What is Tabs to the Front?

Tabs to the Front is a Chrome extension developed by Great Chrome Extensions, and its main feature is "Optionally open new tabs in the front.".

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Extension Usage Instructions

Causes new tabs to be brought to the front when opened.

The standard behaviour of Chrome is to only open tabs to the front when pressing the Ctrl key - which is not an option for touch displays or people with physical disabilities. The Chrome devs have stated several times that they do not intend to change this.

Features

* Brings newly opened tabs in the front.
* Popup menu allows you to disable it for a period of time.
* Options page (using new Chrome v40 styles).
* Change the button between toggle state or popup menu.
* "Donation..." link can be hidden via the options page.
* "Options..." link can be disable via options page (you can still open it by right-clicking or on the Extensions page).
* A domain ignore list - if both tabs are on ignored domains then don't bring the new one to the front.
* Hotkey support to toggle state and toggle ignoring domain.
* Hold the "Ctrl" key to disable.
* Locale support (translations welcome).

Extension Basic Information

Name	Tabs to the Front
ID	hiembaoomcehoiehhdldabfgnmphappc
Official URL	https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/tabs-to-the-front/hiembaoomcehoiehhdldabfgnmphappc
Description	Optionally open new tabs in the front.
File Size	20.35 KB
Installation Count	89,119
Current Version	2.6.3
Last Updated	2024-03-04
Publish Date	2017-06-18
Rating	4.61/5 Total 173 Ratings
Developer	Great Chrome Extensions
Email	[email protected]
Payment Type	free
Extension Website	https://github.com/Rycochet/Chrome/tree/master/Tabs%20to%20the%20Front
Help Page URL	https://github.com/Rycochet/Chrome/issues
Supported Languages	en
manifest.json
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