Open Link and New Tab Next to Current
Open new tabs and links next to your current tab instead of at the end of the tab bar.
As of June 2026, Open Link and New Tab Next to Current has 178 users and a 3.50/5 rating from 4 reviews in the Productivity category.
Usersup 42.4 percent+42.4%
178
178
Ratingdown 19.2 percent−19.2%
3.50
4 reviews
Reviewsup 33.3 percent+33.3%
4
Version
1.0
Manifest V3
History
5 snapshotsTracking since Apr 19, 2026.
View as table
| Date | Users | Rating | Reviews | Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 2026 | 125 | 4.33 | 3 | 1.0 |
| May 4, 2026 | 166 | 4.33 | 3 | 1.0 |
| May 13, 2026 | 187 | 4.33 | 3 | 1.0 |
| May 25, 2026 | 185 | 4.33 | 3 | 1.0 |
| Jun 7, 2026 | 184 | 3.50 | 4 | 1.0 |
| Now | 178 | 3.50 | 4 | 1.0 |
Permissions & access
- Permissions
- storagescriptingactiveTabwebNavigation
- Host access
- <all_urls>
Screenshots
About
For detailed information, see https://github.com/johanhs/open-link-and-new-tab-next-to-current Open links, urls and new tabs next to your current tab by: * Keyboard shortcut * Keyboard shortcut + click * Keyboard shortcut while hovering over a url (works for urls that are not clickable anchors like plain text etc)
Technical
- Version
- 1.0
- Manifest
- V3
- Size
- 31.18KiB
- Min Chrome
- 88
- Languages
- 1
- Featured
- No
Metadata
- ID
- pelhnkebfbkkmlpiiodpljcdolnjijee
- Developer ID
- uecb3cd05c979973520558460c03f53f3
- Developer Email
- [email protected]
- Created
- Aug 23, 2025
- Last Updated (Store)
- Aug 30, 2025
- Last Scraped
- Jun 7, 2026
- Website
- —
- Support URL
- —
- Privacy Policy
- —
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Data sourced from the Chrome Web Store · last verified Jun 7, 2026.