Thread: about: chrome: and more internal urls

Was looking for a list of this on the net but I couldn't find anything, so I found it in the source code. :P (This is current as of 4.0.206.0)

[Only registered and activated users can see links. ] and [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

This isn't very descriptive to non-techies but I just wanted to post the reference.
This doesn't list everything I don't think, at least, it's missing about:version.
The first section of definitions (kAboutScheme through kViewSourceScheme) are what go before the : in the URI.
We should all know what ftp, http, https, javascript, view-source, and mailto do (and probably file). But just for reference:
file:///Drive:/path/to/file.ext Example: file:///C:/myfile.txt
javascript:js code Example: javascript:alert("Hi");
mailto:[Only registered and activated users can see links. ] Example: mailto:[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
For information on the data URI scheme see [Only registered and activated users can see links. ].
For information on the feed URI scheme see [Only registered and activated users can see links. ].
I'm not sure how to use the gears URI scheme, it won't let me enter such a URL.
print:webpageurl I assume, but I don't have a printer to try it with.

As for the rest of them, I can't be too sure what they all do, but I'll tell you what I've figured out.
chrome-internal: These URLs cannot be entered into the omnibox.
view-cache: shows you all the files in your cache with links to view the HTTP headers received when you got the file, as well as a hex/ASCII view of the data.
chrome-user-script:*.user.js where *.user.js is the filename of the installed User Script. Shows you the source of that User Script.
about: Shows you your version information of Chrome and WebKit and stuff.
about:version Same as above.
about:blank Blank page.
about:cache Same as view-cache:
about:memory "Stats for nerds" as linked to by the Task Manager
about:memory-redirect Redirects to "about:memory"
about:terms Google Chrome Terms of Service.
about:dns View DNS request history.
about:histograms "Histograms"..not sure what that means :P looks like benchmarks to me.
about:objects Listed, but it doesn't seem to display anything..
about:stats Displays stats about V8 and stuff. Only able to render if you use the command line switch --enable-stats-table
about:plugins Shows all your plugins, if they're enabled, etc etc.
about:credits Shows all third-party libraries used in Chrome's creation with links to their homepages and licenses.
about:linux-splash Listed, but it doesn't seem to display anything.. Might be linux only.
chrome://about/* Where * is what normally goes to the right of a colon in and "about:" URI. It's the same thing as about:*, just more typing. lol This is what all "about:*" urls are routed to.
chrome://theme/* Where * is the name of the piece of the current theme. For example: theme_frame, theme_frame_incognito, theme_toolbar, css/newtab.css At least that's all I can find in the source that work.
chrome://thumb/URL Where URL is a URL you've visited, such as [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
chrome://favicon/URL See above.
view-net-internal:* View network internals, currently only your proxy configuration. You can also use any of the URL listed on that page to view only a specific one. * can be one of the strings listed after the slash in the URLs listed on that page, for example: proxyservice
about:net-internal/* Mapped to ]view-net-internal:*
about:crash Show the crash page.
about:hang Constantly loading.. ie. hangs the page.
about:shorthang Constantly loading.. ie. hangs the page.
about:inducebrowsercrashforrealz Crashes the browser. lol Seems to only be here temporarily.

Self-explanatory/already known:
chrome://extensions/
chrome://history/
chrome://downloads/
chrome://newtab/

So yeah just basically hunting through the source and stuff for technical information cause the wiki sucks so hard. :S Figured I'd post these results. I'll edit as I find more info.

Thanks Waha, [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] is the one to bookmark...

Originally Posted by Luc VN

Thanks Waha, [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] is the one to bookmark...

Those links are from the 3.0.189.0 source code back-up, if you want to stay up to date come a new version, bookmark the ones in the trunk. ie. [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] and [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
:]

Also,

chrome://thumb/URL
chrome://favicon/URL

@Kyrax I fail to make this work?
A bit more info about the exact format?
Or even better a sample?

chrome://thumb/http://www.google.com
chrome://favicon/http://www.google.com

[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
URL includes the protocol used. Don't forget 'http://'

Also, this only works for websites that you have visited. There is talk on Chromium to change this and enable calls to it from the Chrome API.

Aha, I was trying this on not visited sites... Thanks.

Originally Posted by Kyrax

Also,

chrome://thumb/URL
chrome://favicon/URL

Added them to the post, thanks. :]

Updated for the latest version.

im trying to use the chrome://thumb in my extension but it gives an error saying that it is trying to use an local url. can anyone say what is the problem