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Automatically Make Background Tab Active in Google Chrome

You can make a background tab active in Google Chrome automatically. It will be opened immediately instead of in the background. Here is how you can do it.

By default, when you middle-click a link in Google Chrome, or when you left click a link while holding the Ctrl key, it gets opened in a new tab in the background. You can override this behavior and open the link in a foreground tab which Chrome immediately switches to as you open it. Here is how it can be done.

To make a background tab active in Google Chrome automatically, you need to do the following.

Press and hold Ctrl + Shift keys together on the keyboard, and only then click the link that you want to switch to immediately. It will be opened in a new foreground tab.

Chrome Link Chrome Link In New Active TabThis trick should work in all Chromium-based browsers. This trick also works in Firefox and in Internet Explorer 11.

Alternatively, you can install a special extension called Tab Activate. This will do the same trick for you automatically, so holding down the Ctrl + Shift keys won't be required.

Visit the following link in your Google Chrome browser.

Tab Activate Google Chrome Extension

There, click the "Add to Chrome" button.Tab Activate Extension Page

Confirm the installation prompt:Extension Confirmation Dialog

Extension InstalledThe extension will be installed. From now, all background tabs will become active every time you middle-click a link in the browser.

That's it.

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Author: Sergey Tkachenko

Sergey Tkachenko is a software developer who started Winaero back in 2011. On this blog, Sergey is writing about everything connected to Microsoft, Windows and popular software. Follow him on Telegram, Twitter, and YouTube.

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