What’s New?
No permissions now required for this extension to work.
About
Chrome on Linux lets you re-order your tabs using the keyboard shortcuts ctrl-shift-pgup and ctrl-shift-pgdn. If you use Windows or Mac these shortcuts are not available to you. This tiny, unobtrusive extension fixes that.
Shortcuts
Move active tab left – ctrl-shift-pgup
Move active tab right – ctrl-shift-pgdn
Move active tab to first position – ctrl-shift-1
Move active tab to last position – ctrl-shift-9
Move active tab to nth position – ctrl-shift-
Changelog
v1.7 Thanks Yonathon Randolph!
– Listen on keydown instead of keyup
– Update to manifest verison 2
– Prevent events from reaching webpage
– Minor code cleanup
F.A.Q.
Q: It’s not working on this page!
A: Please note that NO Chrome extensions with a content script (such as this) are allowed to run in the Google Chrome Webstore (i.e. this page!)
Q: It’s not working on other pages!
A: Tabs you had open prior to installing this extensions need to be reloaded before this will work.
Q: I use a MacBook Pro. The extension doesn’t seem to work!
A: Fn-up/down arrow is equivalent to pgup/down. This means that using ctrl-shift-fn-up/down arrow is what you need!
Q: I sync my extensions across different Operating Systems. Will this break things on Linux?
A: No. The extension does nothing on Linux to avoid ctrl-shift-pgup/down moving the tab twice.
Q: What did you test this on?
A: Chrome 11/12 on Mac / Windows 7 / Windows XP / Ubuntu Lucid Lynx
Q: Still having problems?
A: Let me know and I will fix it. Don’t make me ask for obvious details though. I would need browser version and operating system. Did you try it with no other extensions installed?
Exactly what i wanted ty!
works perfectly.
Doesn’t work
It’s amazing.
Hey mate! I desperately want to use your extension for it implements the unique feature of reordering tabs to a specific position. However, after a successful demo run, its functionality has completely broken down in subsequent uses.
I suspect that it might be clashing with another extension that I’m using in conjuction with it (‘The Great Suspender’) but that’s just a guess. Please suggest a fix if one occurs to you or I’m afraid I reluctantly would have to switch to an alternative.
Must have!
I’ve been using this feature in Linux since ever, got very used to it. Never really understand why the feature is missing in both Windows and Mac.
Thanks a lot.
Essential plugin!
For anyone saying it doesn’t work, have you tried restarting the browser? That fixed it for me.
Works well but a couple suggestions:
– Allow users to set their own key combinations
– When using the arrow keys, wrap around (e.g. if you try to move the first tab left, move it to the end)
doesn’t work on Mac, and causes me to be unable to log into a company site
Doesn’t work. Chrome 67, OSX 10.12.6
blue tabs
works as intended
Thank you so much! Answers precisely what I was looking for, coming to Windows 10 from Ubuntu.
The “need to reload tabs that preceded installation of this extension” should be made a more frontal note 😀
Is there a way it’d opt to override Google Docs so even G-DOCS tabs could be moved?
It’s useful for Mac user.
Brilliant. Should be default keyboard shortcut on all platforms of Chrome. Thankfully there are brilliant developers like bonstio.net to help us out.
Little thing but helps a lot! Thanks
It just doesn’t work at all. Windows 10, Chrome 61.0.3163.100.
The keys don’t do anything. There’s no key combination that can move a pixel.
I tried to click on the tab first so not to have focus on some text field or anything but nothing works.
I’ll keep it active just in case.
EDIT:
deactivated it. I found another identical extension that does exactly the same (and works).
works as described! Excelent job! thanks!
This is a nice extension.
If possible, could you make the transition faster? Like around 0-0.15sec if possible?
Then I’ll give 5 stars.
Doesn’t seem to work. Even if any of the combos would work, my keyboard does not have PgUp/PgDown and I don’t see any way to re-assign the shortcuts.
Overview claims that it requires no permissions which is not true and it didn’t work on my computer. Hoping he can fix these problems so I can give it a better review.
Doesn’t work on Mac
Doesn’t work with Chrome on macOS Sierra.
My only request is the ability to disable ctrl+shift+7 and ctrl+shift+8 since these are reserved shortcuts to create numbered lists and bulleted lists in Google Inbox.
Can’t fault it. Does the job!