Compare Chrome extensions: Tab Activate vs Switch To New Tab

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User count 50,000+ 9,848+
Average rating 4.08 4.69
Rating count 251 104
Last updated 2022-05-20 2018-06-11
Size 6.29K 4.50K
Version 3.2.1 1.0
Short description
New tabs open immediately instead of in the background Sets focus to newly opened tabs.
Full summary

Concerns Regarding Required Permissions

Please read the detailed description of required permissions (below) and why they are necessary. Without them, Tab Activate could not work as described. Absolutely no data is changed or collected.


Description

When you open a link in a new tab, Chrome opens the new tab in the background and provides no option to switch to it immediately.

With Tab Activate, new tabs open immediately instead of in the background.

To override Tab Activate and open a new tab in the background, press the Shift key while opening the new tab. Note: Override does not work for bookmarks.

Tab Activate effectively reverses Chrome's new tab focus behavior.

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This extension forces Chrome to set focus to all new tabs when they are created, a behavior previously not seen when a link was forced by the user to open in a new tab.

The location bar should get focus now when you open the New Tab, unless you use an addon that redirects to a different URL. Please let my know if you have any other issues with this.

Tampletop, what exactly are you looking for? I'm the developer for this extension, so if I know what you want, I'll try to put it in. Paul...I'm on it!