Background Tab for NewsBlur
Opens the active item in a background tab when the user presses a customizable hotkeys (default: 'o' and 'v') in NewsBlur.
What is Background Tab for NewsBlur?
Background Tab for NewsBlur is a Chrome extension developed by Darryl Tam, and its main feature is "Opens the active item in a background tab when the user presses a customizable hotkeys (default: 'o' and 'v') in NewsBlur.".
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Extension Usage Instructions
This extension allows you to open a link in a background tab by pressing a customizable hotkey (default 'o' or 'v'). This feature used to work without an extension, but it broke starting with Chrome 41.
Be sure to reload the NewsBlur page after installing or changing the hotkey(s).
Source code is available at: https://github.com/Lyrrad/NewsBlurBackgroundTab
What's new?
0.4.1:
Add support for beta.newsblur.com (Thanks to David Edwards)
Migrated from deprecated chrome.extension to chrome.runtime (Thanks to Jefferson Scher)
0.4.0:
Able to override Newsblur hotkeys (New default "o" and "v"). (Thanks to Gary Pandergast)
Added support for multiple hotkeys.
Changed to local storage instead of using Chrome Sync to store extension settings. Settings from 0.3.0 will be lost.
0.3.0:
Support for customizable hotkey. Default is ";".
Bug fixes.
0.2.4:
Minor bug fixes.
0.2.3:
- New tabs should now open next to the current tab.
- Fix issues with key capture on certain overlays. Extension Basic Information
| Name |  Background Tab for NewsBlur |
| ID | ieeimmkgocgaaabphkgjdkophaejfnlk |
| Official URL | https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/background-tab-for-newsbl/ieeimmkgocgaaabphkgjdkophaejfnlk |
| Description | Opens the active item in a background tab when the user presses a customizable hotkeys (default: 'o' and 'v') in NewsBlur. |
| File Size | 44.33 KB |
| Installation Count | 241 |
| Current Version | 0.4.1 |
| Last Updated | 2021-05-08 |
| Publish Date | 2015-03-15 |
| Rating | 4.60/5 Total 10 Ratings |
| Developer | Darryl Tam |
| [email protected] | |
| Payment Type | free |
| Supported Languages | en |
| manifest.json | |
{
"update_url": "https:\/\/clients2.google.com\/service\/update2\/crx",
"background": {
"scripts": [
"listener.js"
]
},
"content_scripts": [
{
"js": [
"keypress.js"
],
"matches": [
"http:\/\/www.newsblur.com\/*",
"https:\/\/www.newsblur.com\/*",
"http:\/\/newsblur.com\/*",
"https:\/\/newsblur.com\/*",
"http:\/\/beta.newsblur.com\/*",
"https:\/\/beta.newsblur.com\/*"
]
}
],
"options_ui": {
"page": "options.html",
"chrome_style": true
},
"name": "Background Tab for NewsBlur",
"icons": {
"16": "icon16.png",
"48": "icon48.png",
"64": "icon64.png",
"128": "icon128.png"
},
"version": "0.4.1",
"permissions": [
"http:\/\/www.newsblur.com\/*",
"storage"
],
"description": "Opens the active item in a background tab when the user presses a customizable hotkeys (default: 'o' and 'v') in NewsBlur.",
"manifest_version": 2
} | |
