🎓 Tutorial

Tag your first account

By the end of this tutorial you will have XTagger installed, a tag created for a real account, and a clear picture of what the extension does.

Time required: About two minutes.

Step 1 — Install the extension

XTagger is currently being prepared for the Chrome Web Store and other extension catalogues. Once published, this step will become a one-click install.

Listing pending. The Chrome Web Store version isn’t live yet. If you’d like to try XTagger before it’s published, you can build it from source — see the project README for instructions.

In the meantime, the rest of this tutorial walks through what tagging looks like once you have the extension installed.

Step 2 — Open X.com

Navigate to x.com. You can be on the Home timeline, a profile page, or any feed — XTagger works everywhere on X.com.

Step 3 — Hover a username

Move your mouse over any username or display name in the feed. After a moment you will see a small 🏷️ icon appear next to the name.

Tip: The icon appears next to the @username text. If hovering the tweet body does not show it, try hovering more precisely over the username itself.

Step 4 — Click the tag icon

Click the 🏷️ icon. A small popover editor appears:

  1. Type a label in the text field — for example journalist, friend, or follow closely
  2. Pick a colour from the 16-colour palette (coral is the default)
  3. Click Save tag

That is it. The tag is saved to your device immediately.

Step 5 — See the tag in the feed

Scroll through your timeline. Every post from that account will now show your tag as a coloured pill next to their username — on their profile page, in replies, in search results, everywhere.

What you have learned

  • How to install XTagger
  • How to create a tag using the hover trigger
  • That tags appear inline throughout X.com

Next steps

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