Tab Audio Controller

# Tab Audio Controller - Your Personal Sound Manager for Chrome **🔊 What is it?** Tab Audio Controller is a small tool that helps you manage sound from all your browser tabs in one place. Think of it as a "master control panel" for everything that makes noise in Chrome - YouTube videos, music streams, podcasts, or any other audio. **⚠️ Important:** This is experimental software - meaning it's still in testing and may have bugs. It's free to use for personal testing, but it's not an official product. **Works with:** Chrome, Brave, Edge, Opera, Vivaldi, and other Chrome-based browsers **Current Version:** 7.5 (Experimental) --- ## Why Would I Want This? Have you ever had 20 browser tabs open and couldn't find which one was playing that annoying ad? Or wanted to quickly mute everything when someone walks into the room? That's what this extension does: ✅ **Find noisy tabs instantly** - See which tabs are playing sound ✅ **Control volume for each tab** - Turn down YouTube without muting Spotify ✅ **Silence everything with one click** - "Mute All" when you need instant quiet ✅ **Navigate faster** - Click to jump straight to any playing tab ✅ **Close tabs easily** - Get rid of tabs right from the extension --- ## What Can It Do? ### Sound Control - **Individual volume sliders** for each tab (0-100%) - **Mute/Unmute** specific tabs or all tabs at once - **Remembers your settings** - If you set YouTube to 50%, it stays at 50% - **Shows what's playing** - Visual icons tell you which tabs are making noise ### Easy Navigation - **See all your tabs** organized by window - **Filter view** - Show only tabs that are playing sound - **One-click focus** - Click to jump to any tab - **Close tabs** directly from the extension ### Customizable Display - **Adjust the size** - Make everything bigger or smaller (60% to 150%) - **Compact design** - Doesn't take up much screen space - **Cool green theme** - Cyberpunk-style green-on-black look - **Everything fits** - No annoying horizontal scrolling --- ## How Does It Look? The extension opens as a small popup (540 pixels wide) with: **At the top:** - The extension name with a speaker icon - A checkbox to show "Playing tabs only" - A refresh button to update the list **In the middle:** - "Mute All" and "Unmute All" buttons - Size adjustment controls (make text bigger/smaller) **Main area:** - A list of your tabs, organized by browser window - Each tab shows: - 🔊 Icon (tells you if it's playing, muted, or silent) - Tab title and web address - Three buttons: Mute/Unmute, Focus, Close (✖) - A volume slider to control just that tab --- ## What Makes It Special? ### Smart Design Choices - **No horizontal scrolling** - Everything wraps to fit the window - **Long URLs don't break it** - Web addresses wrap to multiple lines - **Volume slider is always visible** - Never gets cut off - **Size controls stay fixed** - They don't scale with the rest of the page ### Privacy Focused - **No tracking** - Doesn't send your data anywhere - **No ads** - Clean interface with no advertising - **Local storage only** - Everything stays on your computer - **No internet required** - Works completely offline ### Accessibility - **Scalable interface** - Make it as big or small as you need - **Clear visual feedback** - Buttons light up when you hover - **Keyboard support** - Use arrow keys to adjust the scale setting - **Readable text** - Good contrast with the green-on-black theme --- ## How Do I Use It? ### Basic Use 1. Click the extension icon (looks like a green speaker) 2. You'll see all your tabs listed 3. Drag the volume slider for any tab to adjust it 4. Click "Mute All" if you need instant silence 5. Click "Focus" on any tab to jump to it ### Filtering Tabs - Check "Playing Only" to see only tabs making noise - Uncheck it to see all tabs from all windows - Useful when you have lots of tabs open ### Adjusting the Size - Find the "Scale" controls at the top - Type a number (60-150) or drag the slider - The whole extension gets bigger or smaller - Perfect if you have vision issues or a high-DPI screen ### Managing Specific Tabs - Find the tab you want in the list - Click "Mute" to silence it (or "Unmute" to turn sound back on) - Drag the volume slider to set the exact volume - Click "Focus" to switch to that tab - Click the ✖ to close the tab --- ## What Should I Know? (Limitations) ### It Won't Work On: - Browser settings pages (chrome://, edge://, etc.) - Some websites that block extensions from controlling audio - Tabs that haven't finished loading yet - Audio from browser extensions or system sounds ### How It Controls Volume: - Only works on pages with audio/video players - Finds the first audio or video element on the page - Some websites (like YouTube) might have special restrictions - Doesn't control every type of web audio (like Web Audio API) ### Performance Notes: - Works great with a normal number of tabs (up to 50) - Might slow down if you have 100+ tabs open - Stores volume settings for all tabs (uses a tiny bit of memory) - You might need to click refresh if tabs change ### Display Quirks: - The popup size is fixed (can't resize the window itself) - With many tabs, you'll need to scroll down - No search feature (yet) - you have to scroll to find tabs - Tab icons might not update instantly when audio starts/stops --- ## Common Questions **Q: Why isn't the volume control working on a tab?** A: The page might still be loading, or it might not have a standard audio/video player. Try refreshing the tab and waiting a few seconds. **Q: I can't see the extension icon!** A: Click the puzzle piece icon in Chrome's toolbar, find "Tab Audio Controller," and click the pin to keep it visible. **Q: The extension isn't showing any tabs!** A: Click the refresh button (🔄). Also check if "Playing Only" is turned on - turn it off to see all tabs. **Q: My volume settings disappeared!** A: If you uninstall or reinstall the ext…