Open Tabs In Foreground

Open Tabs In Foreground
What is Open Tabs In Foreground?
Open Tabs In Foreground is a Chrome extension that modifies the way links are opened in Chrome. With this extension, links opened using the left or middle mouse button will open in the foreground tab instead of the background tab, providing a more seamless browsing experience.

Extension stats

Users: 672 ▼ -5
Rating: 4.00 (9)
Version: 1.0.5 (Last updated: 2023-03-25)
Creation date: 2017-10-10
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • <all_urls>
Size: 41.98K

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Not available on Firefox
Not available on Edge
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Extension summary

Open Tabs In Foreground

Clicking a link using the left mouse button while having Ctrl pressed opens it in a background tab by default. The same when using the middle mouse button. This extension opens these tabs in the foreground instead. Tabs are only opened in the background when having Shift pressed while clicking.

You won't need this extension in Firefox as it has a setting for this called When you open a link in a new tab, switch to it immediately, but in Chrome there is no way to achieve this otherwise.

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User reviews

Does not work on my latest version of chrome.
by John Langfield, 2024-09-17

Nice one, thanks a lot. I would give the fifth star for the same behavior when openning tabs from the bookmark bar - it works just in the opposite way than clicking on a link.
by Vaclav Koral, 2024-03-13

Thanks a lot for a very useful feature
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Open Tabs In Foreground requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Open Tabs In Foreground has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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