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New Tab, New Window

by Ozawa Masayuki

v3.5 Updated Jul 14, 2025 41.93KiB
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★ 3.93
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Description

It's not perfect, but it's the best approach for disabling tabbed browsing. When you open a new tab, that tab will automatically move into a new window. Click the extension icon in the toolbar to temporarily disable new window behavior. New in Version 3.5 - Added toggle button to disable new window behaviour.
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Reviews (15 cached)

★☆☆☆☆2021-09-24
j g

When I right click an icon or a link for a web page and select "Open In New Tab," it still opens in a new window. This is unacceptable as I sometimes do want to open links in new tabs (such as when opening search results). I am going to remove unless there is an option to fix this, or a new release that corrects this. It shouldn't behave this way because it's misleading and semantically incorrect.

★☆☆☆☆2016-04-29
Christopher 3D

It doesn't work. If a window is small in the corner, for say watching a video, new windows take on the small window size forcing you to constantly change the window size. It's maddening.

★☆☆☆☆2014-02-13
Lars M. H. Kråkenes

ruined my entire life.

★☆☆☆☆2013-07-15
Ronald Harvey

Horrible. I wanted to have NO new windows opened when I used Outlook Web Access to Compose e-mail. This extension didn't prevent that - so I have a new window every time. Completely useless.

★★☆☆☆2026-01-30
James C

Found a bug: New tabs are opening in a new window even though that setting is toggled off. It seems to fix itself only after I close the glitched window and try again. It’s a hassle to do this every time. Can this be looked at?

★★☆☆☆2014-06-11
Calvin Fai

I'm sure the functionality is adequate, but this extension was downloaded surreptitiously onto my browser. The reason why PUPs (Potentially Unwanted Programs) have their name is that not all of us actually want them.

★★☆☆☆2014-03-02

Better u make an option to open new windows in fullsize! This extention makes no sense, cuz it makes no different if I have to move the mouse to the fullsize button or if don't use ur extension and have to move the mouse to the tab bar to pull a new tab out to turn it into a window It's just a non-nessesary step, no matter wich option I go. It would be cool though, If there is an option to have the ability to open links in a new tab by using my mouse wheel, and open in a new window by using my mouse left key. PS: Ur extention destroys the funktion of Linkclump extention I got installed to open multible links on a website in new tabs in the same window. I always have to disable ur extention than, cuz all tabs that opens are gonna closed and RE-opening in lots of new windows due to ur extention. That's not cool! Overall it means: After installing ur extensions u are not able to open links in a new tab, even If u would like to open some things in a new tab. U'd always have to disable or remove this extention before.

★★★☆☆2024-12-08
Sajjad Haq

unnessary... Ctrl + N = new window Ctrl + T = new tab

★★★☆☆2018-06-15
Vitaliy Mark

how i can still open links in tab if i need? should be something like if shift or alt or ctrl pressed, then open in tab instead of new win

★★★☆☆2016-07-02
Chris Barlow

Works ok, but Chrome occasionally displays an error message complaining that tabs are unresponsive, which gets annoying after a while.

★★★☆☆2014-09-23
Jacob Kaul

only thing bugging me is now theres no middle clicking to Just open in a tab if thats the next thing added then this is a sure fire grab for those people who just have to have everything about their browser perfect

★★★☆☆2014-07-10
sergey ilichev

please make new windows maximized!

★★★☆☆2014-03-28
Ranya Palmer

i like it but i would like it more if the new window would open at maximum size, if they do that then i will give it a 5 star rating.

★★★☆☆2013-11-19
Alexander Carlson

This is great, but It would be perfect if it had a few more settings. One option in particular that I would really like is to be able to open a new window specifically into my second monitor.

★★★☆☆2013-10-23
Mike Hall

Needs the ability to open as a new maximized window. Then it will be perfect. Workaround: Make sure the option for the extension is set to have the new window the same as the parent window. Close all open Chrome windows. Open a new chrome window. Click the restore down button (right next to the X in the top right) and resize your window to the desired size. Close chrome. Open Chrome again and it should be the same size and when you do a new tab, it will open a new window with the same size. Enjoy! :)

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Permissions

storage Can store data locally in your browser

Details

Version 3.5
Updated Jul 14, 2025
Size 41.93KiB
First Seen Mar 27, 2026