_blank

Put a double purple border around links that will open in a new tab (i.e. have target="_blank")

What is _blank?

_blank is a Chrome extension that puts a double purple border around links with target="_blank" to easily identify new tab opening links.

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By: zellous.design

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Users: 146 ▼ -3

Rating: 4.50 (2)

Version: 1.2.1 (Last updated: 2016-07-15)

Creation date: 2016-07-15

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

https://*/*
http://*/*
tabs

Size: 56.38K

Stats date:

Chrome-Stats Rank

# 58171 ▼ 547

Other rankings

#6974 in Developer Tools ▼ 20 #285 in design keyword 39 ▲ 6

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Summary

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This extension will put a double purple border around all links that will open in a new tab (i.e. links with target="_blank").

There are two main purposes for this extension:

If you build or manage websites, this is a great way to check that _blank is or is not being used on various links.
Sometimes _blank links are hiding amongst normal links. With the _blank extension you'll have a heads up before clicking a link that will pop open a new tab/window.

Feel free to fork/contribute: https://github.com/bzle/_blank

This is designed to be a compliment to igorware.com's NoFollow extension, which puts a red dotted outline around nofollow links. (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/nofollow/dfogidghaigoomjdeacndafapdijmiid)

User reviews

Useful.

Raffaele Paciello, 2017-07-31

Simple and does exactly what I want it to do. Just needs to add in a feature to turn it off temporarily across the board; I don't want it on 100% of the time.

Brian Graham, 2016-04-22

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Safety

Risk impact

_blank is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install _blank if you trust the publisher.