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Popup Tab Switcher

Makes switching between tabs more convenient.

Users10KCurrent public install base
Rating4.4Store average score
Reviews136Public review volume
Manifest versionV3Extension platform version
7-day growth0Net users gained this week
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Version2024.2
ManifestV3
Size249KiB
Languages1English
Published
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The extension shows you a popup with last active tabs when you press its shortcut (Alt + Y by default). You cycle through them by holding Alt and pressing Y. By releasing the Alt key you switch to the chosen tab. This is like switching between apps in Windows (Alt + Tab) and in macOS (Cmd + Tab).

Also, when you close an active tab, you will be placed to the previously active one. It is more helpful than the default Chrome's behaviour, which activates the nearest tab.

You can delegate default switching between tabs by pressing Ctrl + Tab to the extension, see how https://github.com/dvdvdmt/popup-tab-switcher#replace-default-tab-switching-behaviour

NOTE: The extension tries to render its popup on the page wherever it is possible, but there are cases where it can't do that:

* Chrome's web store pages. The extension doesn't work here.

* Special Chrome tabs such as Settings, New tab, History, etc. In this case the extension tries to switch a user from a special tab to a previous tab without showing a popup.

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Store average score4.4Chrome Web Store aggregate rating, including ratings without synced review text
Synced text average4.4Average computed only from synced review bodies below
Reviews with text88Synced review bodies
Total ratings / reviews136Chrome Web Store public rating/review count

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Mohammad Saeed Barzegar Seddigh2026年3月18日
5

It's the one that I am looking for

Version 2024.2Language en
Martin Kordas2026年3月6日
3

I think this extension is the best I've tried, however it still has several drawbacks: - When I run Chrome PWA app (e. g. Youtube), tab switcher cycles also through these PWA app windows and there are annoying bugs with tab order. - When some browser text box (e.g. search window or address bar) is focused, popup doesn't get displayed. - Zoom problems when using in PDF viewer (if PDF is zoomed in, tab switcher is zoomed out and vice versa). - Sometimes popup stays accidentally displayed and I have to press Enter to switch the tab. Mostly it is when browser is busy (webpage is heavy or still loading). - Bugs specific to particular websites (Google Docs - when switching to some the tab, there is no focus on the document). - Popup switcher is not native browser function, so it is slow sometimes and it doesn't work on special browser pages (new tab, settings etc). It is a shame Chrome doesn't support this natively.

Version 2024.2Language en
Dmitry Glavatskiy2026年2月27日
5

That's really useful extension! Thank you! Works well, I was looking for such tool for years :)

Version 2024.2Language en
Amandeep Vasudev2026年1月2日
5

Amazing extension. Really wanted ctrl+tab tab switch functionality like Arc browser and it delivered! Although, look and feel can be improved Example, 1. auto-switch light/dark based upon system settings 2. change font family 3. support grid (along with list) 4. enable tab preview

Version 2024.2Language en
Gilles Ruppert2025年12月10日
5

Of all the extensions I tried to cycle through recent tabs, this has been working the best. The Karabiner Elements hack to map Ctrl-Tab to this extension on macOS works mostly fine, though not as well as the workaround the author of Quick Tab Switch posted on their extension (they have the downside of only supporting 2 tabs :( ). Maybe review and see whether you can support that way for Ctrl-Tab! :)

Version 2024.2Language en
ocean fan2025年12月5日
5

FOR ANYONE TRYING TO CHANGE THE DEFAULT HOTKEYS Credit to @Eliahu Aaronn for pointing this out in another review. "chrome://extensions/shortcuts" It's this link For some reason he bruied it at the bottem of his github so if u want to find it, it's also there. you can find the github in the overview he wrote or in the description of his trailer video on youtube.

Version 2024.2Language en
Chase Schuette2025年9月21日
4

So far good. I don't see the ability to make a make a window come to the front when switching to a tab in a window different from the current

Version 2024.2Language en
oreos xking2025年7月25日
5

Amazing extension exactly what I needed. Works just like alt + tab on windows.

Version 2024.2Language en
Ammar Mohamed2025年6月11日
5

exactly what I was looking for!

Version 2024.2Language en
jones cutemba2025年5月8日
5

This is pure gold! Changing Hotkey would be a nice functionality :)

Version 2024.2Language en
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