Sitecore Author Toolbox chrome extension

What is Sitecore Author Toolbox?

Sitecore Author Toolbox is a dark mode extension for chrome. also, it is ui extension and desktop notifications extension and notification extension. it's a free extension and is featured in Productivity, it has 1,000+ active users since released its first version, it earns an average rating of 4.81 from 21 rated user, last update is 580 days ago.

What’s new in version 7.2.2?

                This extension will help you to save a lot of time by providing a set of handy tools into Sitecore Content Editor and Experience Editor.

• Live URLs of a page
• Status of a page (Published/Not available)
• Experimental UI Theme
• Dynamic error messages
• Dark Mode
• Language flags + version highlight
• Workbox badge & notifications
• New Media Library views (grid ans list)
• Support native Drag and Drop media upload
• Desktop notifications (Publish items, Rebuild indexes, Install packages)
• Instant Search
• Right-to-left support (Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, Urdu, Sindhi)
• Favourites Bar
• Resume form where you left off
• Syntax highlighter (HTML/Css/Scriban)
• Accordion sections to Tabs
• Auto Expand Tree
• Character counter
• Translate Mode Copy Button
• Experience Editor Quick Tabs
• Enhanced preview mode (Mobile, Tablet, Desktop)

What's new in 7.2.x
• Awesome notifications for Experience Editor (field, page, workflow, lock...)
• Experimental UI Theme for Experience Editor
• Workbox notifications for Experience Editor
• Show Live URLs after a publish (Content Editor and Experience Editor)
• Reorganisation of the extension option page
• Wiki/Documentation updated
• Bug fixing & performance improvements
• XM Cloud compatibility
• Sitecore Demo Portal compatibility

What's new in 7.1.x
• Bug fixing

What's new in 7.1
• Experience Editor Preview mode
• Bug fixing

What's new in 7.0
• Major upgrade to Manifest v3
• Experience Editor Favicon
• Quick Info: Usage stats
• Security, privacy, and performance.

What's new in 6.2 & 6.2.x
• Live Urls: Add Display Name support
• Bug fixing & performance improvements

What's new in 6.1
• Bug fixing

What's new in 6.0
• Live Urls: Multi-sites configuration
• Live Urls: Multi-languages configuration
• Media Library: Card view
• Media Library: Lightbox
• Media Library: Instant search
• Experimental UI: new set of icons
• Experimental UI: New Experience Editor toolbar
• Experimental UI: Dark mode palette updated (dark night)
• Experience Editor: Search a rendering
• Experience Editor: default text highlighter
• Template builder query suggestions (SXA)
• Enhanced Quick Info
• Extension sites: Save your sites (import/export .json)
• Sitecore 10.1: new launchpad icon 

What's new in 5.0
• Experimental UI for Desktop mode
• New user menu
• Option menu updated
• Performance and compatibility improvements

What's new in 4.0
• New preview mode (Mobile, Tablet, Desktop)
• Treelist: go to source link
• Experimental mode UI enhancement
• Bug fixing

What's new in 3.1
• Clickable breadcrumb in Experimental UI
• Media Library list view bug fixing (with non admin account)
• Bug fixing

What's new in 3.0
• Media Library list view
• Experimental mode UI Dark Mode
• Experimental mode UI fixes
• Experience editor enhancements (Open datasource in Content Editor)
• Bug fixing

What's new in 2.6
• Bug fixing with Live URL Chrome CORS policy
• Experimental mode UI fixes
• Experience editor enhancements
• Syntax highlighter (Support added for HTML Snippet template)
• Bug fixing

What's new in 2.5
• Show/hide editable content button in Experience Editor
• Experience editor enhancements
• Bug fixing

What's new in 2.4
• Better Copy to Clipboard (Sitecore ID, Sitecore path)
• Compatibility fixes with Sitecore 9.3
• Experimental UI, fixes
• Better Sitecore detection
• Bug fixing

What's new in 2.3
• Launchpad tiles
• Experimental UI, colours/contrasted icons
• Experimental UI, new actions menu
• Experimental UI, enhancements and bug fixing
• Experimental UI, new save message bar UI
• Bug fixing

What's new in 2.2
• Instant Search in Content Editor
• Help link message bar
• Auto Expand enhancements (Speak UI)
• Sitecore Experimental Interface
• Dark mode enhancements

What's new in 2.1
• Better sharable URLs (now with language and version)
• Experience Profile Gravatar image (Inspired by Corey Smith's Gravatar tool)
• Content tab (opens by default)
• Back/Next buttons to navigate in your history
• Checkbox style to switch toggle
• Version menu alert (if editing a past version)
• Media Drag & Drop (Upload button)
• Dark mode enhancement (Speak UI)
• Bug fixing and improvements

What's new in 2.0.2,  2.0.3:
• Bug fixing

What's new in 2.0:
• Live Status URLs (published / not published)
• Better live URLs (configure your CM+CD/Live domains)
• Workbox badge & notifications
• Auto Dark Mode (based on your OS)
• Right-Click menu (open any live page in Experience Editor)
• Sound notification
• Languages sorted by version number
• Auto Expand Tree (Security Editor)
• Custom message bars, with meaningful icons
• UX improvements (and preloaders)
• Spring code cleaning and bug fixing

What's new in 1.7.2:
• Bug fixing

What's new in 1.7:
• Accordion sections to Tabs (Content editor)
• HTML editor color syntax + completion (Content editor)
• Reload page upgrade (keeps your language and version)
• Multi-list enhancement (Experience Editor)
• Version number display (Content editor)
• Loader icon (Content editor)
• Search result list shows full path (Content editor)
• Bug fixing and improvements

What's new in 1.6:
• Translate Mode Copy Button
• Experience Editor Quick Tabs
• Auto Expand Tree
• Bug fixing and improvements

What's new in 1.5.2:
• Bug fixing and improvements

What's new in 1.5:
• Dark mode in Experience Editor
• Language flag in Experience Editor ribbon
• Browser icon badge when Sitecore is detected
• Dark mode fixes
• Load speed improvement

What's new in 1.4:
• Character counter (input, text area)
• Go To Item action in Multi-list Select and Bucket Select lists
• Better Experience Editor mode detection
• Bug fixing and improvements

What's new in 1.3:
• Sharable Urls (Recipients must have the extension installed)
• Multi-list view enhancement, with template icons and path (beta)
• On a live page: Right click > Edit page into Experience Editor (beta)
• Experience Editor improvements (Button fields tooltip, Dynamic errors in EditFrames, UI improvement
• Better Live URL (Site is now detected via your site grouping cookie)
• Loads of bug fixing and improvements for Dark mode and RTL
• Fallback if "Quick Info" and "Title Bar" section are not activated in your Content Editor

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If your Sitecore install is highly customised or not one of the tested versions, then certain features might not work.
Requires that Sitecore is installed to the default directory of /sitecore/ and your homepage name to be set as "Home".

This extension is written in vanilla JS.

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Tested on Sitecore versions:
• XM Cloud
• 10.2
• 10.1
• 10.0.1
• 9.3
• 9.2
• 8.2            

How to install Sitecore Author Toolbox?

You could download the latest version crx file or older version files and install it.

Preview of Sitecore Author Toolbox

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Reviews of sitecore author toolbox:

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Klaas vT July 8th, 2022

Very useful extension and responsive developer. Had some issues in Sitecore 10.2 but they were quickly resolved. Recommended!

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David Tremblay October 5th, 2021

It just changed my life!!!

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Rizki Satria March 16th, 2021

I see dark theme, I download!

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