Activate New Tab

Activate new tab and move it to beside of opener tab.

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Activate New Tab is a simple, lightweight Chrome extension designed to enhance your browsing experience by automatically activating new tabs opened from links and moving them directly beside the original tab. Whether you open links using the context menu's 'Open link in new tab' or by clicking the middle mouse button, this extension ensures the new tab is immediately active and neatly organized next to its opener. It operates without requiring any special permissions, making it safe and efficient to use. Improve tab management and streamline your workflow with this handy extension.

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By:: 痛ったい
Users:: 5,000+
Rating:: 3.96

(24)
Version:: 0.8 (Last updated: 2024-10-07)
Creation date:: 2020-04-14
Risk:: Very low risk impact Very low risk likelihood
Permissions:: storage
Size:: 10.26K
Email:: su*****@protonmail.ch
Full description:: See detailed description
Source:: Chrome Web Store
Updated:: 16 hours ago

Ranking

# 13,709 ▼ 482

Other rankings

#129 in Accessibility ▼ 1 #100 in new tabs keyword 47 ▼ 26 #134 in new tab keyword 46 ▼ 37

User reviews

Pros

Allows opening links in new tabs and automatically activates the new tab.
Works well with mouse middle-click and touchpad three-finger click to open links in new tabs as active.
Simple to use and does not collect user data.
Compatible with multiple Chromium-based browsers including Chrome, Edge, Brave, and Vivaldi.
Provides consistent activation of new tabs opened from any tab position, unlike some other extensions.

Cons

Sometimes fails to activate new tabs or behaves inconsistently, as reported in some recent usage.
Bug where settings require toggling the extension off and on to take effect.
Causes scrambled tab order or incorrect active tab upon browser startup when restoring previous session.
Lacks certain requested features, such as opening favorites in new tabs with customizable options (background/foreground) and an option to open new tabs without automatic activation.
No detailed user documentation or usage guidance provided in the extension page.

Recent reviews

タブを閉じた時に左のタブにフォーカスが移るオプションほしいです。

AAA OA (かぼちゃ頭), 2025-03-12

Finally one that works in March 2025 after "right click" extensions removed with the latest update. Just click the mouse wheel and the link opens and you are sent to it. Also works with 3 finger click on the touchpad. I hope Google leave it alone for a while!

Simon Barter, 2025-03-10

1、好用，使用鼠标中键点击连接，自动跳转到新标签页中打开网页； 2、在扩展程序的介绍页面没有写如何使用，请作者添加使用教程； 3、能不能增加新的选择，使用鼠标左键点击网页链接，然后跳转到新标签页中打开网页？

chan chan, 2025-01-07

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Activate New Tab does not require any sensitive permissions.

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Risk likelihood

Activate New Tab has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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