# Alt New Tab

> Alt+\[Shift\]+N to open an alternative new tab that contains your HTML and script without focus the address bar

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/alt-new-tab](https://chrome-stats.com/d/alt-new-tab)

## Overview

- **ID:** `alt-new-tab`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Nobuyuki Honda
- **Category:** appearance,other,tabs
- **Daily users:** 1
- **Rating:** 4.00 / 5 (3 ratings)
- **Version:** 0.5
- **Last updated:** 2022-02-05
- **First published:** 2017-11-06
- **Size:** 15 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-12
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/alt-new-tab/)
- **Website:** [https://www.nk2.org/amo.html](https://www.nk2.org/amo.html)

## Description

Alt New Tab is a Firefox add-on that provides a convenient way to open a new tab without the need to focus on the address bar. With simple keyboard shortcuts, you can insert a new tab after the last tab or after the current tab. Customize your shortcuts easily through the manage extension shortcuts page in Firefox 66 and later.

## Rankings

- #73,300 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `cookies`
- `storage`
- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/alt-new-tab)