Tab Thumbnails

Latest Version

Version
1.4
Update
January 5, 2016
Size
25.05KiB
Developer
Category
Users
975
Rating
3.5122 ★
Manifest Version
2
Web Store Status
Languages Support
English
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Permissions
Tabs

Chrome://favicon/*
Storage
UnlimitedStorage
WebNavigation
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Tab Thumbnails Extension

Tab thumbnail images.
Easily find and manage your browser tabs.


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Source Manifest.json

{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx", "manifest_version": 2, "name": "Tab Thumbnails", "version": "1.4", "description": "Tab Thumbnails", "icons": { "16": "icon16.png", "32": "icon32.png", "48": "icon48.png", "128": "icon128.png" }, "options_page": "options.html", "content_scripts": [ { "all_frames": false, "run_at": "document_start", "js": [ "contentscript.js" ], "matches": [ "" ] } ], "background": { "scripts": ["background.js"], "persistent": false }, "web_accessible_resources": [ "menu.png", "iframe.html" ], "permissions": [ "tabs", "", "chrome://favicon/*", "storage", "unlimitedStorage", "webNavigation"]}
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How to download and manually install Tab Thumbnails extension for Chrome

Looking for a way to install Tab Thumbnails extensions for Chrome, you can search for them in the Chrome Web Store, clicking the "Add to Chrome" button, and following the straightforward process.

However, you may need to install Tab Thumbnails extensions manually, this article outlines two simple methods to effortlessly install Tab Thumbnails extensions, whether they come as unpacked folders in compressed formats like .zip or as .crx files.

Method 1: Download Tab Thumbnails extension and manually install through Drag &Drop

If you ever need to manually install a Tab Thumbnails extension for Chrome, don't worry, it's a simple process. Just follow these easy steps, and you will have your extension ready to use in no time.

Step 1: Download the Tab Thumbnails Extension by clicking the "Download CRX" button on the website.

Look for the Tab Thumbnails extension you wish to install. Go to the website and download the Tab Thumbnails extension package, which is usually a .CRX file and comes in a zipped file. Here ".crx" file is the format for Tab Thumbnails extension that contains all the data.

Step 2: Extract &Arrange Files

Once the file is downloaded, extract that file into its own folder. Similarly, give that extension files a permanent home. In other words, keep it in a folder that you don't accidentally delete it because these files will be needed to make that extension work.

Step 3: Go to the Chrome Extensions Page

Open Google Chrome and in the address bar, type chrome://extensions; it will open the Google Chrome extensions page. Make sure that "My extensions" is selected in the sidebar.

Step 4: Drag and Drop the Extension

Now, go to the folder where you extracted the Tab Thumbnails extension and drag &drop the extension file from there anywhere onto the extension page within Google Chrome.

Step 5: Complete the Installation

Once you drag and drop the extension file, follow the steps that Google Chrome takes you through. Similarly, if the extension file is of .crx file format, you will be required to review the permissions and then add the extension.

Now, you can manage that added extension as you would like to with any other Chrome extension that you added through Chrome Webstore. Its icon will also appear in the Google Chrome Menu on the right side of the address bar once you activate it.

Method 2: Download Tab Thumbnails extension for Chrome and install in Developer Mode

This is another method to install Tab Thumbnails extension manually, but the twist is that here, you install by enabling the developer mode option provided in Google Chrome. This mode is commonly used for testing extensions or running unpublished tools.

Step 1: Download the Tab Thumbnails extension file

Select and download the Tab Thumbnails extension by clicking the 'Download CRX' button on the website.

Step 2: Extract the downloaded contents

Convert the file to a ZIP file if it is in CRX format then extract the Tab Thumbnails extension zip file or folder that you downloaded. Make sure you extract it using the same folder name and keep it safely in another folder, so you don't delete it by mistake. The extracted folder will be needed to keep your Tab Thumbnails extension running.

Step 3: Open Chrome Extension Setting Page

In the address bar of Google Chrome, type chrome://extensions and open the Chrome Extension Page.

Step 4: Enable Developer Mode

After opening the Chrome Extension page, look at the top right side, and you will find the toggle option of "Developer mode."Simply enable that developer mode option.

Step 5: Load the Unpacked Extension

Once you enable the developer mode option, you will see the menu of Load Unpacked, Pack Extensions and Update. From that, select the option "Load unpacked."

Step 6: Select the Extension Folder

Once the pop-up opens upon clicking Load unpacked, select the Tab Thumbnails extension directory and click on the "Select Folder "button.

Step 7: Confirm and Install

After you select an extension folder of a Google Chrome extension you're installing manually, confirm its installation for the final time and let the installation complete.

Conclusion

Here we've made a step-by-step guide on How to manually install Tab Thumbnails extension in 2 ways. We hope this guide proves helpful.

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User reviews

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Peter Woods (ID: 000000168d48a22b) Voted 1 ★ - Updated 12/28/2021 Very clunky. Tab rendering is terrible.

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pb (ID: 0000009b6c26626e) Voted 2 ★ - Updated 09/30/2020 I'm sorry to say It's hard to close and doesen't look uniform.

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Jawhar Aslan (ID: 0000004aca04b060) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 03/25/2020 Warum hat das so wenig gute Bewertungen? Funktioniert für mich jedenfalls perfekt. Man kann einstellen wo man mit der Maus hin muss und ob man extra klicken muss um zur Thumbnail-Tab-Übersicht zu kommen. Dort kann man zwar nicht neu sortieren aber zumindest Tabs schließen. Es funktioniert sehr schnell und flüssig und ich hatte noch keine Aussetzer. Nur wenn man mehrere Tabs öffnet, die noch nicht geladen wurden, hat die Erweiterung quasi noch kein Screenshot für ein Thumbnail aber das ist im laufenden Gebrauch ja nicht so schlimm. Perfekt. Hätte nicht gedacht, dass ich sowas gutes, ähnlich wie es bei Chromebooks glaube ich der Fall war finden werde :) Danke für die Erweiterung!

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Maxim Goroshko (ID: 000000412df257a4) Voted 4 ★ - Updated 05/28/2018 Good. But it would be even better to have blank previews for unloaded tabs. Some chromium based browsers like cent browser have it (when only active tab is loaded at start).

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David Knapp (ID: 000000d5c6920438) Voted 3 ★ - Updated 11/19/2017 I'm being nice here… until Mozilla went to Firefox 57, it was my main browser because of the outstanding Tab Groups extension by Luis Miguel. Accurate thumbnails of every tab (this does about one in six right, the others are just text fields that are a pain to read), ability to create any number of different groups and drag tabs between them, and so on. Now I can't figure out how to get the same ease of managing >70 tabs in Firefox, so I tried this. I think I'm going to uninstall it pretty soon: apart from the unhappy presentation of tabs being mainly *not* thumbnails, showing and hiding them is clunky. Running Mac OS 10.12 on a 2014 MacBook Air