Global New Tab Shortcut

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View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 16 Oct 2026

This allows you to open a new tab from within any application with a keyboard shortcut. This means that as soon as you think of a…

Users

229

+6 in 30 days

Rating

4.3 / 5

unchanged in 30 days

Ratings

0 in 30 days

Store rank

#60K

#51K among extensions

Version

1.2.1

updated 2 Nov 2022

Users

monthly, 3 years

Latest, 16 Oct 2026: 229 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 3 years

Latest, 16 Oct 2026: 10 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month

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About Global New Tab Shortcut

This allows you to open a new tab from within any application with a keyboard shortcut. This means that as soon as you think of a search to do or web page to open, you are just one keypress away from doing it. !!! You MUST select a keyboard shortcut after installing !!! To use, install the extension and then click on "Keyboard Shortcuts" at the bottom of the extensions page. There, select a shortcut key for "Global New Tab Shortcut" and be sure to change the dropdown to "Global" afterwards. This extension doesn't add handlers to pages or anything fishy. It uses the built-in Chrome keyboard shortcut handling to create a new tab with the built-in Chrome APIs. Source is at https://github.com/wmertens/global-chrome-tab