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Quick Tabs

by bAbymAn · Functionality & UI
FeaturedManifest V3 Free
View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 15 Oct 2026

A keyboard centric most recently used (MRU) ordered page list plugin with seek and switch functionality inspired by IntelliJ IDEA

Users
30K
0 in 30 days
Rating
4.7 / 5
+0.18 in 30 days
Ratings
546
0 in 30 days
Store rank
#4,344
#3,764 among extensions
Version
2024.11.26
updated 27 Nov 2024

Users

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10K25K40KAug 2023Apr 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 30,000 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

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100325550Aug 2023Apr 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 546 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month

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About Quick Tabs

[![Version][version-badge]][qt-store] [![Rating][rating-badge]][qt-store] [![Users][users-badge]][qt-store] # INTRODUCTION Quick Tabs is a tab management browser extension for the Google Chrome web browser based on the "Recent Files" quick selector built into the excellent IntelliJ IDEA by Jetbrains. Quick Tabs allows you to move quickly between recently used tabs without requiring the use of your mouse, locate and switch to tabs as you need them with minimal keystrokes even when you have large numbers of open tabs. Visit the [Quick Tabs](https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/jnjfeinjfmenlddahdjdmgpbokiacbbb) google extensions page to install and try it out ... # FEATURES * Lists all the open tabs in Chrome across all of your open windows * Tabs are listed in most recently used (MRU) order and excludes the current tab (since you're switching tabs) * Fuzzy search your bookmarks: * Bookmarks are automatically searched when only a few tabs match your search string * Add a space at the start or end of your search string to search bookmarks along with tabs * Start your search with `/b` or add **two spaces** at the start or end of your search string to search only bookmarks * delete bookmarks directly from the search results by clicking the 'x' * Fuzzy search your browser history: * Start your search with `/h` or add **three spaces** at the start or end of your search string to search browser history * Find noisy tabs by searching for `<))` * Chrome keyboard shortcuts (configured using the keyboard shortcuts dialog at the bottom of the Chrome Extensions page): * Shortcut key to launch popup window from most tabs (default ctrl+e, cmd+e on Mac, ctrl+q on Linux). * Select previous tab without loading the popup window (unmapped by default) * Select next tab without loading the popup window (unmapped by default) * IMPORTANT the 'next tab' shortcut is only available for a second or so (while the badge text is orange) before the current tab is moved to the top of the MRU list. * Duplicate the current tab without (unmapped by default) * Tab list popup shortcut keys: * Select previous tab (same as Chrome keyboard shortcut or up arrow) * Select next tab (same as Chrome keyboard shortcut or down arrow) * Switch to selected Item (enter) * Duplicate the selected item and switch to it (same as Chrome keyboard shortcut, unmapped by default) * To close selected tab (default ctrl+d, see extension options or middle mouseclick). * Displays the number of tabs you currently have open in all your Chrome windows * Quickly search and select tabs by typing letters in the page title or url * Track recently closed tabs and allow them to be searched and restored * Popup customization using css # COMMANDS Commands start with a `/` and can be typed in the popup window search box to tweak the search behaviour or perform actions on tabs; ### Query Commands * `/b <query>` - search bookmarks * `/h <query>` - search browser history * `/w <query>` - search the tabs in the current window only * `/p <query>` - search pinned tabs only * `/g <query>` - search tabs that belong to the same tab group as the current tab (or no tab group if it's not in a group) ### Search Types You can now change the search type for a single search, this can help if you have a specific search string in engine combo in mind. * `/fuzzy <query>` - use the fuzzy search engine for this query only * `/fuse <query>` - use the fuse search engine for this query only * `/regex <query>` - use the regex search engine for this query only * `/subs <query>` - use the subs search engine for this query only ### Tab Management Tab management commands all accept RegExp search queries. * `/close <query>` - search for and close tabs * `/merge <query>` - merge tabs into the current window * `/split <query>` - split tabs and move them into a new window * `/reload <query>` - reload all the tabs in the search result * `/mute <query>` - mute the tabs in the search result * `/unmute <query>` - unmute the tabs in the search result * `/group <query>` - create new tab groups or move tabs into groups using the search results # PERMISSIONS Quick Tabs requires the following: * **Read and change your browsing history**: _read only_ access is required to record your open tabs and search browser history. * **Read and change your bookmarks**: _read/write_ access is required to search, display and remove (by clicking the 'x' in the results list) bookmarks. # SCREENSHOTS #### Quick Tabs ready for action. ![Popup Screenshot](screenshots/in_action.png?raw=true) #### Tab and bookmark search. ![Search Screenshot](screenshots/searching_tabs.png?raw=true) #### History search. ![Search History](screenshots/searching_history.png?raw=true) Search your browser history by starting your search with '/h ' or adding 3 spaces to the end of your search query. #### Decide what to show. ![Search History](screenshots/go_minimal.png?raw=true) #### Custom CSS styling. ![Search Screenshot](screenshots/custom_css.png?raw=true) In this case https://userstyles.org/styles/99938/better-styling-for-chrome-extension-quick-tabs by @Bunnyslippers. See the [./3rdParty/css](./3rdParty/css) directory. # SOURCE The source code for this extension is available on [github](http://github.com/babyman/quick-tabs-chrome-extension), please feel free to inspect it before you install this extension, especially as I am asking permission to interact with your computer and its private data. You can also install it manually if you want to be certain that the source code on github is directly what you install. Note, this will NOT automatically update the extension when bugs are fixed and features are added. In your terminal, `cd` to the folder you want to clone it to, and run `git clone https://github.com/babyman/quick-tabs-chrome-extension`. Then in Google Chrome, click `Window - Extensions`, click the checkbox called "Developer Mode", and click the "Load unpacke…

Growth

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6 months0+0.0%−3+0.18
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Chrome Web Store search rankings

Where Quick Tabs appears when people search the store, with the 30 day change
Search phrasePosition30 days
quick#10+9
browser tab#20+10
string#68+2
default search#77new
bug fixes#88new

Version history

10 versions recorded
2024.11.2627 Nov 2024
2024.11.2426 Nov 2024
2024.11.1921 Nov 2024
2024.11.911 Nov 2024
2021.6.2929 Jun 2021
2021.6.1616 Jun 2021
2021.3.2130 Mar 2021
2021.1.3031 Jan 2021

Details

Category
Functionality & UI
First seen
30 Jun 2020
Size
136 KB
Languages
en
Pricing
Free
Support
github.com
Extension ID
jnjfeinjfmenlddahdjdmgpbokiacbbb

Permissions and risk

Minimal riskimpact 2, likelihood 0
Permissions
tabsbookmarkshistorystorage

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