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Scrollable-tabs-extension

Chrome extension that mimics scrollable tab strip experimental feature of chrome (chrome://flags/#scrollable-tabstrip).

A Chrome extension that provides a horizontal, scrollable view of all open tabs in a popup window.

Made with AI and human touch <3.

Features

  • Horizontal scrollable list of all tabs
  • Auto-focus on active tab when popup opens
  • Click to switch tabs
  • Real-time synchronization with browser tab changes
  • Visual indicators for pinned tabs and audio playing

screenshot of extension

Installation

Get it from Chrome web store

OR

Load Extension locally:

Official reference: https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/get-started/tutorial/hello-world#load-unpacked

  1. Clone or download and extract the repository.
  2. Open Chrome and navigate to chrome://extensions/
  3. Enable "Developer mode" (toggle icon at top right)
  4. Click "Load unpacked" (at top left)
  5. Select the extension directory cloned or downloaded.

Usage

Click the extension icon in the Chrome toolbar to open the tab navigator popup. The active tab will be automatically be focussed.

Current Status (will be removed once stable at basic level.)

Phase 1 (MVP) - ✅ Complete

  • Base popup with horizontal tab list
  • Click to switch tabs
  • Auto-center on active tab
  • Real-time tab sync
  • Tab group support

Phase 2 - ✅ Complete

  • Navigation
  • Basic settings (popup window size, auto focus on current tab, tab titles, current tab count)
  • Basic tab menu options (close, pin/unpin, mute/unmute)

Phase 3 - ✅ Complete

  • Better UI/UX for tab menu options
  • fix scroll focus change after tab closing and tab not closing sometimes.
  • fix smooth scrolling
  • fix loading of thumbnails at each start, caching implemented.
  • fix group closing icons
  • Light/dark theme support
  • new tab creation
  • fix picture in picture handling (tab's pip status not supported by chrome.). fixed audio playing indication.

Phase 4:

  • tab reordering
  • tab search
  • AI tab organization

Contributions are welcomed!

Attributions

Default thumbnail for tabs - By Sarang - Own work, Public Domain

License

MIT

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