Manage and switch to your favorite tabs easily.
Favorite Tabs Extension
Key Features:
Save and Easily Navigate Your Favorite Tabs: Add any open tab to your favorites list with a simple click, and keep track of your most-used tabs effortlessly. Access your saved favorite tabs directly from the extension’s popup, and click on any favorite tab item to navigate to that tab instantly. This feature saves you the hassle of searching through multiple open tabs and provides quick access to your most important ones.
Advanced Search Functionality: The extension includes a powerful search feature that lets you find any open tab by title or URL. Simply type into the search textbox to switch the popup view to \"All Tabs Search,\" which displays all tabs currently open in your browser that match your search query. Clicking on a search result will quickly navigate you to that tab.
Seamless View Switching: Typing in the search textbox automatically switches the popup to the \"All Tabs Search\" view, displaying tabs that match your search query. When you clear the search textbox, the popup effortlessly returns to the \"Favorites Tabs\" view. This ensures a smooth and intuitive workflow by dynamically adjusting the view based on your actions.
Add New Tabs: Enter a URL into the textbox and click the \"Add\" button to open the URL in a new tab. The newly opened tab is automatically added to your favorites list, ensuring that your important tabs are always just a click away.
Tab Navigation History: The extension tracks your recent tab navigation, allowing you to seamlessly move forward and backward through your visited tabs. With dedicated buttons for navigating through your tab history, you can easily revisit previous tabs or advance to the next one, simplifying the management and tracking of your browsing activity.
Note: Due to browser limitations, tab IDs are not preserved across sessions. However, this extension features advanced functionality to automatically restore tab IDs after you close and reopen your browser, ensuring seamless continuity between sessions.
Source Manifest.json
How to download and manually install Favorite Tabs extension for Chrome
Looking for a way to install Favorite Tabs 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 Favorite Tabs extensions manually, this article outlines two simple methods to effortlessly install Favorite Tabs extensions, whether they come as unpacked folders in compressed formats like .zip or as .crx files.
Method 1: Download Favorite Tabs extension and manually install through Drag &Drop
If you ever need to manually install a Favorite Tabs 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 Favorite Tabs Extension by clicking the "Download CRX" button on the website.
Look for the Favorite Tabs extension you wish to install. Go to the website and download the Favorite Tabs extension package, which is usually a .CRX file and comes in a zipped file. Here ".crx" file is the format for Favorite Tabs 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 Favorite Tabs 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 Favorite Tabs extension for Chrome and install in Developer Mode
This is another method to install Favorite Tabs 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 Favorite Tabs extension file
Select and download the Favorite Tabs 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 Favorite Tabs 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 Favorite Tabs 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 Favorite Tabs 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 Favorite Tabs extension in 2 ways. We hope this guide proves helpful.
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