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Use the browser extension

The browser extension gives faster access to Sandtime.io from the browser. It opens as a popup from the toolbar icon, so you can start or stop tracking without leaving the page you are on.

What it helps with

  • opening timer controls quickly,
  • jumping to projects, timesheets, or reports,
  • keeping time tracking close while you work in web tools.

Starting an activity from the popup

The popup opens on the dashboard, with the same fields as the web app: what you are working on, the project, Started at, Ended at, and Duration. See Track time with the built-in timer for what each field does.

The Sandtime.io extension popup open under the browser toolbar icon, showing a Dashboard view with a "What are you up to today?" field, a project selector set to Unassigned, Started at, Ended at, and Duration fields, and a Start tracking button.

Moving around

The bar along the bottom of the popup switches between Dashboard, Timesheets, Reports, Projects, and Settings - the same sections as the full app, in a narrower layout.

The extension popup showing the Timesheets view, with week navigation, a Filters button, and a weekday grid of per-project durations, above the Dashboard, Timesheets, Reports, Projects, and Settings navigation bar.

When it is useful

  • browser-heavy workflows,
  • support, admin, and research work done mostly on the web,
  • teams that want easier access than switching full app windows.

Recommendation

Treat the extension as a convenience layer, not a separate system. The same projects, entries, and reports still live in Sandtime.io, so anything you track here shows up everywhere else straight away.

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