Resize Gmail Sidebar

Did you ever feel that Gmail’s UI could be better in terms of functionality and adjustability? If the answer is yes, then we recommend you check out a nifty and practical Google Chrome extension called Resize Gmail Sidebar. It won’t fix all aspects of Gmail’s somewhat inflexible architecture, but when it comes to productivity-boosting, every little thing counts.

As its name suggests, Resize Gmail Sidebar allows you to improve one aspect of Gmail’s GUI, namely the sidebar’s size. Acting as a sort of productivity tool, it allows you to fully resize the sidebar in question in order to get more work done by being able to fully view the names of your labels or folders regardless of their lengths.

You can finally see the full names of your lengthy Gmail labels or sub-labels and never worry about their names being cut off, so to speak. Another advantage of this extension is the fact that it automatically saves your last sidebar position (size) upon closing Gmail, making it extremely convenient and easy to use.

Other than that, there’s really not much to be said about the extension. It can be installed from the Chrome Web Store as most other tools of this sort, it’s quite unobtrusive (as it has no options section or anything of the sorts), it’s easy to use (it pretty much works straight out of the box), and it conveniently saves the last position of your sidebar adjustment as mentioned above.

To conclude, Resize Gmail Sidebar is a simple yet effective Chrome extension that has the potential of improving your workflow. This is even more prevalent for people who actively rely on Gmail’s labeling system. In short, the extension allows you to bypass one of Gmail’s labeling system’s biggest flaws – that of being extremely limited when it comes to allowing users to work with lengthy labels and names.