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anpjffgglpjkiiaabhmhihckcghknmbp
Description from extension meta
Automatically focuses new tabs, avoiding issues during session restoration.
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Description from store
New tabs are automatically focused upon creation.
The extension doesn't define the way you open tabs (this should be left to you), it just waits for you to open a link and will activate the tab so you don't always have to click.
Latest reviews
- (2025-08-14) Lyubomir: I found this is the reason for loading all of my tabs on browser startup, just like the other (older??) Tab Activate extension.
- (2025-05-07) John Lewis: Second Update Day After First Review: Now, its working again. I think something on my end caused it to glitch. The stars aligned five times. Thanks, vdegenne! Updated Day After First Review: It's broken. It stopped working. It opens a new tab in the background when using the 'Open Link in New Tab' command from the right-click menu. Yesterday, it opened the link in a new tab, but it activated that new tab so it focused on it. What happened? Your guess is as good as mine. I don't know. Five stars fell to the 1 star level. It does not work as expected. That's too bad. Hopefully, this will be fixed. I'll give it some time before requiring myself to remove it. Thanks for trying, vdegenne. Works as expected. However, I will suggest to the developer to update the extension description on the Google Chrome Store because it currently does not explicitly state this extension immediately focuses on the newly opened tab when using the Open Link in New Tab command from the right-click menu in the desktop version of Google Chrome. Yet, somehow I ended up finding this extension, and I'm so grateful that it works as expected! Thank you very much!
- (2025-03-20) Adriaan Steenkamp: You are AWESOME dude. We need more people like you on the net ;)
- (2025-03-19) Mary Lane: I just now installed Tab-Activate V2, and it just immediately works (shifts focus to new tab as soon as link is opened in new tab)! What a pleasure! Thanks.
- (2025-03-06) christian Boughton: When opening a link in a new tab (middle click) from a subfolder of the bookmark toolbar, the bookmark menu is not closed.
- (2025-03-04) Murzik T: Works as intended. Takes you to tab opened right after clicking on it with middle tutton.
- (2024-12-10) Malcolm Andrieshyn: Switching from Firefox to Chrome, was about to uninstall Chrome until I found this plugin. Does exactly what it says, middle click any link and it will open as a new tab and then switch to that tab. Can't believe Chrome doesn't have this feature as a setting by default.
- (2024-12-03) Alberto Del Din: Works perfectly! Thank you very much for developing this extension 👍