Customize New Tabs & More!
A multi purpose Chrome extension that does all this & more:
- Set your Custom "Home Page" under Options, in this extension.
- Open that Custom Page in "New Tab" instead of the Home Page.
- Toolbar icon for easy access to Downloads, History, Bookmarks.
- Automatically force YouTube videos to play at high definition.
- Right click on an Image to perform a Reverse Image search.
- Right click after selecting a plain text URL to open as link.
- Double click on a plain text link to open URL in a new tab.
- Click icon (next to Menu) for a Cached version or Translation.
- Select some Website text, click Ctrl+Alt (Opt) for Translation.
- Privacy protection disables referral pings on Google Search.
- Ability to change/spoof the browser 'User Agent' when needed.
- Right-Click while holding Ctrl+Alt to remove a page element.
- History Navigation: Hold Right Mouse button, swipe left/right.
- Customize where new tabs open, and tab order when they close.
- Basic cookie management allows for export, import and wipes.
Security permissions that should be enabled for all the features:
"Allow access to file URLs" is required if opening local files as new tabs.
"Allow in private mode" has to be checked in order to work in incognito.
"Allow access to search pages" needed for search engine result pages.
For Chrome, Brave, Opera, Vivaldi, and Edge (Chromium) browsers.
Latest reviews
- (2023-10-16) francois dubois: I've used this off and on and found it to be wonderful. Unfortunately, with Chrome 118 update, the ability to use a local file as a new tab page no longer seems to work. Thanks for your help!
- (2023-10-15) Chuck Colsch: OH! MY! GOODNESS!! There are Simply NO 2 Ways Around IT:: This Extension is an Absolute LIFESAVER !!! My Deep Thankfulness To Martin:: Before I Discovered Your Extension, I Was Pulling My Hair OUT in Sheer Frustration!! But THANKS to _YOU_ I Can Now KEEP My Hair!! {Or Whatever there is Left of it, Since I’m an OLD Dude!}
- (2023-09-26) Sergio Lanzone: I liked it much, much more when it didn't require copy & paste permission. I can't read the code but even if it's now harmful, once the permission is granted the developer could always change its behaviour in any future update. What a shame, I found it very useful. Please remove c&p requirement!
- (2023-09-23) Charaf Bokhabrine: Really helps to get new default tab in opera! Thank you man! I wanted that bonjour thing but couldn't find how.
- (2023-08-26) srivatsan: superb extension,i like the simple and uncomplicated design.
- (2023-08-04) Samuele gg: L'aspetto positivo di questa estensione sono le icone in alto, che sono molto utili e attraenti da vedere; ma i problemi negativi sono nascosti dalla barra degli indirizzi con la configurazione di default di una pagina nell'estensione: le ricerche vengono modificate in nuova scheda utilizzando l'url "Chrome-extension://mjfahldkpjhcnfbbmdhpjolcjpcfhcpj/google.html". La barra di ricerca è diversa, i caratteri sono più piccoli e i titoli sono in inglese. Al contrario, se inserisco google.it sulla pagina dell'estensione e premo su "salva", non viene salvato e, invece, mi ritrovo con google.com; avviando la ricerca con una nuova scheda appare sempre una versione grafica modificata dei risultati di Google: barra di ricerca diversa con titoli in inglese e caratteri dei risultati più piccoli, ecc. Inoltre, la modifica avviene con la ricerca di parole dal menù contestuale. Propongo di inviare la segnalazione a Google. Disinstallata. Questa modifica è stata confermata anche da altri utenti: FatheredPuma81, Deb Prentice, IntellivisionDude Plimpton, I like Portal 2 ΔΔΔ. Non è vero che il browser controlla tutto; l'estensione funziona male. La pagina Nuova scheda predefinita di Chrome è significativamente più efficiente. Aggiornamento: fate attenzione a non installarla perché, anche dopo averla disinstallata, i risultati di ricerca appaiono sempre con caratteri più piccoli e titoli in inglese, quindi, diversa dai risultati di default di Google. Solo dopo aver disinstallato Chrome ed effettuato una nuova installazione è tornato tutto come prima: pagina principale google.it e risultati di ricerca corretti anche in nuova scheda. Ps: utilizzo il computer da anni e lavoro meglio di un antivirus per notare che le ricerche sono state modificate; ho installato 275 estensioni (a parte la tua) e non ho notato alcun problema; tuttavia, ho anche 2 antivirus: Kaspersky I.S. e Avast. _______________________________________________________________________ The top icons of this extension are highly practical and attractive to look at, but the address bar with the extension's default setting of one page hides the drawbacks: The link "Chrome-extension://mjfahldkpjhcnfbbmdhpjolcjpcfhcpj/google.html" switches searches to a new tab: the titles are in English, the search bar is different and the letters are smaller. Instead, if I enter google.it on the extension page and click "save," it is not saved, and I find myself with google.com. When I start a new tab and enter a search term, a modified graphical representation of the Google results always appears: a search bar with an unsightly design, results with smaller characters, titles in English, etc. Also, using "Search word with Google", is also changed from the context menu. I suggest submitting the report to Google. Uninstalled. Other users have they confirm the same change: FatheredPuma81, Deb Prentice, IntellivisionDude Plimpton, I like Portal 2 ΔΔΔ. It's not true that the browser controls everything, but is because the addon doesn't work. The default New Tab page in Chrome is far more effective. Update: be careful not to install it because the search results always display with smaller fonts and titles in English, which is different from the default Google results. This persists even after removing it. Only after uninstalling Chrome and installing it again did everything return to normal, including the right search results in the new tab and the home page of google.it. P.S. I've been using the computer for years; it works better than an antivirus program to detect that searches have been changed; I've installed 275 extensions (apart from yours) and haven't noticed any issues; additionally, I keep Kaspersky Internet Security and Avast antivirus software running.
- (2023-07-29) Jessi “Jela Miraj” Cady: Helps me use the new tab I want more reliably on opera. Does this addon really need access to copy and paste permissions when it just redirects? hopefully not & I would like to know...
- (2023-05-16) Krisztina Panczel (Krissy): I accidentally found this extension by someone's mention on another page and now I am able to use Tab for a Cause on Opera GX, and all the other features are super useful as well! It made me so happy, thank you for making this!
- (2023-05-11) Most Guitars Wins: Great extension! It works perfectly on Vivaldi however in Microsoft Edge the new tab opens with a white background. I have the system set to dark mode and if I just load google.com in Edge it has a dark background. Is there a way to force the dark background? Thanks!
- (2023-03-11) Jeff Parr: I am using it in Opera. And it works great. I am using it to override Opera's silly override of custom speed dial in a new tab. This is to use FVD Speed Dial. Just one suggestion. When new tab is loaded, would that be possible to highlight in browser address bar and extension URL/page address selected in Custom URL in options? Reason: it would allow user to start typing a search phrase immediately after selecting a new tab. Current Focus on Address Bar just adds caret at the end of URL
- (2022-10-05) I like Portal 2 ΔΔΔ: great, but is there a way to make search bar empty after opening a new tab? there's a feature for focusing on url, but i am used to opening a new tab and typing immediatly, only to then realise, that my search looks like this: "pncpfofkienlinhfknpmgjnjhdoclfhh/newtab.htmlwikipedia", instead of just "wikipedia". it's very annoying, can you please fix this? :( It would be cool if url auto selected, not just focused, so when you type, it erases the "chrome-extension://pncpfofkienlinhfknpmgjnjhdoclfhh/newtab.html".
- (2022-09-15) Nathan Martin: I like the simplicity of this extension. But since one of the recent updates whenever I open a new tab/page the focus is in the Google search field and not in the URL address bar as previously. That's the only reason for 4 out of 5 stars. UPDATED to 5 stars after the developer's helpful comments!
- (2022-08-29) NUCL3ARN30N: Only Extension working for OperaGX thanks!!
- (2022-07-05) Daniel Gonçalves Pereira: Works on opera 2022, thanks!
- (2022-01-24) DivineFrost: Works perfectly for Opera GX, changing speed dial to Momentum, or Tabs for a Cause.
- (2022-01-17) Patrick (gummipunkt): Awesome for Opera, I really love it.
- (2022-01-14) At_Wits_End X: How do you get an extension's url to paste in as your new tab page?
- (2022-01-08) Miguel Bayón: Great extension, works flawlessly on Opera. One suggestion that would improve it a lot for me is to clean or select the URL text when opening a new tab. Usually a hit Ctrl+T to open a new tab and the directly write the URL that I want to go to, I have the 'Focus on the browser addess bar' option selected but still a bit annoying having to delete the address everytime in order to write the new one. Anyways, great extension, thanks for the good work.
- (2021-12-26) Les Bakker: I had a problem(Opera GX wouldn't let me set a new tab page) and this fixed it — Much appreciated!
- (2021-12-16) Philip Huang: It works with Opera's Start Page! Thanks!
- (2021-11-20) Valentina Valentine: Works with Opera when Chrome Extensions are enabled! I really hate that stupid Speed Dial page. I'd rather have it redirect me to Tab for a Cause! Thanks!
- (2021-10-19) Ƙríѕтᥲ: Finally something that works on Opera! Works again as of October 2021! Thank you, dev! 🙏🏻
- (2021-10-15) Wagner Lamb Wylot: Muito bom e funcionou super bem no Opera GX
- (2021-10-05) speedycatfish: Works on Opera GX.
- (2021-09-21) Deb Prentice: I reset Opera Version:79.0.4143.22, and am trying to get Bing to stick in the extension. No matter what I do, it keeps reverting to chrome-extension://mjfahldkpjhcnfbbmdhpjolcjpcfhcpj/google.html after I hit Save. It was working before! Am I doing something completely stupid? TY!
- (2021-08-20) Paul Shorey: Awesome! Many features. Easy to use. Thank you for making it! It even works on Opera, at least for now. I hope Opera doesn't disable this extension like they did to all others. They like to prevent you from modifying their precious "new tab" experience.
- (2021-07-17) IntellivisionDude Plimpton: I seem to be having the same problem as someone else. I'm using this on Opera with FVD Speed Dial. But it doesn't always open the correct tab. It opens Opera's speed dial page instead quite a bit. Sometimes it works first try and sometimes i have click new tab 2-5 times before the correct tab opens. I should check and see if any other extensions are messing with it. I'm not sure what the issue is.
- (2021-07-14) paul shorey: Best extension - powerful options. Set it to focus the url address bar on new tab change, so when you open a new tab, you can just start typing into the address bar. With some other extensions, you have to click the address bar, then type. That is annoying. This lets you continue using the "Cmd + T" new tab as you did before, as without the extension.
- (2021-07-10) FatheredPuma81: It's not bad, but it's barely an improvement (for specific users that want Google services plastered all over their newtab page) over the default that I'm left wondering why? I mean it doesn't even support "themes" (images) or even different search engines. Was pretty much just looking for a blank newtab page that supported my theme so I didn't have to see that ugly search bar and other icons. Actually that's a lie Microsoft Edge's theme support is really buggy and keeps regressing to having bars on the side of my newtab image which is why I was looking for something else.
- (2021-06-28) Alec Lorian: really good and easy to use, but when I click on focus on address bar. opera GX responds with blocked by client. I really want to use this browser but that makes it unusable. is there any way to fix this?
- (2021-06-21) Jo Drygin: Big thanks for your fast response on Opera GX fix, works perfectly
- (2021-06-19) ALO1ZE: После обновления перестало работать
- (2021-05-04) Slavko Josipović: 30% of the time it opens the opera speed dial instead of the custom one I set. What is causing this issue?
- (2021-03-27) Seth GG: breaks middle clicking to open link in new tab, terrible
- (2020-11-29) J: Is it possble to change the icons that appear???
- (2020-10-07) Michel Lefebvre: FAST... FAST.... FAST... START PAGE if possible in next version, edit or delete the icons from the top Thank you Thanks for the update. Still fast as startup page.
- (2020-09-01) Harly Walsh: Does what it's told; beautiful.
- (2020-07-31) Netra Shukla: This new tab page extension is AWESOME for taking care of that pesky search marquis thing that always pops up in the new tab page, but the only things I don't really like are: 1. It doesn't let you make shortcuts so you can easily go to tabs that you use frequently like the normal new tab page 2. You can't change the clock time on the bottom left corner of the page, or change the clock settings from analog to digital. If this new tab start page could improve on those things, it would be amazing!
- (2020-07-22) Użytkownik Google: A very good extension. It helped me switch from Chrome to Opera. I couldn't convince myself to the opera due to the lack of a personalized start page. I only miss one option. Force focus the address bar after opening a new tab. It annoys that when opening a new tab, we still have to click on the address bar to enter the page. I will show it on two gifs. In opera, after opening a new tab, the address bar is immediately focused. https://i.imgur.com/p0DkZw9.gif However, when using an extension, this option disappears. It turns off, it turns off. We have to manually click on the address bar. https://i.imgur.com/2vYwmcn.gif
- (2020-06-30) Mr. Eagle: Awesome! Used it to have FVD SpeedDial open as New Page using this address: chrome-extension://pncpfofkienlinhfknpmgjnjhdoclfhh/newtab.html
- (2020-04-16) Andre Hugo: Thank you for making viable by your extension using Daily 2.0 properly on Opera GX. I'm really grateful!
- (2019-12-25) chance fx: wont work, need to reload new tab and than fvd speed dial appear, opera ver 65.0.3467.78
- (2019-12-09) Ярослав Рарогов: Stopped working on Opera today. Now need new ways to override Opera new tab.
- (2019-12-03) Артём Яковлев: It doesn't work in Opera(
- (2019-11-20) Conrad Ahlers: Got again control over the new tab in Opera! No more Speed Dial! Thanks for this extension.
- (2019-07-10) Second Life Around: Opera user here - My friend YOUR AWESOME!! Thank you for making this incredible app!! All of us Opera users THANK YOU!!
- (2019-06-26) Giuliano Ribeiro: Absolute amazing! I've installed on Opera to fix the BUG about "Speed Dial" impossibility to disable, and this extension fix all the thing. Thank you to author!
- (2019-05-25) Make Mine Texas: Does exactly what I wanted! Allows me to set a local file on my computer as my new tab page. Thank you!
- (2019-05-24) Avi Marks: the shortcuts on this extension have literally saved my life. never written a review before. If you're mildly tech savvy and you didn't read above YOU CAN CTRL+ALT+RIGHTCLICK TO DELETE ELEMENTS not to mention CONTROL+ALT TO TRANSLATE. insanely convenient.
- (2019-05-10) V. Kaya: I use it with Opera, nice works, thank you. But youtube age restricted mode does not work