FLST Chrome

Focus Last Selected Tab :: Provides natural / MRU tab ordering + Options for Tab Flipping, New Tab Select, and New Tab Location

What is FLST Chrome?

FLST Chrome is a Chrome extension that provides a more natural / MRU style tab ordering, allows for tab flipping, new tab selection, and new tab location customization. It also offers multiple window support and tab migration, making it easier to focus on the most recent tab.

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By: Gary7

View on Chrome Web Store

Users: 1,000+

Rating: 3.98 (41)

Version: 2.1 (Last updated: 2024-07-15)

Creation date: 2013-06-27

Risk impact: Very low risk impact

Risk likelihood: Moderate risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

contextMenus

Size: 109.57K

Email: ex*****@gmail.com

Ranking

# 22671 ▼ 2

Other rankings

#12724 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 28 #28 in instruction keyword 2 ▼ 2 #189 in icon keyword 19 ▲ 1 #211 in customize keyword 17 ▲ 3 #252 in display keyword 16 ▼ 1

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FLST Chrome summary:

Provides a more natural / MRU style tab ordering
Focus-Last-Selected-Tab: when the current/displayed tab is closed, display the most recent tab
Multiple window support: tab ordering is maintained for each window
Tab Migration: ordering also works when tabs are dragged between windows
Options Page: right-click the extension icon and click Options (see icon Instructions below)
[Option] Tab Flipping: flip/toggle the current and most recent tab (!see LIMITATIONS below!)

User reviews

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Pros

Works as intended for managing tab focus.
Allows new tabs to open to the right of existing tabs.
User-friendly setup and install screens.
Helps maintain browser focus effectively.
Users rely on it for better tab management.

Cons

Infuriating default behavior of focusing on the last selected tab when closing tabs.
Annoying sound effects that cannot be disabled.
Unintuitive keyboard shortcuts, particularly CTRL+X.
Lack of automatic focus behavior when closing tabs.
Inconsistent functionality compared to similar extensions in other browsers.

Most mentioned

Focus on the last selected tab
Opening new tabs to the right
Issues with sound effects
Keyboard shortcut complaints
Reliance on the extension for tab management

Recent reviews

Works great.. but I haven't heard the scream thing yet. I use a monitoring extension on Vivaldi, and it made my tab focus all messed. I don't think there's a way to change that on Vivaldi. Anyways, now I can keep browser focus again. Thanks..