Compare Chrome extensions: Tab Activate vs TabsPlus

Stats Tab Activate Tab Activate TabsPlus TabsPlus
User count 50,000+ 30,000+
Average rating 4.08 4.00
Rating count 251 241
Last updated 2022-05-20 2013-06-24
Size 6.29K 51.73K
Version 3.2.1 8.8.5
Short description
New tabs open immediately instead of in the background Manage your tabs
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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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Features:

  • choose, where will be the focus after closing a tab;
  • choose default behaviour for a new tab;
  • you can "pin" current tab, so it will not be used for "last selected" behaviour;

Notes:

  • unfortunately, for today there is no full support for global keyboard shortcuts;
  • I'm not sure, it's possible to open every new tab in background;
  • still thinking about those two annoying problems; ;-)

Last changes (24 June 2013):

8.8.5

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