A chrome extension that presents your tabs vertically. News: - Tab preview support is here! - Dark theme support is here!…

Latest Version

Version
2.0.4
Update
January 12, 2024
Size
376KiB
Developer
Category
Users
30,000+
Rating
2.94375 ★
Manifest Version
2
Web Store Status
Languages Support
English (United States)
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Permissions
Chrome://favicon/
Tabs
ActiveTab
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Vertical Tabs Extension

A chrome extension that presents your tabs vertically.

News:
- Tab preview support is here!
- Dark theme support is here!

Features include:
- Dark theme.
- Display tabs vertically in a sidebar on web pages.
- Tabs are displayed with the same style as Google Chrome.
- Drag and drop to reorder tabs.
- Mute tabs.
- Search and filter tabs in the sidebar.
- Toggle the sidebar by clicking on the extension icon.
- Toggle the sidebar using the keyboard shortcut: Cmd + E (Ctrl + E on PC)(Using keyboard shortcuts are recommended once you formed the corresponding muscle memory)
- The sidebar is resizable.
- Auto show/hide sidebar.
- The sidebar can be placed on either the left or the right side of the window. New!

More features to come! Such as tree styled tabs! Stay tuned!

Some known problems:
- Vertical Tabs only works on regular html pages (which is 99% of the time). However, it doesn't work on your Newtab page, chrome web store pages, or PDF pages. Unfortunately that's the way it works in chrome, and there's no known way to get around it currently.
- It works by injecting an iframe into a webpage. Therefore, zooming in/out on the page will cause the vertical tabs to become large/small. There's no way to get around this.
- Please refresh the page after a version update. For example, when you find that the toggling functionality gave up working, it's most probably I updated the version, and refreshing the web pages (using Cmd + R / Ctrl + R) should fix it.

Thank you!


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Source Manifest.json

{
"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx",
"version":"2.0.4",
"name":"Vertical Tabs",
"background":{"page":"background.html"},
"browser_action":{},
"permissions":["chrome://favicon/",
"tabs",
"activeTab",
"storage"],
"icons":{"128":"icon-128.png"},
"content_scripts":[{"matches":[""],
"js":["contentScript.bundle.js"],
"css":["content.styles.css"]}],
"web_accessible_resources":["sidebar.html",
"content.styles.css",
"icon-128.png",
"icon-34.png",
"icon-128-eye.png",
"icon-34-eye.png",
"iframe-background.gif"],
"manifest_version":2,
"commands":{"_execute_browser_action":{"suggested_key":{"default":"Ctrl+E",
"mac":"Command+E"}}},
"key":"MIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAr72k/NjWLsQ2Fp7RRSAXCWDLQbeto8D+7qQMOkVXdlTEk9DslAte7UaNNQ+5CTjtmWxhSLN9r/yzLwlKamEqy5LTiGg8rI/lPc033jjdv6E9I00sFd/NMqFmH3BAYyZ3rLlrRC5j+w1PvLtGjZ+fBBX+6XvN5knnmlQfFEmf8EwM9Qrao0H5ydddBfLUaiSKZIEP3s6OykTAwsedHAnMTO922Z/aEJnoqKC8MG2D27AlNOvJdbVeuzy/5RB8HwcReEwkYhXf7jITcOjsxlEUQTYeQ6WXcu9g6KpvaqrdPtlo+ePocLjH43QvPpDSqwWGf/+7F+S6FJhSrJYRXIVDdwIDAQAB",
"content_security_policy":"img-src chrome://favicon; script-src 'self' 'unsafe-eval'; object-src 'self'"}
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How to download and manually install Vertical Tabs extension for Chrome

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

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

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

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

This is another method to install 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 Vertical Tabs extension file

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

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User reviews

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Bree Vwhyman (ID: 0000008647febb7f) Voted 4 ★ - Updated 12/17/2024 To the DEV, i am seeing all kind of comments, mostly GOOD but also complaining. as far as it goes for me , your extension is working perfectly in OPERA 89 August 12, 2022. i use about 30 tabs and your extension does not have any problems dealing with FULL SCREEN or AUTO HIDE etc......... Your extension is very nice because it gives the desirbale feature that was always present in FIREFOX since 15 years back............. "mouse enter/leave AUTO HIDE TAB BAR..." In 15 years NO OTHER BROWSER has done AUTO HIDE TAB BAR and that could be due to IP LAW. and FIREFOX owning the idea. Your extension gives AUTO HIDE to any browser upon Mouse ENTER // LEAVE activty. i can see that there are many similar extensions to yours but i wont ttry them until yours fails. many thans Vince. .....your extension solves that on any CHROME BASED browser PS.................Dec 17, 2024..............an ADDED bit of info since i just started using your extension again on Vivaldi 7 plus web browser..........again, your extension WORKS and it is appreciated with the AUTO "hide // show" side tab bar feature...........it is a pleasant extension and you are so kind to give it out for free. it's alarming to see that the big Google are BLOCKING functionality of oceans of extensions ........ and seems totally counter active in the global development of the World wide web...... much love to you and thanks for maintaining your public offered tools. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Berners-Lee

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William Angelo (ID: 00000085abf1c247) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 01/25/2024 Corrigiram e está muito bom

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H L (ID: 0000003162fb537f) Voted 2 ★ - Updated 11/03/2023 Seemed to be exactly what I needed, noted it was old. Was a little buggy at the start, worked fine at first, then I minimized it and it seemed to disappear forever. I had to fiddle with the settings, change the hotkey to something else, then back to ctrl-E and it started working perfectly again. But the dealbreaker is it screws with functionality of some pop up windows and field submissions. Since I need those for my job, this extension has to go. Sigh, why google's incapable of adding vertical tabs to their own browser I'll never understand.

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A S (ID: 000000a98ab55818) Voted 1 ★ - Updated 10/10/2023 Doesn't work. works once then disappears. hotkey doesn't work. and when i click the icon and get the eyes. it still doesn't work. how are you support to display the vertical tabs anyways

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CC (ID: 0000008cabb36587) Voted 1 ★ - Updated 10/06/2023 Just doesn't work. And no easy way to find support or recommended fixes.