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Latest, 15 Oct 2026:259 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month
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About Force Background Tab
Force New Tab Running In Background
!!!Support of all Link/Tab/Flash!!!
Description:
Normally, Each click on a link that wants to open a new tab will ACTIVE THE NEW TAB
Now, After install this extension, the new tab will RUNNING IN BACKGROUND
Feedback: https://github.com/monque/ChromeExtension-ForceBackgroundTab/issues
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version 2.2.2
Fix service worker unavailable
version 2.2.1
Upgrade chrome manifest version to v3
version 2.2.0
New feature: With the new rule management, users can set whether a site open in background or not
version 2.1.5
Using chrome.storage instead of localStorage, options will sync with google account
version 2.1.4
Add support for Chrome 79 https://developer.chrome.com/extensions/tabs#property-Tab-pendingUrl
version 2.1.3
Add chrome-extension:// to exception list
version 2.1.2
Revert to version 2.1.0, that the version without moentizus file
version 2.1.0
Performance improved
Add new rules to exception list
version 2.0.5
Sorry for the hotfix caming late
bugfix:add NEWTAB's url of chrome version 30.x to exception list
version 2.0.4
bugfix:add chrome-search:// to exception list
version 2.0.3
bugfix:fix the problem that open 2 tabs in background when making 1 click
bugfix:remove the active mode for the bug above, also means it may be a FLASH when you openning a new tab
version 2.0.1,2.0.2
bugfix:fix the problem that open 2 identical tabs when using Google Reader
version 2.0.0
improved:improve the efficiency in passive mode
feature:add active mode to prevent the FLASH when open a new tab
version 1.12.0
bugfix:when Chrome first open the extension can not work
improved:update some API method because deprecated
version 1.11
improved:update Manifest_Version to version 2, and fix script to fit new version
Growth
Window
Users
Change
Ratings
Rating
7 days
0
+0.0%
+1
−0.11
30 days
0
+0.0%
+1
−0.11
6 months
0
+0.0%
+3
−0.12
1 year
+10K
+50.0%
+8
−0.14
Chrome Web Store search rankings
Where Force Background Tab appears when people search the store, with the 30 day change