Vertical tab management from your side panel with support for tab groups, multiple windows, and much more.
Tab Shelf - Side panel vertical tabs Extension
🤔 WHY VERTICAL TABS?
Whether you're frantically doing research for a paper, queuing up articles to read, or you just love hoarding tabs, tab management can be a pain. Having all your tabs squeezed at the top of your window makes it hard to remember what tabs you have and to quickly navigate between them.
Being able to persistently view all your tabs in a convenient, colorful, and customizable vertical view takes that headache away!
⭐️ FEATURES
- View and manage your tabs conveniently from the side panel.
- Use rules to automatically group tabs from specific websites.
- Choose from amongst 20 colors to differentiate your tab groups.
- Quickly search or filter your tabs by group, window, or whether they've got audio playing.
- Sleep your tabs to save memory and energy.
- Sync your settings and grouping rules via your Google account across your other computers.
- Light and dark themes to match your browser, plus 20 accent colors to give your Tab Shelf some flair.
🌏 TRANSLATIONS
Tab Shelf is available in 17 languages.
🔐 PRIVACY POLICY
Please read Tab Shelf's privacy policy (which can be found at: https://www.tabshelf.com/privacy-policy) to understand how Tab Shelf prioritizes responsible permissions usage and user privacy. Tab Shelf does not and will never collect your data.
🛠️ USAGE
You can launch Tab Shelf in a number of ways:
1. Opening the Chrome side panel via the toolbar button (on the right-hand side, next to your profile button) and selecting Tab Shelf.
2. Pinning the Tab Shelf extension button to the toolbar. This allows you to open Tab Shelf in a single click.
You can also use the default keyboard shortcut to quickly open Tab Shelf:
* On Windows/Linux: Ctrl + Shift + O
* On macOS: Command + Shift + O
For a more detailed user guide, please visit:
https://tabshelf.com/user-guide
Disclaimer: This extension requires at least Chrome 114 in order for side panel integration to work.
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CHANGELOG - v2024.5.0
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NEW FEATURES
- Save tab groups and windows (including menu to manage saved tab groups and windows).
- New tab button below the last tab in the tab list (optional).
- Click on the active tab to switch back to the last active tab (optional).
Source Manifest.json
How to download and manually install Tab Shelf - Side panel vertical tabs extension for Chrome
Looking for a way to install Tab Shelf - Side panel vertical 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 Tab Shelf - Side panel vertical tabs extensions manually, this article outlines two simple methods to effortlessly install Tab Shelf - Side panel vertical tabs extensions, whether they come as unpacked folders in compressed formats like .zip or as .crx files.
Method 1: Download Tab Shelf - Side panel vertical tabs extension and manually install through Drag &Drop
If you ever need to manually install a Tab Shelf - Side panel vertical 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 Tab Shelf - Side panel vertical tabs Extension by clicking the "Download CRX" button on the website.
Look for the Tab Shelf - Side panel vertical tabs extension you wish to install. Go to the website and download the Tab Shelf - Side panel vertical tabs extension package, which is usually a .CRX file and comes in a zipped file. Here ".crx" file is the format for Tab Shelf - Side panel vertical 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 Tab Shelf - Side panel vertical 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 Tab Shelf - Side panel vertical tabs extension for Chrome and install in Developer Mode
This is another method to install Tab Shelf - Side panel vertical 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 Tab Shelf - Side panel vertical tabs extension file
Select and download the Tab Shelf - Side panel vertical 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 Tab Shelf - Side panel vertical 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 Tab Shelf - Side panel vertical 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 Tab Shelf - Side panel vertical 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 Tab Shelf - Side panel vertical tabs extension in 2 ways. We hope this guide proves helpful.
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