Open in new tab and foreground that tab

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Open in new tab and foreground that tab

horak opened this issue 8 years ago · 16 comments

I find myself very often opening a tab in the background and then navigating to it immediately thereafter. Would this be handy for anyone else?

Answer 1 · 2017-02-19T14:32:00.000Z

Hmm, so the opposite of how shift+f works?

Answer 2 · 2017-02-19T15:43:50.000Z

Yeah, that's what I was thinking. Nine times out of ten I use 'shift+f' and then navigate one tab over immediately after.

Answer 3 · 2017-02-19T18:31:17.000Z

Any thoughts on what key combo might work for this?

Answer 4 · 2017-02-19T19:58:12.000Z

I use the background tab feature to open a bunch of tabs off a common page, like a search engine result page, then check each result one by one. If this becomes a feature, I think it should either be a new key combo, or a setting.

Answer 5 · 2017-02-20T20:24:36.000Z

A setting as in, a setting that changes shift+f behaviour to immediately focus on the new tab? I feel good about that option.

Answer 6 · 2017-02-21T01:17:30.000Z

Yeah, that's what I meant. Sorry for being unclear.

Answer 7 · 2017-02-21T08:24:37.000Z

Oh, I think both should be available. Maybe shift+f and shift+b as defaults, standing for foreground and background.

Answer 8 · 2017-02-21T21:55:59.000Z

Fair, but I can't remap shift+f to a new command at this point, too many people (myself included) have gotten used to that opening in the background.

Answer 9 · 2017-02-22T05:30:18.000Z

I completely get that. How about shift+j then. It sits below the other pointer finger.

Answer 10 · 2017-02-22T13:05:55.000Z

That moves to the previous tab :)

Answer 11 · 2017-02-22T20:25:44.000Z

Is it possible to make it follow the Safari preference? Preferences > Tabs > "When a new tab or window opens, make it active"

Answer 12 · 2017-02-23T12:33:03.000Z

I was thinking the same thing, I need to look into that. I kind of doubt that Safari exposes user preferences, but it’s worth a look.

Answer 13 · 2017-02-24T21:40:42.000Z

I couldn’t find a way to read the user’s preferences, but I do have a patch that adds an extension setting to force new tabs to be activated. Unless there are serious objections, I will merge it in the next few days.

Answer 14 · 2017-03-18T17:46:28.000Z

Added to 0.9.0.

Answer 15 · 2017-11-19T12:37:13.000Z

Thanks for this awesome extension!

Maybe I am in the minority that prefers having tabs open in the background. For example, if I were searching for a product on Amazon, I would want to open the individual product's page in the background as I scroll down; then I go through the tabs.

Is there any plans on having a toggle to enable/disable background tab link opening?

Thanks a bunch

Answer 16 · 2017-11-20T01:17:07.000Z

You mean by default, rather than by holding shift+f?