Lightweight, zero-permission Chrome extension to navigate and manage tabs using intuitive keyboard shortcuts.
- 🚀 Zero-Overhead: Event-driven Service Worker with near-instant execution and no content scripts injected into web pages.
- 🔒 100% Private: Requires zero permissions (
permissions: []). Does not track, read URLs, or collect any user data. - 🔄 Cyclic Navigation: Seamless circular tab switching (from last tab to first, and vice versa).
- ⌨️ Intuitive Directional Shortcuts: Navigate using standard arrow keys with modifier keys.
| Action | Command | Default Shortcut |
|---|---|---|
| Previous tab (Left) | switch-left |
Alt + Shift + ← |
| Next tab (Right) | switch-right |
Alt + Shift + → |
| Open new tab & focus | open-and-focus-new-tab |
Alt + Shift + ↑ |
| Close current tab | close-actual-tab |
Alt + Shift + ↓ |
Tip
Customize Shortcuts: You can change any shortcut combination anytime by navigating to chrome://extensions/shortcuts in your Chrome address bar.
- Download the latest
move-between-tabs.zipfrom the Releases page. - Unzip the downloaded file into a folder on your computer.
- Open Chrome and go to
chrome://extensions/. - Enable Developer mode in the top right corner.
- Click Load unpacked and select the unzipped folder.
git clone https://github.com/JuanFerber/move-between-tabs.gitThen load the cloned folder in chrome://extensions/ following steps 3-5 above.
Contributions, issues, and feature requests are welcome! Feel free to check the issues page.
This project is open-source and licensed under the MIT License.