Switch back to the previously active tab using the keyboard.

Latest Version

Version

1.2.0

Update

July 11, 2024

Size

470KiB

Developer

Previous Tab Extension

Switch to the previously active tab (last tab) by pressing Ctrl+Q, or clicking the Previous Tab icon.

You can change the keyboard shortcut by visiting chrome://extensions/shortcuts .

Chrome does not allow any extensions to use Ctrl+Tab or Ctrl+` as keyboard shortcuts.

The supported keys are Alt, Ctrl, Cmd along with:
A-Z, 0-9, Comma, Period, Home, End, PageUp, PageDown, Space, Insert, Delete, Arrow keys (Up, Down, Left, Right) and the Media Keys (MediaNextTrack, MediaPlayPause, MediaPrevTrack, MediaStop).

Donations are appreciated at donate.previoustab.com

Source Manifest.json

{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx", "name": "Previous Tab", "description": "Switch back to the previously active tab using the keyboard.", "version": "1.2.0", "manifest_version": 3, "background": { "service_worker": "service_worker.js" }, "commands": { "switch-to-previously-active-tab": { "description": "Switch back to the previously active tab", "suggested_key": { "default": "Ctrl+Q", "mac": "MacCtrl+Q" } } }, "action": { "default_icon": { "16": "icon_16.png", "48": "icon_48.png", "128": "icon_128.png" } }, "icons": { "16": "icon_16.png", "48": "icon_48.png", "128": "icon_128.png" }}

Download CRX(470KiB)

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User reviews

Chris Paton (ID: 000000026a644a37) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 10/03/2023 Couldn't use Chrome (or Edge) without this. Does one thing, does it well.

Adriano Silveira (ID: 0000007af89115c5) Voted 3 ★ - Updated 08/29/2023 Super simple but we can't change the shortcut, if the users prefer with CTRL + TAB? It is default for Firefox and other browser as opera.

Core Jel (ID: 000000701beb8928) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 08/16/2023 Very Good.

Goran Angelkovski (ID: 00000051e65c7ff0) Voted 4 ★ - Updated 08/05/2023 This is very useful extension but unfortunately doesn't work when you have two separate Chrome windows... Seems like it works within one instance of Chrome and doesn't remember the "previous" tab in the other browser instance... I hope this can be fixed.

Renato Gyuris (ID: 0000005d85f4e1c5) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 06/27/2023 No permissions, free. Thank you!

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