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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4.05
Latest
4.05
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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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Google searches will load slooooooooooooooooooooooooowly if it is running
Great... this has been the one issue keeping me from "liking" Chrome, although I'm sure I will find more. Firefox has become more of a resource hog so I really want to make the switch. Added Tab Activate and its working great!!!
Does what it says. Now my middle click (open link in new tab) makes the newly opened tab active.
It was driving me crazy! I mean the competition can open new taps in foreground.... Now Chrome can. :)
Does just what it says. Makes a new tab the active tab. YES!!
Que caca de virus
Doesn't work - you have to mess about pressing ctrl + shift on bookmarks.
I do not want to click Shift. could i have an option by simple click to activate the new tab?
Chrome is lame, but the way things are going on the web, I have to use it. Thanks for adding a very basic browser option that we've had for years - before Google became the new Microsoft. Could you add a feature to automatically open a new tab when pressing enter in the address bar? Thanks again.
It didn't work as advertised. After the first attempt I saved my browser sessions and shut chrome down and restarted. No luck. New tabs stayed in the background.