This extension mutes previous audible tabs when a new tab starts making sound. Toggle mute current tab: Cmd+Shift+8

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Version

1.5

Update

June 8, 2024

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9.86KiB

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Auto Mute Tabs When Multiple Tabs Audible Extension

This extension lets you control mute status of multiple tabs. Often while you're listening to something from one tab, another tab starts to make sound. This can be annoying. So this extension will automatically mute the previous tab that was making sound.

It works like a stack - think a stack of cards, only the one on top is visible - similarly, only the last tab that's making sound will be allowed to stay unmuted. Once the current audible tab stops making any sounds, the previous tab will be unmuted again.

There are a few keyboard shortcuts you can use:

Cmd+Shift+0 -> Mute all tabs.
Cmd+Shift+8 -> Mute or unmute the current tab.
Cmd+Shift+9 -> Unmute all tabs (although, if you have multiple audible tabs, only one will remain unmuted, rest will be muted by extension.)

Any tabs you mute with these shortcuts will not be unmuted by the extension. You have to unmute that tab with one of the shortcuts.

Added an Easter Egg feature - press Cmd+Shift+O to try it. It's not very relevant to this extension, but I don't want to create a new extension just for this functionality which I need.

Source Manifest.json

{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx", "manifest_version": 3, "name": "Auto Mute Tabs When Multiple Tabs Audible", "short_name": "Mute Control", "description": "This extension mutes previous audible tabs when a new tab starts making sound. Toggle mute current tab: Cmd+Shift+8", "version": "1.5", "commands": { "mute_toggle": { "suggested_key": { "default": "Ctrl+Shift+8" }, "description": "Toggle current tab mute" }, "mute_all": { "suggested_key": { "default": "Ctrl+Shift+0" }, "description": "Mute all audible tabs" }, "unmute_all": { "suggested_key": { "default": "Ctrl+Shift+9" }, "description": "Un-mute all audible tabs" }, "moveTabToNextWindow": { "suggested_key": { "default": "Ctrl+Shift+O", "mac": "Command+Shift+O" }, "description": "Move the current tab to the next window in a circular fashion." } }, "action": { "default_icon": "images/play-circle-o_444444_128.png" }, "icons": { "16": "images/play-circle-o_444444_16.png", "48": "images/play-circle-o_444444_48.png", "128": "images/play-circle-o_444444_128.png" }, "background": { "service_worker": "background.js" }}

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User reviews

Sean Craig (ID: 00000008c5828451) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 08/23/2024 Lat updated in 2015, yet is the best and only extension that auotmaitically mutes/unmutes as sound starts/stops on most recent tab. What this does that other don't is unmutes the most recent tab when you pause or mute the current tab. This is nice, because when you're done for example watching a tutorial video in current tab, the most recent background tab (maybe your music) unmutes when you're done with the tutorial. Back to tunes. No need to go unmute your music manually.

Mark Barnes (ID: 0000001fe9ab7def) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 07/09/2023 Would be even better if, when I switch to a tab that is NOT playing audio, that it muted the tab that WAS playing audio. When I switch to a tab that is not playing audio, I don't want to hear anything. Like "Mute all inactive tabs" works in Firefox. Thanks,

Shyamji Shandilya (ID: 0000007d57b62672) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 02/06/2023 Works as expected. Thanks:)

Brett Atencio RN (ID: 000000ccd43f9899) Voted 2 ★ - Updated 09/22/2020 Sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't, right now I'm watching YouTube but the audio is from an inactive tab, the last update was 2015! I'll have to find something current.

Michał Nawrot (ID: 000000f4f6ff052a) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 08/12/2020 Thanks bro! The extension works just as expected.

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Auto Mute Tabs When Multiple Tabs Audible