TabSwitch — Tab Manager

About

TabSwitch — Tab Manager is a keyboard-first tab switcher and tab manager for Chrome. Open a visual grid of all your tabs, grouped by website, then switch, search, mute audio, pause videos, or close tabs — individually or in bulk — without digging through the tab strip.

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🚀 KEY FEATURES
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⚡ Tab switching
🔹 Alt+Tab-style visual tab grid, grouped by website (eTLD+1)
🔹 Open from the toolbar icon or a customizable keyboard shortcut
🔹 Arrow-key navigation; Enter or click to switch instantly
🔹 MRU sort — recently used tabs and site groups appear first
🔹 Real-time search and per-site filter chips

🛠️ Tab management
🔹 Close individual tabs from the grid
🔹 Close all tabs for a website in one action (from the filter bar or group header)
🔹 Pin status and playing-audio / playing-video indicators on each card
🔹 Optional screenshot previews for tabs you have visited (cached locally)

🎵 Media control
🔹 Per tab: mute/unmute audio; pause/play embedded videos
🔹 Per site: mute or unmute all media tabs for one website; pause or play all video tabs for that site
🔹 All tabs: mute or unmute every audible tab; pause or play every video tab at once

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🔒 PRIVACY & DATA
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TabSwitch — Tab Manager does NOT collect, transmit, or sell any personal data. Tab titles and URLs are read only to display the switcher. Preferences and optional screenshot thumbnails are stored locally in your browser.

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📋 PERMISSIONS & PURPOSES
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Here is why we need the following permissions to deliver these features:

📌 "tabs"
- Purpose: List tab titles/URLs, switch tabs, mute tabs, close tabs

📌 "storage"
- Purpose: Save your settings locally (e.g. screenshot preview toggle)

📌 "scripting"
- Purpose: Pause/play videos only when you use media controls

📌 "activeTab"
- Purpose: Capture the active tab for optional screenshot previews after you open TabSwitch — Tab Manager

📌 Optional site access
- Purpose: Requested only if you enable screenshot previews; used to cache local thumbnails

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🎮 GETTING STARTED
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1. Pin TabSwitch — Tab Manager on the Chrome toolbar (recommended).
2. Click the TabSwitch — Tab Manager icon, or set a shortcut at chrome://extensions/shortcuts.
3. Use arrow keys to move, Enter to switch, and the icons on each card or site chip to mute, pause, or close tabs.

* English and Simplified Chinese UI supported.