Reload on Focus

Reload a tab whenever it receives the focus.

What is Reload on Focus?

Reload on Focus is a Chrome extension designed for developers who want a convenient way to automatically reload tabs whenever they receive focus. It is perfect for those who want to quickly view the results of their work in Chrome.

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By: Stephen Blott

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Users: 89 ▼ -3

Rating: 4.33 (3)

Version: 1.0 (Last updated: 2019-01-05)

Creation date: 2019-01-01

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

storage
<all_urls>

Size: 38.23K

Email: sm*****@gmail.com

URLs: Website

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 67230 ▼ 801

Other rankings

#8373 in Workflow & Planning ▼ 3 #44 in reload keyword 52 ▼ 1 #112 in focus keyword 12 ▼ 12

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Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

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Summary

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This is a very simple extension which (for pages matching a list of RegExps) reloads a tab each time it receives the focus.

It is intended for developers who work a bit, then revisit Chrome to view the fruit of their labors.

User reviews

It reloads, but: 1. Could have regexps in popup, not in options. 2. Could have time threshold (not reload in short period of time). 3. Could have permissions only for active tab, I suppose. 4. It doesn't watch URL change on the tab.

Alexander Popov (AlexWayfer), 2024-03-12

Terrific, does exactly what is needed and quite a timesaver when learning to code. Thanks for building this. Note to dev: Had trouble getting it to run at first (because I'm a noob and have no idea what RegExps are), regardless, was able to get it going based on URL.

Murat Gorgun, 2021-01-17

Simple, straightforward, and it just works. Thanks for sharing the extension.

Raphaël Taque, 2020-12-07

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Safety

Risk impact

Reload on Focus may not be safe to use and it requires some risky permissions. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing.