New tabs to the front

Brings newly created tabs to the foreground.

New Tabs to the Front - Chrome Extension

'New tabs to the front' is a convenient Chrome extension designed to enhance your browsing experience by automatically forcing new tabs to open in the foreground. This eliminates the need to manually click on each new tab to view it, thus saving time and making web navigation smoother.

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By: amahnk

Users: 4,000+

Rating: 4.36

(14)

Version: 0.0.2 (Last updated: 2018-06-11)

Creation date: 2018-06-11

Permissions:

tabs

Size: 31.07K

Full description: See detailed description

Ranking

# 14,658 ▼ 2

Other rankings

#6781 in Developer Tools ▲ 95 #7 in new tabs keyword 48 ▲ 7 #237 in new tab keyword 50 ▲

Other platforms

Not available on Android

Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Works as expected and is a good replacement for 'Tabs to the Front'
Does not conflict with tab groups
Simple and effective functionality
Compatible with recent versions of Chrome
Users appreciate the straightforward nature of the extension

Cons

Does not work with some latest versions of Chrome
Loses the ability to open tabs in the background with Shift+Middle Click
Recent updates changed behavior, causing confusion for some users

Most mentioned

Works as expected
Good replacement for 'Tabs to the Front'
Does not conflict with tab groups
Has some compatibility issues with latest Chrome versions
Users desire more control over tab opening behavior

User reviews

2024年10月、『Tabs to the front v2』と『アクティベート新規タブ』がなぜか時々機能しなくなったため、こちらに鞍替え。うまくいけ In October 2024, ''Tabs to the front v2'' and ''Activate new tab'' sometimes stopped working for some reason, so I switched to this. I hope goes well

m s, 2024-10-07

Still works perfectly on Chrome for Windows version 129.0.6668.59

Nigel Poore, 2024-09-19

Does not work with my latest version of Chrome.

John Langfield, 2024-09-17

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Critical Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
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