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Always active Window - Always Visible

by brian.girko · Tools
FeaturedManifest V3 Free
View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 15 Oct 2026

Simulate all whitelisted browser windows as active by spoofing the visibility state event and more!

Users
300K
0 in 30 days
Rating
4.0 / 5
+0.01 in 30 days
Ratings
225
+3 in 30 days
Store rank
#988
#901 among extensions
Version
0.4.8
updated 6 Oct 2026

Users

monthly, 3 years
30K165K300KAug 2023Apr 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 300,000 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 3 years
20122225Aug 2023Apr 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 225 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month

The Chrome Web Store rounds user counts down to the leading digit, so the user line moves in steps. The ratings count is exact and is the better signal of real adoption.

About Always active Window - Always Visible

[Breaking Change] Version 0.4.0 and above. The extension must now be enabled for each hostname individually. This adjustment enhances the extension's performance, as the always-active feature can disrupt websites. To activate it, open the page requiring the always-active feature in a browser tab and click the action button once. The page will refresh, and the action button will turn blue. --- This extension protects against web pages tracking the activity state of the page. Some websites use this track to only offer services when the tab is active. By installing this extension a small script is injected into every webpage which overwrites the "document.visibilityState", and "document.hidden" properties to pretend the tab is always in the active state (document.visibilityState = 'visible' and document.hidden = false). This is useful for the webpages that check your visibility state before loading resources like many music webpages. By installing this extension even if the page is opened in the background page, the player will start immediately like the page is loaded on an active tab. Supported Trackings: document.mozHidden (only on Firefox browser) document.webkitHidden (only on Chromium browsers) Supported Events: 1. visibilitychange 2. webkitvisibilitychange (only on Chromium browsers) 3. mozvisibilitychange (only on Firefox browser) 4. blur (some websites require the user to keep the tab focused) 5. mouseleave (some websites use this method to make sure the user pointer is inside the window)

Growth

WindowUsersChangeRatingsRating
7 days0+0.0%+20.00
30 days0+0.0%+3+0.01
6 months0+0.0%+16−0.02
1 year+100K+50.0%+42−0.04

Chrome Web Store search rankings

Where Always active Window - Always Visible appears when people search the store, with the 30 day change
Search phrasePosition30 days
windows#18+26
browser tab#48+6
state#54+8

Version history

21 versions recorded
0.4.86 Oct 2026
0.4.616 Dec 2025
0.4.510 Nov 2025
0.4.419 Jun 2025
0.4.318 Dec 2024
0.4.229 Jul 2024
0.4.115 Jul 2024
0.4.08 Jul 2024

Details

Category
Tools
First seen
13 Oct 2019
Size
55 KB
Languages
en, ko
Pricing
Free
Support
webextension.org
Extension ID
ehllkhjndgnlokhomdlhgbineffifcbj

Permissions and risk

Minimal riskimpact 2, likelihood 0
Permissions
storagescripting
Site access
*://*/*
Can read and change data on every website you visit.

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