Search in background tab

Name: Search in background tab
Rating: 4.15 (67 reviews)
Author: Pitmairen

Opens the "Search google for" search in a background tab.

As of May 2026, Search in background tab has 644 users and a 4.15/5 rating from 67 reviews in the Productivity category.

Pitmairen Productivity

Chrome Web Store ↗.crx

Users−4.3%

644

Rating0%

4.15

67 reviews

Reviews0%

Version

0.0.7

Manifest V3

History

2 snapshots

Tracking since Apr 26, 2026.

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Date	Users	Rating	Reviews	Version
Apr 26, 2026	673	4.15	67	0.0.7
May 23, 2026	655	4.15	67	0.0.7
Now	644	4.15	67	0.0.7

Permissions & access

Permissions: tabsstorage
Host access: None declared

Screenshots

About

This extension makes the new tab, that are opened by "Search google for" , open in the background instead of the foreground.

It should now work for latest versions of Chrome.

### Important ###

If it doesn't work. Go to the options page and follow the instructions. Make sure you have updated to version 0.0.7.

You find the options page at this url:

chrome-extension://fikfhablannhlgejpiklhbkonjkakodf/options.html

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Changelog:

0.0.7:
- Update to manifest version 3
- Fix to make the extension work with the latest version of Chrome.


0.0.6:
-Update to manifest version 2
-Small change to default regexp

0.0.5:
-fix gcx for parameter