Global New Tab Shortcut

This allows you to open a new tab from within any application with a keyboard shortcut. This means that as soon as you think of a…

What is Global New Tab Shortcut?

Global New Tab Shortcut is a Chrome extension developed by Wout Mertens, and its main feature is "This allows you to open a new tab from within any application with a keyboard shortcut. This means that as soon as you think of a…".

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Extension Usage Instructions

                        This allows you to open a new tab from within any application with a keyboard shortcut.

This means that as soon as you think of a search to do or web page to open, you are just one keypress away from doing it.

!!! You MUST select a keyboard shortcut after installing !!!

To use, install the extension and then click on "Keyboard Shortcuts" at the bottom of the extensions page. There, select a shortcut key for "Global New Tab Shortcut" and be sure to change the dropdown to "Global" afterwards.

This extension doesn't add handlers to pages or anything fishy. It uses the built-in Chrome keyboard shortcut handling to create a new tab with the built-in Chrome APIs.

Source is at https://github.com/wmertens/global-chrome-tab                    

Extension Basic Information

Name Global New Tab Shortcut Global New Tab Shortcut
ID dcngopenklmnfdlfocljeaokkhcplong
Official URL https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/global-new-tab-shortcut/dcngopenklmnfdlfocljeaokkhcplong
Description This allows you to open a new tab from within any application with a keyboard shortcut. This means that as soon as you think of a…
File Size 22.54 KB
Installation Count 178
Current Version 1.2.1
Last Updated 2022-11-02
Publish Date 2016-06-18
Rating 4.13/5 Total 8 Ratings
Developer Wout Mertens
Email [email protected]
Payment Type free
Extension Website https://github.com/wmertens/global-chrome-tab
Help Page URL https://github.com/wmertens/global-chrome-tab/issues
Supported Languages en
manifest.json
{
    "update_url": "https:\/\/clients2.google.com\/service\/update2\/crx",
    "name": "Global New Tab Shortcut",
    "version": "1.2.1",
    "manifest_version": 3,
    "icons": {
        "128": "new-tab.png"
    },
    "background": {
        "service_worker": "background.js"
    },
    "commands": {
        "new-tab": {
            "suggested_key": {
                "default": "Alt+G",
                "mac": "Command+Shift+S",
                "linux": "Alt+G"
            },
            "description": "Switch to a new tab from any application, ready for searching!"
        },
        "new-window": {
            "description": "Switch to a new window from any application, ready for searching!"
        },
        "new-incognito-window": {
            "description": "Switch to a new *incognito* window from any application, ready for searching! To use this, you need to check the \"Allow in incognito\" checkbox of the extension."
        }
    }
}