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Single Window (open links in active window)

by emano.waldeck

v0.2.6 Updated Jan 4, 2026 53.09KiB
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Description

This extension prevents web pages from opening pop-up windows of any kind. When the extension is enabled, all newly opened windows will get directed to the active window (in the currently active window before this window gets opened). You can toggle the extension on and off from the toolbar button to enable the single-window mode or disable it. When the extension is enabled, all windows are forced to stay in the same active window. So if a website issues a popup window, instead the extension moves the newly created popup window into the active window and then focuses on this newly created window (same as dragging a tab from one window to another window). When the extension is disabled, popup opening is permitted. Usage Preview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mFKwmlt6RU Notes: Even if the extension is enabled, the user can still open new windows using Ctrl + N or Command + N shortcuts. Also from the 3-dot -> New Window menu. This extension does not intercept incognito (private) windows. This extension does not intercept extension windows (extensions are still permitted to open. their popup windows). Version Log: 0.1.3: The new tab will get focused. Now you can use command-line tools to open in a new window and get your tab focused 0.2.0 Moves to manifest v3
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Reviews (7 cached)

★☆☆☆☆2025-11-13
Andre Kienle

It was great, but somehow since the last update of Chrome it does not work anymore. While the pop-up tries to open in a new tab, Chrome is crashing (closing) completely without any error message.

★☆☆☆☆2024-11-01
Brian Spaulding

only works when chrome doesn't update. I need my stuff to open in one tab at work and every time there is a update it does not work.

★★☆☆☆2023-01-10
Johannes Hermann

Doesn't always work, e.g. if a tab is already open because you clicked a link and then clicking the same link that would open the same tab with the same "_target", the popup opens as a window, the old tab gets closed correctly but the new popup should also be moved to my active window.

★★☆☆☆2021-09-25
Jon Håvard Sevaldsen

Warning: This makes all "restore session" tabs and tabs from other devices etc all open in one window too! Also, it is buggy when opening a mobile phone session on PC, it opens one tab in one window and the rest in another. I currently have a single window with hundreds of tabs which I'll have to sort out manually due to this extension. Because of these issues, I unfortunately cannot use this extension.

★★☆☆☆2020-04-16
Artemi Lebedev

Doesn't work and no settings

★★★☆☆2025-11-08
Luca Pozzi

It was perfect but the last update of Chrome broke it, now when it trigger chrome crash, is possible to have and update?

★★★☆☆2025-02-13
Michael Weingarden

It worked for a long time and it was great. But no longer works for me. I'm using Windows 10, latest update on Chrome and I do work at a school behind a firewall.

Permissions (2)

Permissions

storage Can store data locally in your browser tabs Can see your open tabs and their URLs

Details

Version 0.2.6
Updated Jan 4, 2026
Size 53.09KiB
First Seen Apr 1, 2026