Opening new Chrome tabs to the right of the current tabEdit
Open a new tab to the right of the current tab
Normally, hitting ⌘-T will open a new tab at the end of the list of tabs. I often want to open the tab right next to the one I’m working in (ie. if I’m working inside a tab group).
As an alternative to installing a browser extension, you can do this by defining a custom search, based on this 2011 tip:
- Go to
chrome://settings/searchEngines - Under "Site search", click "Add".
- Enter "Name": "New tab", "Shortcut": "tt" (mnemonic: "tab"), and "URL":
javascript:window.open();
To create a new tab to the right of the current tab, hit ⌘-L, type tt, then Enter.
Additionally, if you want a way of creating a new tab to the right with a click (as opposed to right-clicking on a tab and selecting "New Tab to the Right"), you can create a bookmark and stick it in your bookmark bar with a name like "📁" and the same URL as above (javascript:window.open();).
Duplicate the current tab to the right
Again, you can do this by right-clicking and choosing "Duplicate", but if you want to do this from the keyboard, you can use the search engine trick, this time with javascript:(function(){window.open(window.location.href, '_blank');})(); to copy the current window.location into the new tab. Assign it a shortcut like "dt" (mnemonic: "duplicate tab"), and you’ll be able to create a duplicate tab by hitting ⌘-L, typing dt, and hitting Enter.