New Window to the Right

Opens a new window directly to the right of the current window and wraps when the window reaches the edge of the monitor.

New Window to the Right Chrome Extension

New Window to the Right Chrome extension opens new windows to the right of the current window, prevents windows from opening off-screen, and supports multi-monitor setup. Enjoy a more convenient browsing experience!
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Extension stats

By: sifounak
Users: 46
-4
Version: 3.1 (Last updated: 2018-08-02)
Creation date: 2018-08-02
Risk impact: Very low risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • system.display
  • declarativeContent
Size: 7.71K

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Not available on Android
Not available on Firefox
Not available on Edge
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Extension summary

This Chrome extension opens new windows directly to the right of the current window (instead of Chrome's default cascading behavior).

Why does this matter?

Like many people, my Chrome window is always set to take the maximum vertical space on my monitor (but not the maximum horizontal space).

Unfortunately, whenever you open a new Chrome window, Chrome cascades new windows down and to the right by default. This means that every new window starts off with part of its window off screen.

That's extremely annoying!

There are 3 major features that make up the functionality of this extension:

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Extension safety

Risk impact

New Window to the Right does not require any sensitive permissions.

Risk likelihood

New Window to the Right has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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