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Ctrl+Tab MRU

by Daniel Calliess · Workflow & Planning
FeaturedManifest V3 Free
View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 16 Oct 2026

Switch between tabs in the most recently used order, can be configured to use Ctrl+Tab as a shortcut

Users
2,000
0 in 30 days
Rating
3.3 / 5
−0.06 in 30 days
Ratings
121
+1 in 30 days
Store rank
#19K
#16K among extensions
Version
0.9
updated 12 Oct 2023

Users

monthly, 3 years
6001,8003,000Aug 2023Apr 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 16 Oct 2026: 2,000 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 3 years
3076121Aug 2023Apr 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 16 Oct 2026: 121 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 Ctrl+Tab MRU

'Ctrl+Tab MRU' allows switching through tabs in the order they were visited before. By default this happens by pressing Ctrl+Y for going back in time and Ctrl+Shift+Y for the other way round. *** IMPORTANT TO KNOW *** Unfortunately Chrome doesn't drectly allow users to set Ctr+Tab as shortcut keys. So I suggest using the following trick to circumvent this: https://superuser.com/a/1326712. *** *** *** Tab switching also works on special pages (like chrome://), Chrome Web Store URLs, PDFs, XMLs or when the address bar is focused. In this case a temporary tab is opened to show the menu. To directly jump to a tab listed on the switcher menu, click on its title or icon. Drawbacks: - At the moment I don't have an idea how to avoid the temporary tab. It's required because I otherwise could not detect the release of the ctrl key (=end of the switching action) on special pages. - If you release the ctrl key too fast while the temporary tab is loaded I am unable to detect the key-up event, therefore the menu gets stuck. Please hit the ctrl key again to finish switching. - Recent tab order is not preserved when closing and restoring a window. Permissions: - 'Access your data on all websites': required to draw the tab list on top of the websites' content and to detect PDFs and XMLs. - 'Access your tabs and browsing activity': required to record tab order, open the temporary tab and to switch to the selected tab. Updates: - 0.9 -- switch to Manifest V3 to be future proof - 0.6 -- tab titles on the switcher popup are now clickable to directly jump to a tab -- no more need to reload the tabs after initial install -- added xml viewer support (menu is shown on temporary tab) - 0.5 -- added frameset support (menu is shown on temporary tab) - 0.4.2 -- added support for ftp and file:// pages -- added incognito support - 0.3.1 -- corrected tab order for tabs opened in the background -- refined stylesheet

Growth

WindowUsersChangeRatingsRating
7 days0+0.0%0−0.08
30 days0+0.0%+1−0.06
6 months0+0.0%+2−0.12
1 year0+0.0%+3−0.13

Version history

4 versions recorded
0.912 Oct 2023
0.89 Oct 2023
0.76 Oct 2023
0.622 Mar 2016

Details

Category
Workflow & Planning
First seen
22 Mar 2016
Size
15 KB
Languages
de, en
Pricing
Free
Extension ID
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Permissions and risk

Minimal riskimpact 3, likelihood 0
Permissions
tabsscriptingstorage
Site access
<all_urls>
Can read and change data on every website you visit.

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