# Open on active desktop

> Provides D-Bus message bus interface used to open new tabs on currently active virtual desktop/workspace on Linux on Wayland.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/open-on-active-desktop](https://chrome-stats.com/d/open-on-active-desktop)

## Overview

- **ID:** `open-on-active-desktop`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Janhouse
- **Category:** tabs
- **Daily users:** 3
- **Version:** 0.8
- **Last updated:** 2023-07-17
- **First published:** 2023-07-13
- **Size:** 8.28 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-13
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/open-on-active-desktop/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/Janhouse/tab-in-workspace](https://github.com/Janhouse/tab-in-workspace)

## Description

In development, currently supports Gnome 3 on Wayland.

Also requires gnome-shell extension. More info in <a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/913c6b36f6b8c56f3f377f4b5942edce097238f07bb1272b34a9515df328499f/https%3A//github.com/Janhouse/tab-in-workspace" rel="nofollow">Github repository</a>

## Rankings

- #58,074 — Overall
- #213 — desktop

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `nativeMessaging`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Low risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Facilitates communication between extensions and native applications, usually low risk if managed correctly.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/open-on-active-desktop)