Opens the active item in a background tab when the user presses a customizable hotkeys (default: 'o' and 'v') in NewsBlur.
Users
255
−1 in 30 days
Rating
4.6 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
Ratings
10
0 in 30 days
Store rank
#57K
#48K among extensions
Version
0.5.0
updated 27 Jun 2024
Users
monthly, 3 years
Latest, 15 Oct 2026:255 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month
Ratings count
monthly, 3 years
Latest, 15 Oct 2026:10 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month
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About Background Tab for NewsBlur
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?
0.5.0:
Migrate to Manifest V3.
Known issue: Customized hotkeys not working. It should still work with the default "o" and "v" hotkeys. Pull requests or suggestions welcome.
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.
