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LayoutLab
A tool for measuring previewing grid systems on any website.
This Chrome extension adds a customizable overlay system to any webpage, including rulers, guides, columns, and grids to help you create pixel-perfect layouts with confidence. Whether you’re refining spacing, aligning components, or matching a design mockup, the overlay tools give you the visual structure you need without leaving the browser.
Two of the main principles of design are rhythm and alignment. This is true for any design medium.
When I started doing web design (poorly, by the way) back in the early 00s, there were very few design systems for the web. I wanted to build a tool for building grid systems, but my coding skills were subpar. I came up with some basic CSS concepts.
Fast forward a few years, and I came across Readymag's builder, which has a cool feature that allows you to create a grid overlay with columns. I wanted to mimic that with JavaScript. I had some mild success but the project got put aside due to other priorities.
Fast forward several years again, and after countless iterations, I finally turned it into a Chrome extension called LayoutLab.
Maybe I released it a little late in the game, but I genuinely enjoyed building it. And if it helps even a few designers create cleaner, more thoughtful layouts, then it was worth the effort.
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About LayoutLab on Product Hunt
“A tool for measuring previewing grid systems on any website.”
LayoutLab was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 3 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #107 on the daily leaderboard. This Chrome extension adds a customizable overlay system to any webpage, including rulers, guides, columns, and grids to help you create pixel-perfect layouts with confidence. Whether you’re refining spacing, aligning components, or matching a design mockup, the overlay tools give you the visual structure you need without leaving the browser.
LayoutLab was featured in Chrome Extensions (52.6k followers) and Design Tools (260.4k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 50.5k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted LayoutLab?
LayoutLab was hunted by Rick Alday. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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