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Tab Pinner (Keyboard Shortcuts)

by Brandon Buck · Tools
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View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 15 Oct 2026

Pin or Unpin a tab easily from the keyboard

Users
10K
0 in 30 days
Rating
4.7 / 5
−0.10 in 30 days
Ratings
128
−1 in 30 days
Store rank
#7,232
#6,155 among extensions
Version
1.2.1
updated 29 Nov 2024

Users

monthly, 3 years
3,0006,50010KAug 2023Apr 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 10,000 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 3 years
3080129Aug 2023Apr 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 128 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month

The Chrome Web Store rounds user counts down to the leading digit, so the user line moves in steps. The ratings count is exact and is the better signal of real adoption.

About Tab Pinner (Keyboard Shortcuts)

It's annoying to have to right click a tab and choose "Pin Tab," and slows down your browsing workflow. This extension seeks to solve that by adding in a simple key binding for doing just that: Pinning and Unpinning tabs while browsing. The default key binding is Ctrl + Shift + X (or Command + Shift + X on Mac OS X). This extension requires no special permissions and doesn't inject anything into a page, the key binding is configurable from your extensions page so you can bind this to whatever you feel comfortable typing regularly. To edit keybindings click the menu icon in the top left to open the sidebar and select "Keyboard Shortcuts." Or, you can navigate to chrome://extensions/shortcuts with your address bar. Once you've got it set up the way you want to get to pinning those tabs quickly and easily! --- November 27, 2017 Note I've uploaded the source for this extension (extremely small) to Github. If you're interested to see what it takes to make this thing tick check out the "tab_pinner.js" file, if you want to make changes just make a PR with your proposed update. Enjoy! https://github.com/bbuck/tab-pinner --- April 30, 2015 Update! Due to another comment (I guess another will come shortly after I post this update) there is yet another new command now that allows you to PIN all tabs at once (in the current window). Now you can pin/unpin your current tab and Pin/Unpin all tabs of the current window! Hooray! I don't think I'll be willing to add anything more to keep things quite simple; however, if more suggestions do come in and they're not very complex or fit will with what is already done then I will most likely implement them when I can. --- April 24, 2015 Update! Due to comment request (even though it was just one, but I try and take care of you guys) I've added another keyboard shortcut for unpinning all pinned times at once. No other functionality was changed so feel free to use or ignore the new feature!

Growth

WindowUsersChangeRatingsRating
7 days0+0.0%0−0.09
30 days0+0.0%−1−0.10
6 months0+0.0%+1−0.09
1 year0+0.0%+2−0.10

Chrome Web Store search rankings

Where Tab Pinner (Keyboard Shortcuts) appears when people search the store, with the 30 day change
Search phrasePosition30 days
shortcut#32+9
keyboard#42−1

Version history

2 versions recorded
1.2.129 Nov 2024
1.227 Apr 2018

Details

Category
Tools
First seen
27 Apr 2018
Size
10 KB
Languages
en
Pricing
Free
Extension ID
mbcjcnomlakhkechnbhmfjhnnllpbmlh

Permissions and risk

Minimal riskimpact 0, likelihood 0

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