Tab Activate V2

Name: Tab Activate V2
Rating: 4.62 (13 reviews)
Author: vdegenne

Automatically focuses new tabs, avoiding issues during session restoration.

As of May 2026, Tab Activate V2 has 2,000 users and a 4.62/5 rating from 13 reviews in the Accessibility category.

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Chrome Web Store ↗.crx

Users0%

2.0K

2,000

Rating+0.9%

4.62

13 reviews

Reviews+8.3%

Version

1.3

Manifest V3

History

4 snapshots

Tracking since Apr 1, 2026.

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Date	Users	Rating	Reviews	Version
Apr 1, 2026	2.0K	4.58	12	1.3
Apr 21, 2026	1.0K	4.58	12	1.3
May 6, 2026	2.0K	4.58	12	1.3
May 17, 2026	2.0K	4.58	12	1.3
Now	2.0K	4.62	13	1.3

Permissions & access

Permissions: tabs
Host access: None declared

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About

! 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
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Version 1.3 (2025-08-22):
    - More lightweight.
    - Removed the "storage" permission.
    - Now works fine in ChromeOS.