Force Background Tab

Force New Tab Running In Background

What is Force Background Tab?

Force Background Tab is a Chrome extension designed to improve your web browsing experience. Instead of having each new tab immediately active, which is the norm, this extension changes the behavior so that new tabs operate in the background. It means you can click on as many links as you want without being disturbed from your current browsing activity. The extension includes unique features such as rule management for site-specific settings, chrome storage for option syncing with your Google account, and it has frequent updates for bug fixes and performance enhancements.

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By: Yuchen Wang

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Users: 20,000+

Rating: 3.97 (220) ▲ 1 new ratings

Version: 2.2.0 (Last updated: 2020-01-21)

Creation date: 2020-01-21

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

tabs
storage

Size: 679.94K

Email: ph*****@gmail.com

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 5757 ▲ 132

Other rankings

#2679 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 5

#12 in force keyword 11 ▲ 1

#41 in background keyword 23 ▲ 1

#72 in tab keyword 86 ▲ 11

#144 in rule keyword 6 ▲ 3

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Summary

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Force New Tab Running In Background

!!!Support of all Link/Tab/Flash!!!

Description: Normally, Each click on a link that wants to open a new tab will ACTIVE THE NEW TAB Now, After install this extension, the new tab will RUNNING IN BACKGROUND

Feedback: https://github.com/monque/ChromeExtension-ForceBackgroundTab/issues

version 2.2.0 New feature: With the new rule management, users can set whether a site open in background or not

version 2.1.5

User reviews

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Pros

Works perfectly
Allows for continued work while opening tabs in background
Maintains privacy
Can be used for multiple sharing sites without losing focus

Cons

May lead to pop under ads on some sites
Cannot keep up with opening multiple tabs at once
Not working in the latest Chrome

Most mentioned

Works perfectly
Does what it is supposed to do
Doesn't work as claimed
Not working in latest Chrome

Recent reviews

works beautifully on my Windows PC but recently installed on a Macbook and it isn't working :(

A D, 2024-05-27

Hi Yuchen, First of all, thank you very much for creating such a useful extension. Unfortunately, since the last Chrome update, this extension now forces even tabs opened by clicking on the 'New Tab' button in the Tab bar to open in background. Could you please fix this? Thanks.

Tarek Ahmed, 2019-12-20

It works fine in Chrome, but does not in Opera. Please, fix this.

Mi Hunter, 2018-12-08

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Safety

Risk impact

Force Background Tab may not be safe to use and it requires some risky permissions. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing.