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Open Tabs In Foreground

by Sebastian Blask · Accessibility
Manifest V3 Free
View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 15 Oct 2026

Open Tabs In Foreground

Users
394
+25 in 30 days
Rating
4.0 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
Ratings
9
0 in 30 days
Store rank
#48K
#40K among extensions
Version
2.0.1
updated 15 Sep 2026

Users

monthly, 3 years
100401702Aug 2023Apr 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 394 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 3 years
159Aug 2023Apr 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 9 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month

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About Open Tabs In Foreground

Open Tabs In Foreground ======================= Clicking a link using the left mouse button while having Ctrl pressed opens it in a background tab by default. The same when using the middle mouse button. This extension opens these tabs in the foreground instead. Tabs are only opened in the background when having Shift pressed while clicking. You won't need this extension in Firefox as it has a setting for this called `When you open a link in a new tab, switch to it immediately`, but in Chrome there is no way to achieve this otherwise. Feedback -------- You can report bugs or make feature requests on https://github.com/sblask/webextension-open-tabs-in-foreground Patches are welcome.

Growth

WindowUsersChangeRatingsRating
7 days+19+5.1%00.00
30 days+25+6.8%00.00
6 months+23+6.2%00.00
1 year−35−8.2%00.00

Version history

4 versions recorded
2.0.115 Sep 2026
2.0.028 Jul 2026
1.0.525 Mar 2023
1.0.410 Oct 2017

Details

Category
Accessibility
First seen
10 Oct 2017
Size
40 KB
Languages
en
Pricing
Free
Support
github.com
Extension ID
bmnanfhdjbcilhippcdfbhfpfoipgjgm

Permissions and risk

Low riskimpact 1, likelihood 2

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