PowerSwitch
Switch tabs by typing
What is PowerSwitch?
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Summary
PowerSwitch is a tab switcher that lets you switch tabs instantly with your keyboard. Press command/control-k to open the list of tabs, type to filter the tabs, press enter to select one.
This solves two problems:
- you can pop over to a particular tab just by knowing its name. Lost your Gmail tab in ten windows with twelve tabs each? No problem: Just press command-k and type some of the name of the tab.
- you can easily bounce between two tabs, the way that you can alt-tab between apps: command-k, enter.
Version 2013.9.21 fixes bugs with full-screen windows and with not bringing a window to the front when switching tabs (apparently because of a change in Chrome's behavior) and removes the toolbar button. Now the keyboard shortcut is the only way to use PowerSwitch.
Version 2013.4.2 fixes a bug that caused the list of tabs to be empty after loading certain kinds of tabs.
(PowerSwitch is similar to Emacs' iswitchb and also to the Recent Files UI in IntelliJ.)
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Pros
- Great for navigating Chrome tabs
- Helpful in full screen mode
- Spotlight-like tab switcher
- Able to change keyboard shortcuts
Cons
- Cannot customize hotkey
- Extension stopped working after new release
- Issues in full screen mode on OSX
Most mentioned
- Keyboard Shortcut
- Tab Switching
- Usability in fullscreen mode
- Reliability
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Safety
Risk impact
PowerSwitch may not be safe to use and it requires some risky permissions. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing.
Risk likelihood
PowerSwitch has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.
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