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Show Apps in new tab icon

Show Apps in new tab

This extension shows the apps overview when opening a new tab in Chrome.

Users40KCurrent public install base
Rating3.9Store average score
Reviews666Public review volume
Manifest versionV3Extension platform version
7-day growth0Net users gained this week
7-day growth rate0%Relative weekly velocity
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Version3.0.0
ManifestV3
Size28.28KiB
Languages1English
Published
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Overview

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Make sure to use Chrome version 84+ with this extension, otherwise the automatic selection of the locationbar text doesn't work.

Since Google updated Chrome to version 29, the App overview is no longer shown, when opening a new tab. This extension restores that behaviour to the way it was.

Tip: the keyboard shortcut CTRL+L (Windows/Linux) or CMD+L (macOS) highlights the URL.

v.3.0.0

* Upgraded to manifest V3. The rest of the extension code is exactly the same as version 2.1.0. Please bear in mind that the display of the apps is handled by internal Chrome code. This means that this extension has no influence over how that looks.

* Fixed a bug so that the address bar is highlighted again

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Store average score3.9Chrome Web Store aggregate rating, including ratings without synced review text
Synced text average3.8Average computed only from synced review bodies below
Reviews with text314Synced review bodies
Total ratings / reviews666Chrome Web Store public rating/review count

Store average score: 3.9. The bars below are calculated from synced review text only, so they may be empty for extensions that have public ratings but no synced comments yet.

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Anonymous user2015年8月6日
3

Not always available in Windows 10. Had to reinstall, not sure why.

Language en
0 helpful · 1 not helpful
Ryan Murray2015年7月20日
4

A fantastic alternative for the new tab screen. // PLEASE add a script to clear the URL at the top so that Google searching is ready to go after adding a new tab.

Language en
1 helpful · 1 not helpful
Rachel Halpin2015年7月18日
5

It is really good

Language en
0 helpful · 1 not helpful
Helen Fernanda2015年5月11日
5

Simple and perfect. Simples e perfeita.

Language pt
Reyna Aguilar2015年5月11日
1

Every time i made a new tab, it showed up. i suggest not getting it. SMILE!

Language en
1 helpful · 6 not helpful
weakish2015年5月4日
3

There was one problem: if chrome crashes, next time it opens, then click to restore page disappears quickly and the new app page turns up. Thus it is hard to restore the previous session.

Language en
6 helpful · 5 not helpful
Adam Mendes da Silva2015年4月23日
3

It's nice, but need to clear the omnibar after open a new tab, this is very annoying. So, I'll look to other solution, it works well on Windows, but in OSX, don't.

Language en
1 helpful · 16 not helpful
Jay Busch2015年4月13日
5

It does what it says.

Language en
0 helpful · 1 not helpful
Dominic Alms2015年4月9日
5

exactly what i wanted, very easy

Language en
1 helpful · 1 not helpful
Anonymous user2015年3月30日
4

Great extension! Can you add to this script for the URL box to clear itself after calling the chrome://apps. It makes it somewhat difficult to start typing new text or URLs, so it'd be worth it to let the apps screen load, and then clear it from the URL box.

Language en
1 helpful · 3 not helpful