the only trick was figuring out how to get the extension onto Chrome. Love how I can share the note with others. Very helpful

Great idea but does not work if I rename the colors, nothing shows up.

I can't get it to recognize orange. I can re-categorize it to another color and it works.

As this is an awesome idea, it doesn't work on android & that is where most people like to use their to do lists. :( I use my google keep everywhere I go. I am not toting my computer all over town. So this app seems like a waste.

Would be great if it worked, but it doesn't recognize my existing note colors. Even if I change them to one color and back, they are not recognized by category. Cool idea though, and a feature Google should implement

Excellent app! Very simple and useful. (Simply reload the "Keep" webpage to get your new category names to appear.) THANKS!

Just what I have been looking for .... for a very very loooong time.

This extension doesn't work for me with the current version of Keep.

Very useful