Tab Activate V2

by vdegenne · Accessibility

Manifest V3 Free

View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 15 Oct 2026

Automatically focuses new tabs, avoiding issues during session restoration.

Users

3,000

+1,000 in 30 days

Rating

4.6 / 5

+0.02 in 30 days

Ratings

+1 in 30 days

Store rank

#17K

#15K among extensions

Version

1.3

updated 22 Aug 2025

Users

monthly, 2 years

Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 3,000 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 2 years

Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 14 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month

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About Tab Activate V2

! Newly opened tabs automatically focus ! That's all what this extension does. It does not change the behavior of how links are treated in your pages, if you want all links to automatically open in a new tab you'll have to find a way yourself (or another extension in addition to this one). Again.. this extension only *focus* new tabs, it does not open links in new tabs automatically, if you want to open a link in a new tab you can click a link holding CTRL on your keyboard. ChangeLog ========= Version 1.3 (2025-08-22): - More lightweight. - Removed the "storage" permission. - Now works fine in ChromeOS.