New Tab Bookmark Columns

Tracking since Jun 1, 2026.

Changelog

• Jun 7, 2026
  description

  New Tab Bookmark Columns replaces Chrome's default new tab with side-by-side columns of your bookmark folders. Resize them, reorder them, mix in widgets, and pick a theme that fits your setup. No accounts, no syncing, no telemetry — everything lives in your local Chrome profile.
  
  ━ FEATURES ━
  
  • Resizable columns
    Drag the dividers between columns to set the width you want. Layout is saved per-profile.
  
  • Inline edit mode
    Add, remove, and reorder columns and folders directly on the page. Drag the column header to move it; drag a folder chip to move it within or between columns.
  
  • Drag-and-drop bookmarks
    Reorder bookmarks and subfolders inside a folder with a familiar macOS Finder-style horizontal drop indicator. Bookmarks can be moved across folders too.
  
  • Subfolders inline
    Folders inside folders are shown as collapsible groups in their natural order. Open/closed state is remembered.
  
  • Per-column hidden state
    Hide a folder in one column without affecting it elsewhere. The same folder can live in multiple columns and behave independently.
  
  • Built-in widgets
    - Recently added — your newest bookmarks.
    - Status — total bookmarks, unique domains, duplicate bookmarks.
    - Search — instant filter across every bookmark.
  
  • Themes
    Light, dark, or follow system. The system option listens for changes live.
  
  • Display controls
    Toggle bookmark dividers, folder title dividers, column dividers, and visibility of hidden items.
  
  • Favicons
   Site icons with an apple-touch-icon fallback chain. Icons are cached per-domain so new tabs open instantly.
  
  ━ PERMISSIONS ━
  
  • bookmarks — read and write your Chrome bookmark tree (required to display and edit bookmarks).
  • storage — save your layout, theme, and favicon cache locally.
  • favicon — load site icons via Chrome's internal favicon URL.
  
  This extension does not contact any third-party server. The only outbound request is to each bookmarked domain's apple-touch-icon.png as part of the favicon fallback.
  
  ━ KEYBOARD ━
  
  • Esc — close the settings panel, or exit edit mode.
  
  ━ NOTES ━
  
  This is a personal project, built and maintained by one developer. Issues and feature requests are welcome via the support link below.

  New Tab Bookmark Columns replaces Chrome's default new tab with side-by-side columns of your bookmark folders. Resize them, reorder them, mix in widgets, and pick a theme that fits your setup. No telemetry and no third-party servers — your layout lives in your local Chrome profile, with optional cross-device sync through your own Google account.
  
  ━ FEATURES ━
  
  • Resizable columns
  Drag the dividers between columns to set the width you want. Layout is saved per-profile.
  
  • Inline edit mode
  Add, remove, and reorder columns and folders directly on the page. Drag the column header to move it; drag a folder chip to move it within or between columns.
  
  • Drag-and-drop bookmarks
  Reorder bookmarks and subfolders inside a folder with a familiar macOS Finder-style horizontal drop indicator. Bookmarks can be moved across folders too.
  
  • Subfolders inline
  Folders inside folders are shown as collapsible groups in their natural order. Open/closed state is remembered.
  
  • Per-column hidden state
  Hide a folder in one column without affecting it elsewhere. The same folder can live in multiple columns and behave independently.
  
  • Built-in widgets
  - Recently added — your newest bookmarks at a glance.
  - Status — total bookmarks, unique domains, duplicate bookmarks.
  
  • Display controls
  Toggle bookmark dividers, folder title dividers, column dividers, and visibility of hidden items.
  
  • Cross-device sync (optional)
  Turn on "Sync layout & settings" to share your columns and display settings across your devices through your Google account — using Chrome's built-in sync, with no extra permission. Off by default and per-device, so your work and personal setups can stay different. Edits on one synced device update the others. Turn sync off and you choose whether to keep this device's layout or reset it to default; your other devices stay synced.
  
  • Favicons
  Crisp site icons with an apple-touch-icon fallback chain. Icons are cached per-domain so new tabs open instantly.
  
    ━ PERMISSIONS ━
  
  • bookmarks — read and write your Chrome bookmark tree (required to display and edit bookmarks).
  • storage — save your layout, theme, and favicon cache locally, and (only if you enable sync) share your layout and display settings across your devices via Chrome's storage.sync, tied to your Google account.
  • favicon — load site icons via Chrome's internal favicon URL.
  
  This extension does not contact any third-party server. The only outbound request is to each bookmarked domain's apple-touch-icon.png as part of the favicon fallback.
  Optional sync travels solely through Chrome's own sync, stored in your Google account — never on a server operated by this extension.
  
  ━ KEYBOARD ━
  
  • Cmd/Ctrl+E — toggle column edit mode.
  • Esc — close the settings panel, the open "+ Add item" menu, or exit edit mode.
  
  ━ NOTES ━
  
  This is a personal project, built and maintained by one developer. Issues and feature requests are welcome via the support link below.

Permissions & access

Permissions

bookmarksstoragefavicon

Host access

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