Minimal canvas new tab with sync draggable sticky notes, ambient backgrounds, and nested notes workspace.
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updated 14 Oct 2026
About Native Chrome
Native Chrome transforms your new tab into a minimalist personal workspace designed for focus, productivity, and clarity.
KEY FEATURES
1. Draggable Canvas Sticky Notes
- Create and organize colorful sticky notes directly on your new tab canvas.
- Smooth dragging, resizing, and color-coding (amber, mint, sky, lavender, rose, slate).
- Bring notes to front, collapse them into the workspace sidebar, or reopen anytime.
- Automatic sync across all your devices using your Google Chrome account.
2. Tabbed Markdown Workspace
- Write distraction-free notes and thoughts in clean Markdown.
- Organize notes into customizable folders and subfolders, automatically sorted alphabetically.
- Move notes between folders seamlessly via drag-and-drop or out to the root workspace with parent folder highlighting.
- Minimal tab strip with quick keyboard shortcuts.
3. Quick-Access App Shortcuts & Bookmarks
- Marquee rubber-band bulk selection: multi-select shortcut apps, drag them together, and bulk remove.
- Full bookmarks manager: create bookmarks and folders, edit, rename, and drag bookmarks between folders.
- Drag any note, bookmark, or top site onto the canvas to create an aligned desktop shortcut.
- Ultra-crisp, high-resolution favicons with automated Google and DuckDuckGo fallback providers.
- Snaps cleanly to a structured canvas grid with tactile drop landing indicators.
4. Ambient Backgrounds
- Toggle between beautiful, curated nature wallpapers or a dark canvas.
- Clean top bar controls with zero visual clutter.
5. Resizable & Collapsible Workspace
- Expand or collapse the sidebar explorer with a click or keyboard shortcut (Ctrl+B).
- Resizable sidebar width to suit your screen dimensions.
- Folder expand and collapse states persist automatically across tabs.
KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS
- Ctrl+B (or Cmd+B): Toggle sidebar workspace
- Ctrl+N (or Cmd+N): Create a new note
- Ctrl+Shift+S (or Cmd+Shift+S): Create a new sticky note
- Delete / Backspace: Remove selected app shortcuts from canvas
PRIVACY FIRST
Native Chrome respects your privacy completely:
- Zero tracking, zero telemetry, and zero remote analytics.
- No third-party servers: all notes and preferences remain stored on your local device and sync securely through Google Chrome Sync.
- Fully offline capable.