Tab Activate V2
Accessibility
Automatically focuses new tabs, avoiding issues during session restoration.
Users
2K
Rating
4.6
Reviews
13
7D Growth
0|0%
Stable signalNo paid features detectedMedium-risk permissions
Tab Activate
New tabs open immediately instead of in the background
Users50KCurrent public install base
Rating4.0Store average score
Reviews278Public review volume
Manifest versionV3Extension platform version
7-day growth0Net users gained this week
7-day growth rate0%Relative weekly velocity
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Version3.2.1
ManifestV3
Size6.14KiB
Languages1English (United States)
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Description
When you open a link in a new tab, Chrome opens the new tab in the background and provides no option to switch to it immediately.
With Tab Activate, new tabs open immediately instead of in the background.
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Store average score4.0Chrome Web Store aggregate rating, including ratings without synced review text
Synced text average3.8Average computed only from synced review bodies below
Reviews with text175Synced review bodies
Total ratings / reviews278Chrome Web Store public rating/review count
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I find "TabsPlus" better. You have an option to make your tab in background or in foreground.
Полезнейшее расширение избавляющее от лишних активаций вкладок:) Очень удобно как в Хромиуме так и, в Яндекс.Браузере. Спасибо!
For the life of me, I can't understand why this is not the default behavior of Chrome or at least make this an option... GOOGLE ARE YOU LISTENING???
After I pressed middle button of the mouse on the Home button, the new tab opened in background. Fix it, please.
Just perfect! But don't work when link opened from the flash game or something like that. Please, fix it!
Simple. Does exactly what it says and what I wanted. Great performance. I have added it to all of my Chrome Profiles.
A little slow in switching. Please make it immediate
Killer app, but lacks an option on the context menu "Deactivate", "Off", "Pause" or something. When I want default to be open tabs in the background, I have to disable Tab Activate. Also, there should be an option "always open links in new tabs". That would be awesome. Also it would blow "Open External Links in New Tab" right out of the water(it doesn't work anyway). Not true: "To override Tab Activate and open new tabs in the background, press the Shift key while opening the new tab." Chrome default behaviour is Press SHIFT to open in a new window. With "Tab Activate", pressing SHIFT still works(thankfully) in my Chrome. Why not use CTRL in stead? It's the default anyway. That would be an essential improvement. Not accurate: "Tab Activate effectively reverses Chrome's new tab focus behavior." Chrome already has open tab in the foreground. Press CTRL+SHIFT. With "Tab Activate", opening tabs in the background(press CTRL) is unfortunately no longer possible. So statement is not entirely true, though not having to press CTRL+SHIFT is what I usually prefer. I disable Tab Activate when I want to open tabs in the background.
It works great. I want new tabs to open immediately and it does.
This app is amazing! It does what developers say it's supposed to do almost all the time except I sometimes confuse almost with nonemost but it does work great as much needed arrowed icon that sits neatly in upper right corner of my webpage.