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Tab Positioner

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How to install Open in Chrome Web Store
CRX ID
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Status
  • Extension status: Featured
Description from extension meta

Choose where tabs appear, and which tab is focused when others disappear.

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Tab Positioner
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OPEN SOURCE • NO ADS • NO TRACKING

Tabs open with flair, close with care — you're the one who steers them where.
Tab Positioner lets you customize the position of new tabs and control which tab becomes active after you close one.

Notice:
* Enabling two or more similar tab-controlling extensions simultaneously may cause compatibility issues.

Features:
* New Tab Position: Decide where new tabs open.
* Link Tab Position: Set different rules for tabs opened from links in the foreground or background.
* Popup Position: Open popups as tabs, following the same rules as links. (Experimental)
* Tab Activation: Choose which tab gets focus after you close one.
* Sync Settings: Your tab position preferences sync across all your devices with Chrome's built-in sync feature.
* Dark Mode: The extension automatically matches Chrome's dark mode.

Permissions:
* The "Read your browsing history" permission is used solely to detect whether a newly opened tab is the default blank New Tab (chrome://newtab) in order to enable the extension's features. No other browsing history is collected, requested, or accessed.

Changelog:
- v0.4.3: Fixed an issue where popups were not opening in the correct position when configured to open as background tabs.
- v0.4.2: Added a new experimental feature to open popups as tabs.
- v0.4.1: Improved robustness when re-enabling the extension after it has been disabled, and refined i18n text on the settings page.
- v0.4.0: Added support for a new setting to control foreground link position, and multiple languages including German, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Ukrainian, and Chinese (Simplified/Traditional).
- v0.3.7: Fixed an issue by adjusting the tooltip font size for better readability.
- v0.3.6: Refined the user interface by updating CSS colors to align with Material Design specifications.
- v0.3.5: Corrected a bug related to tab creation when the background service worker was restored from an inactive state.
- v0.3.4: Enhanced the user experience with clearer UI text and new optional tooltips for settings.
- v0.3.3: Introduced the ability to configure tab batch processing thresholds at runtime.
- v0.3.2: Improved extension reliability by enabling a persistent background service worker.
- v0.3.1: Added an internal version variable for better debugging and release management.
- v0.3.0: Boosted performance by caching tab information and settings in the background worker.
- v0.2.7: Updated the extension description and various in-app messages for improved clarity.
- v0.2.6: Improved the logic for updating the index of recently used tabs.
- v0.2.5: Refactored internal code for more stable and reliable settings synchronization.
- v0.2.4: Fixed several critical bugs related to using the extension across multiple browser windows.
- v0.2.3: Corrected an issue with loading the extension's configuration on browser startup.
- v0.2.2: Internal improvements to the release process.
- v0.2.1: Deployed a hotfix to correct the positioning of newly created tabs.
- v0.2.0: Added initial support for intelligently activating the correct tab after another one is closed.
- v0.1.2: Refactored the core tab-moving logic to be more robust and prevent errors.
- v0.1.1: Fixed a bug related to internal variable context.
- v0.1.0: Initial public release.

Source Code: https://github.com/huangyxi/tab-positioner

If you notice any functional or translation issues in the extension, please [open an issue](https://github.com/huangyxi/tab-positioner/issues/new) or [submit a pull request](https://github.com/huangyxi/tab-positioner/pulls).
Contributions are always welcome!

Latest reviews

Dom
This extension works great. A small bug/minor annoyance I come across is when collapsing a tab group which contains the focused tab, and there are no other open tabs for the browser to switch to. Normally, the browser creates a new tab in the foreground, outside of the tab group that was just collapsed. The extension is affecting this behavior, causing the new tab to be created within the tab group, while it's collapsed. I still give the extension a 5/5, it works extremely well and the benefits of this extension vastly outweigh any small issues I've faced.
Salomon Salo
So far so good. No issues. The other Manifest V3 add ons to open new tab to the right of the current tab always had issues. I use it even with 300 tabs open and it works always, including opening links to the right of the current tab, the way i set it up.
Arpad Orfi
Works perfectly.
罗德贾
I just want to find an alternative for "tab position options" used for year. And this one, so far so good, just one feature needed, plz add one option to select the tabs in activating order after current tab closed.
Doppel
It's wonderful. There are many extensions with similar functions, but most of them have bugs and are unstable. This extension is stable and has been working 100% normally so far. I have a request for an additional feature. If possible, I would like to see an option to open pop-up windows as tabs.
sss sss
Does not work as expected. New tab opens in random order, after closing tab activates another random tab.