# Hotkey Tabs

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

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/hotkey-tabs](https://chrome-stats.com/d/hotkey-tabs)

## Overview

- **ID:** `hotkey-tabs`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Jonny
- **Category:** tabs
- **Daily users:** 84
- **Weekly downloads:** 4
- **Rating:** 4.63 / 5 (16 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.9.1resigned1
- **Last updated:** 2024-04-25
- **First published:** 2016-10-26
- **Size:** 61 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/hotkey-tabs/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/Jon-Salmon/hotkey-tabs](https://github.com/Jon-Salmon/hotkey-tabs)

## Description

Hotkey Tabs is a Firefox add-on that enables users to quickly switch between and load frequently visited webpages using keyboard shortcuts. With Alt-number keyboard shortcuts, users can easily navigate to specified websites or webpages, either by switching to an existing tab or opening a new tab. Users can customize the action for each hotkey, such as switching/opening sites or pages, and even using regular expression matching to determine tab matches.

## Rankings

- #12,535 — Overall
- #142 — keyboard
- #226 — loading

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `tabs`
- `notifications`
- `storage`
- `contextMenus`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/hotkey-tabs)