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Modify Tab Order in Chrome - Easy Guide

February 8, 2010
Modify Tab Order in Chrome - Easy Guide

Addressing Chrome's Default Tab Behavior

Do you find Chrome’s standard tab opening functionality unsatisfactory? The Modified Tab Ordering extension could provide the solution you’ve been seeking.

Initial Tab Arrangement

Many users begin their online sessions with a specific collection of frequently visited webpages. However, individual preferences vary regarding how newly opened tabs should be positioned relative to the original ones.

Chrome’s default setting causes new tabs to open “relative” to their source, resulting in “grouping” as demonstrated with these two How-To Geek webpages.

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Modified Tab Arrangement

Here, we revisit the initial set of webpages, with the same link opened in a new tab. Notice that this new tab now appears at the extreme right of the “Tab Bar”, ready for viewing after the initial webpages are addressed.

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The effect of closing the initial webpages is particularly noticeable…

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This results in a precise, “left to right” arrangement of tabs. After completing your review of the initial webpages, you can then proceed through the newly opened tabs in the sequence they were launched.

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Summary

If you prioritize reviewing your initial webpages before navigating to newly opened tabs in a sequential “left to right” manner, this extension is ideally suited to your workflow.

Resources

Download the Modified Tab Ordering extension (Google Chrome Extensions).

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