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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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Steve Procter2023年1月10日
5

We should not need this in 2023, but we do (In Edge too) :( I have been using the plug-in for a coup[le of years and would be lost without it. A massive thanks you to the devs.

Language en
2 helpful · 0 not helpful
Roger Grimsby2022年9月30日
5

I'm new at Chrome. I still have trouble finding the Web Store. I'll try to remember to just google for it. Why doesn't chrome natively understand that when we choose to "open a link in new tab," it's because we want to go there. In Firefox, it's an option you can toggle in their Settings; so easy. The first hundred times I looked in the Web Store for an extension so the browser would go to a new tab when I click "Open in New Tab," I couldn't find anything. I'm not sure what I did different that I finally found it today. "Tab Activate" <heart> It works fine. Now, when I open a link "in a new tab," the new tab gets displayed immediately. An other review said something about this extension doesn't work when you go to Bookmarks and open one of them by right-clicking and choosing Open in a New Tab. I'm having different results on my antique laptop -- when I "open [a Bookmark] in a new tab," the browser goes to the new tab immediately, just fine. Now I don't dislike Chrome so much. Next, I need an extension that adds "Delete" to chrome's right-click menu. I don't necessarily want "Cut," which may displace what's in the clipboard.

Language en
2 helpful · 0 not helpful
A “Littlebutterflygb” Knox2022年9月21日
3

As previous reviewers have said, the extension does not work when clicking on links in the Favourites/Bookmarks Bar which are the most used links! Useful, but not what it really promised.

Language en
Dmitry Nesterov (estaf1001)2022年8月14日
2

If any site already has link functionality, which should open a new page in a new window, then the extension works. If you click on the link yourself with the mouse wheel, the new page opens in the background. The problem appeared after one of the Google Chrome updates. One of the reasons why I abandoned Google Chrome. the guys are very stubborn.

Language en
3 helpful · 0 not helpful
Megosu Tmp2022年7月27日
1

Doesn't work with Vivaldi browser (tested with 5.3.2679.55). It opens a new tab but it stays blank. I'm currently using "Open Tabs In Foreground 1.0.4" which works a treat, but has been recently marked as "This extension violates the Chrome Web Store policy". It is why I have been trying your extension, but with no luck :(

Language en
1 helpful · 0 not helpful
Akihisa Toyota2022年5月27日
2

基本的な機能は有効に動いています。 しかし、副作用があります。 Tab groupを折りたたんでいても、Chromeを再起動したときにすべてのTab groupが開いてしまうことがあります。 また、これはChromeの話ではないが、Edgeで空白の新しいタブが開く位置がおかしいことがあります。 このように様々な良くない挙動をすることがあります。 The basic function is working effectively. However, there is a side effect. Sometimes all Tab groups open when Chrome is restarted, even if the Tab group is collapsed. Also, and this is not about Chrome, but sometimes a blank new tab opens in Edge in the wrong position. This is a variety of bad behavior.

Language ja
6 helpful · 0 not helpful
Rafał Wałczyk2022年5月19日
2

Aktywacja zakładek działa, ale kiedy mam ustawione, żeby Brave zapamiętywał zakładki przy wyjściu, później przy otwieraniu programu ładują się wszystkie na raz, ogromnie obciążając procesor.

Language pl
Libre Gisin2022年3月27日
2

THE problem with this extension, is that it destroys the action of "New Tab at End 3000" and of "Tab Position Option". It switch well to the new Tab, but forces it to be next to to current one, so this extension is useless for me if this behavior is not corrected. Two extensions that work well for me are : "Switch to New Tab" and "Tab to Front v2". They can be combined with the two first extensions I mentioned.

Language en
A. L.2021年11月18日
5

Удобное приложение. Изредка возникает баг: не переключается на вкладку. Решаемо перезагрузкой браузера.

Language ru
易弗2021年11月15日
4

时不时会失灵,需要关闭重启扩展,也不知道是哪里出了问题

Language zh
5 helpful · 0 not helpful