Switch To New Tab

Sets focus to newly opened tabs.

What is Switch To New Tab?

Switch To New Tab is a Chrome extension that forces Chrome to set focus to all new tabs when they are created. It ensures that the location bar receives focus upon opening a new tab, creating a seamless and enhanced browsing experience.

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This extension was removed from Chrome Web Store on 2023-08-11

By: Arctic Phoenix

Users: 9,848+

Rating: 4.69 (104)

Version: 1.0 (Last updated: 2018-06-11)

Creation date: 2018-06-11

Risk impact: Very low risk impact

Risk likelihood: High risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Size: 4.50K

URLs: Website

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Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

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Extension summary

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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!

User reviews

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Pros

Does its job
Doesn't collect data
No special permissions required
Simple and effective
Lightning fast
Automatic install for many users

Cons

Randomly disabling
Conflicts with tab groups
Doesn't replicate exact behavior of Firefox

Most mentioned

Does what it says
Simple
Works well
Fast
Chrome should have this as a standard option
Needs an update

User reviews

This does much the same as the "Tab Activate" extension. Tab Activate has one capability that this extension lacks: With Tab Activate a shift-click reverts to the original behavior. Not very important but If you are on a page with multiple links you might want to open several of those links without leaving the original page.

Robert Paulsen, 2023-07-30

One of those indispensable extensions that does its job, doesn't collect data, and doesn't need any special permissions. Absolute perfection.

Live Long & Prosper, 2023-07-28

I really like this extension, but it keeps randomly disabling. The only way to fix (that I know of) is to manually disable and reenable the extension. Wish there was a true fix for this and I'd give it 5 stars easy.