# Tab Position Manager

> Automatically move a new tab based on URL to a position next to another tab

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/tab-position-manager](https://chrome-stats.com/d/tab-position-manager)

## Overview

- **ID:** `tab-position-manager`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Thomas
- **Category:** tabs
- **Daily users:** 1
- **Version:** 1.1
- **Last updated:** 2025-06-04
- **First published:** 2025-06-01
- **Size:** 9.16 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-07
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/tab-position-manager/)

## Description

Automatically move a new tab based on URL to a position next to another tab. 
If the active tab before opening the new one was pinned, the new tab opens left to the Target-Tab. If it was unpinned it opens right to the Target-Tab. Although this is not optimal, for reasons of speed it remains like this.

## Rankings

- #114,271 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `tabs`
- `storage`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- 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/tab-position-manager)