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Force new/duplicated tabs (but not those opened via links) to open next to their opener, not at the very end.

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A Google Chrome extension to force new/duplicated tabs (but not those opened from links) to open to the right of the current tab.

Inspired by "Tab to the Next" ( https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/tab-to-the-next/mpahcojfojbnloiafagggcdimaklphij/ )
Icons by New Mooon ( http://code.google.com/u/newmooon/ )

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#### Changelog
* 1.0 (9/15/13)
* Initial release.
* 2.0 (2/18/17)
* Rewrote from scratch, should now be more reliable. Also added support for duplicating tabs.
* 2.1 (3/29/21)
* Fix extension not working for new tabs (by checking tab.pendingUrl)
* 3.0 (2/13/24)
* Update to support manifest v3

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Please note that this was made for personal use, so replies and fixes may be significantly delayed.

Latest reviews

Arpad Orfi 2025-09-12: No options page - you can't set anything. So you can't set which tab to activate when closing a tab.
Lukas 2024-02-05: Works well. Just what I needed, thanks! :)
Yaozu Li 2021-07-03: Thank you for developing this extension on chrome. I recently swtiched from Firefox to Chrome since my firefox was bugging, and I realized that chrome does not have the convient way of "ctrl+left click on + sign" to open a new tab next to my current tab. Now I found this extension on StackExchange and it does the job! Hopefully the extension is secured and you won't rob my information haha, but other than that thank you.
Yaozu Li 2021-07-03: Thank you for developing this extension on chrome. I recently swtiched from Firefox to Chrome since my firefox was bugging, and I realized that chrome does not have the convient way of "ctrl+left click on + sign" to open a new tab next to my current tab. Now I found this extension on StackExchange and it does the job! Hopefully the extension is secured and you won't rob my information haha, but other than that thank you.
Tim Hi 2020-02-11: stopped working
Tim Hi 2020-02-11: stopped working
Jason Merrill 2019-12-19: I've appreciated this extension, but it stopped working recently.
Jason Merrill 2019-12-19: I've appreciated this extension, but it stopped working recently.
Tony Snark 2018-10-12: I liked that it was lighter on memory than "Tab to the Next" (the extension it is inspired by), but it doesn't make tabs opened from bookmarks open to the right like Tab to the Next did. Would be nice to have that option. I like the consistency of all my new tabs always opening to the right of the current one. If anyone else is in the same situation as me, there is another extension called "Tab Position Options" that does this. It's also got a lot of other options you can tinker with if you want more granular control. It's only a tad higher on memory usage than this extension.
Tony Snark 2018-10-12: I liked that it was lighter on memory than "Tab to the Next" (the extension it is inspired by), but it doesn't make tabs opened from bookmarks open to the right like Tab to the Next did. Would be nice to have that option. I like the consistency of all my new tabs always opening to the right of the current one. If anyone else is in the same situation as me, there is another extension called "Tab Position Options" that does this. It's also got a lot of other options you can tinker with if you want more granular control. It's only a tad higher on memory usage than this extension.
Tim Cheng 2018-09-20: I want to use this but it says the extension can read your browser history, why would it need to do that?!
Tim Cheng 2018-09-20: I want to use this but it says the extension can read your browser history, why would it need to do that?!
Dimitar Pankov 2016-12-30: Works perfectly and does exactly what it's designed to do. I've been looking so long for such solution and none of the alternatives like TabsPlus and Tabs Position Options could do it. Thanks!
Dimitar Pankov 2016-12-30: Works perfectly and does exactly what it's designed to do. I've been looking so long for such solution and none of the alternatives like TabsPlus and Tabs Position Options could do it. Thanks!
Jonathan March 2016-05-20: Interferes with shift+click in a range of more useful / important contexts (such as extending a selection). So not worth it.
Dwayne Kuan 2016-04-24: No longer works
Dwayne Kuan 2016-04-24: No longer works
Will Lucic 2015-10-26: Thank you! I've been trying to get this functionality for a while now and this does exactly what I want.
Will Lucic 2015-10-26: Thank you! I've been trying to get this functionality for a while now and this does exactly what I want.

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