Chrome-Stats extension
Lock Tab
Prevents a tab from being closed accidentally
Total ratings for Lock Tab
3.59
(Rating count:
32)
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Pros
- Works well for some users
- Useful for preventing accidental tab closure
- Open source
Cons
- Requires interaction with the page to activate tab protection
- Some tabs won't lock without manually adding URL to settings
- Can be confusing for some users
Most mentioned
- Requires interaction with the page to enable tab protection
- Doesn't work for some tabs
- Useful for preventing accidental closure
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Recent reviews for Lock Tab
Recent rating average:
3.50
All time rating average:
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| Date | Author | Rating | Lang | Comment |
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| 2024-05-08 |  |
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en | So far works fine with me. I'm listening to Naxos music and going through my online RSS feeds---two sites which I often close by mistake. App is keeping both open with a warning screen if I try to close them. |
| 2024-03-11 |  |
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en | Nice and Simple |
| 2024-02-11 |  |
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en | Works quite well for how simple it is, and for this reason I am willing to accept some of the minor drawbacks. On some pages it does not seem to work, when I tried to lock the webstore page the extention did not display the locked icon when clicked. Otherwise exactly what I was looking for, and being open source is a good bonus. |
| 2024-02-10 |  |
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en | Great except when you have to relaunch Chrome for updates and it won't close because of the locks. You have to unlock everything, relaunch and then relock everything. Not feasible. Also a pain when reloading a page that you have to relock it. |
| 2024-02-04 |  |
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en | does not work |
| 2024-01-08 |  |
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en | @gabrielmaldi Nice tool and useful for me. I wonder if the dialog box text could be less generic. I sometimes do want to close sites in which I've made changes that I don't want to save, so it confused me at first. I need to do an additional mental step of thinking "oh, is this dialog because of LockTab, or is this a real message?" Maybe it could say something like "This tab is locked by LockTab. Do you really want to close it?" |
| 2024-01-08 |  |
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en | Actually made me lose a tab I was trying to lock. Will lock some tabs, but not others. Uninstalling before it can mess me up any further. |
| 2023-12-28 |  |
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en | Can't believe Chrome doesn't offer this, the extension works great just follow the gif posted by the author below. |
| 2023-12-27 |  |
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en | Glad such an extension exists! Note: It only works on tabs opened AFTER you install the extension. So I had to go and hit "reload" on my standard tabs that I wanted to protect. (Then click the extension button, then click anywhere on the page.) @gabrielmaldi - Might be good to include an animated gif or series of screenshot to show exactly how to use it for the first time, as it's not immediately clear. |
| 2023-12-20 |  |
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en | While the extension works, I would advise following Vitor's guide if the extension doesn't work for the tab you want to lock. Giving a 3 star for now due to the fact that some tabs won't even lock unless you manually add the URL to the extension's settings. This is regardless if the tab is being interacted with |
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