Wade through all your tabs fast

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Version
3.6.7
Update
November 11, 2024
Size
92.9KiB
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Category
Users
381
Rating
5 ★
Manifest Version
3
Web Store Status
Languages Support
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Permissions
ActiveTab
ClipboardWrite
Storage
Scripting
Tabs
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Tabhunter Extension

This extension lets browser power-users easily juggle dozens of tabs at any time. Enter a search string (could be a standard JavaScript regex), highlight the URL you want to bring up, and press return, double-click it, or press the \"Go\" button. Tabhunter will even find and bring up minimized windows containing the target tab.

Tabhunter also lets you easily bulk-close large numbers of tabs. Let's say you have a bunch of github pages all related to a project we'll call \"inconsolable-toucan\". Enter a pattern like 'github.com/example-user/inconsolable-toucan', click on the first hit in the list, shift-click the last hit, and press the \"Close Tabs\" button. No-longer-needed tabs gone like that.

Bring up Tabhunter by either pressing the hunter's scope icon, or using the command-key Ctrl-Shift-T on macos, Alt-Shift-T on Linux and Windows.

Drowning in a sea of tabs? Stay afloat with Tabhunter. Users of that other browser have been happily using it since 2008. Now you Chrome folks can use it too.

Under no circumstances should this software be confused with Tab Hunter, an actor best known for his work in the mid-20th century.

Updates:
2.1.6 - support moving a group of tabs to a selected window

2.1.7 - support selecting windows in the pattern field:
* putting `{w:N}` at the start of a pattern shows only tabs in window N
* putting `{w:N:T1-T2}` at the start of a pattern shows only tabs T1 through T2 in window N
* putting `{w:N:T}` shows tabs T through the end in window N
* putting `{w:N:-T}` shows tabs 1 through T in window N

2.2.0 - prefs are now available in the main window via the \"More...\" button and no longer change only when the \"Submit\" button is pressed.

2.2.2 - Support for drag+drop when tabs are sorted by window/tab position.

3.0.1 - Reinstate support for searching *inside* the tabs, including by regex or xpath

3.1.0 - Support for \"Select All\" (Ctrl-A , Cmd-A on macos)

3.2.4 - Rearchitected to deal with very large numbers of tabs (like 1000 or more) gracefully

3.3.0 - Leave maximized and fullscreen windows at that size.

3.4.0 - Migrate the add-on to use the Chrome Manifest V3 version

3.5.0 - Press Backspace or Delete to close selected tabs

3.5.2 - Undo change in 3.5.0. Backspace/Delete now works only on input fields.

3.6.0 - Show the current window number when sorting by windows+tab position (oldest window is no. 1)
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Source Manifest.json

{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx", "author": "Eric Promislow", "action": { "default_icon": { "16": "icons/martini-16x16.png", "24": "icons/martini-24x24.png", "32": "icons/martini-32x32.png" }, "default_title": "Tabhunter", "default_popup": "popup/tabhunter.html" }, "commands": { "_execute_browser_action": { "suggested_key": { "mac": "MacCtrl+Shift+T", "windows": "Ctrl+Shift+S", "linux": "Ctrl+5" } } }, "default_locale": "en", "description": "Wade through all your tabs fast", "homepage_url": "https://github.com/ericpromislow/tabhunter", "icons": { "48": "icons/th-48x48.png", "96": "icons/th-96x96.png", "128": "icons/th-128x128.png" }, "manifest_version": 3, "name": "Tabhunter", "options_ui": { "page": "popup/prefs.html" }, "permissions": [ "activeTab", "clipboardWrite", "storage", "scripting", "tabs" ], "host_permissions": [ "" ], "short_name": "Tabhunter", "version": "3.6.7"}
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How to download and manually install Tabhunter extension for Chrome

Looking for a way to install Tabhunter 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 Tabhunter extensions manually, this article outlines two simple methods to effortlessly install Tabhunter extensions, whether they come as unpacked folders in compressed formats like .zip or as .crx files.

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

If you ever need to manually install a Tabhunter 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 Tabhunter Extension by clicking the "Download CRX" button on the website.

Look for the Tabhunter extension you wish to install. Go to the website and download the Tabhunter extension package, which is usually a .CRX file and comes in a zipped file. Here ".crx" file is the format for Tabhunter 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 Tabhunter 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 Tabhunter extension for Chrome and install in Developer Mode

This is another method to install Tabhunter 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 Tabhunter extension file

Select and download the Tabhunter 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 Tabhunter 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 Tabhunter 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 Tabhunter 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 Tabhunter extension in 2 ways. We hope this guide proves helpful.

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User reviews

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Rick Collins (ID: 000000c4c7e6634f) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 10/26/2021 I had this installed on both of my supported browsers until my laptop died. I was missing it on the new machine, but couldn't remember the name until it came to me one morning. So this very useful tool is now on both my Firefox and Chrome browsers. I'm going to try it on Comodo Dragon which is a Chrome knockoff next and then maybe AVG browser which I think is another.

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Daniel G (ID: 00000000b0406d24) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 10/27/2019 Was glad that Ghacks stumbled upon it and that it is also available for Chrome-based browsers too! ;)

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Aimee Promislow (GlassSipper) (ID: 0000007efc9ca7c2) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 04/08/2018 Great app. Thanks for writing it!

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Eric Promislow (ID: 000000d77a43e0c7) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 10/16/2017 I've been using Tabhunter for 8 years on Firefox and have wished it was available on Chrome. And now it is, and it works just the same. Disclaimer: I wrote Tabhunter.