Force New Tab

Normally a link that you Ctrl-click or middle-click is opened in a new tab. This extension enforces that default behavior.

Force New Tab

Download

Extension stats

This extension was removed from Chrome Web Store on 2022-12-25

By: iisisoft

Users: 65

Rating: 2.50

(2)

Version: 1.0.2 (Last updated: 2017-07-06)

Creation date: 2017-07-06

Permissions:

<all_urls>
tabs

Size: 3.46K

Full description: See detailed description

Other platforms

Not available on Android

Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

User reviews

Doesn't work. Yet another extension the makes false claims. Yet another developer wasting my time.

kouldb anyone, 2018-12-14

Seems to work as expected. Fixes both ctrl-click and the vimium shortcut for opening a link in a new tab on pages where links were previously forced to open in the current tab.

Olle Ekman, 2016-07-27

View all user reviews

Extension safety

Risk impact

Force New Tab requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
Critical ****** ****** ** ******* ***** ***** *** ** **** ** ***** **** ******** ****** *** ******** ********** * ******* ********
High ******* ******* **** *** ****** ***** *** ***** ** ******* **** ********* ********* ** * *********** *****
Low ******* ****** ** *** ********* ********