Hotkey Tabs

Quick switching and loading of commonly used webpages via keyboard shortcuts.

Allows for the quick switching and loading of commonly used website and webpages with Alt-number keyboard shortcuts. If the specified website or webpage is open, then firefox will switch to that tab, else it will open the site in a new tab.

Instructions:

  1. Go to the options page for "Hotkey Tabs" in the about:addons page
  2. You can then specify the url of the website you wish each hotkey (Alt-0 to Alt-9) to switch to either by specifying explicitly in this screen, or by navigating to the site and using the right click context option
  3. The exact action for each hotkey can be specified in the about:addons screen
    • Switch/Open site: Switches or opens the specified site. If any open page is part of the specified site, then it will be switched to, else the root of the site will be opened.
    • Switch/Open page: Switches or opens the specified page. Firefox will change tab only if the exact page url is already opened, else it will open that page.
    • RegEx Matching: Decides whether a tab matches or not by a specified regular expression pattern.
Please report any bugs to the support email
Manifest V2
By:
Jonny
Daily users:
89 -3
Rating:
4.60
(15)
Version:
1.9.1resigned1 Last updated: 2024-04-25
Version code:
5727204
Creation date:
2016-10-26
Risk:
Moderate risk impact Moderate risk likelihood
Permissions:
  • tabs
  • notifications
  • storage
  • contextMenus
Size:
62.63K
Email:
ho*****@gmail.com
URLs:
Website
Full description:
See detailed description
Source:
Firefox Browser Add-ons
Updated:
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