Tab Anchor

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# 🔒 Tab Anchor

> A browser extension that anchors a tab to its current URL — protecting it from accidental navigation, accidental closing, and unwanted title changes.

Inspired by the workspace tab-locking feature that Microsoft Edge included up to version 143.

**Compatible with Chrome, Edge, and Firefox (109+).**

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## ✨ Features at a glance

| | Feature | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| 🔐 | **Hard lock** | Blocks all navigation away from the locked URL; a banner lets you stay or unlock and go |
| 🔓 | **Soft lock** | Navigation is allowed, but a floating chip keeps a one-click shortcut back to the pinned URL |
| 🛡️ | **Tab close protection** | Closed hard-locked tabs are automatically reopened and re-locked |
| ✏️ | **Tab rename** | Assign a persistent custom title that survives page loads and navigation |
| 🌐 | **Favicon badge** | A gold lock badge is composited onto the tab's favicon while locked |
| 📋 | **Lock history** | Every session is logged with URL, title, custom name, group, mode, and timestamps |
| 📤 | **Import / Export** | Back up and restore history as JSON; merges by entry ID, no duplicates |
| 🗂️ | **Tab group awareness** | Group name and colour are recorded; the tab is restored to its group if closed |
| 🎨 | **Theming** | History and settings page supports System, Light, and Dark themes |
| 🖱️ | **Context menu** | All actions available by right-clicking the extension icon or tab strip |

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v1.0.6
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- Add option to open multiple links from history.
- While import, sync history as per tabs status in current browser.
- Added option to set behavior on link clicks on a hard locked tab.
- Links are clickable now in history.
- Fixed chip text on pinned URL in soft locked tabs.
- Fixed tabs being closed in soft lock.
- Fixed favicon lock icon not visible in some cases.

v1.0.7
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- Fixed an issue where hardlocked tabs were also reloading when open links in new tab was set.