
Besser Pinned Tabs by Gérard Kieffer
Protects pinned tabs against unintentional closures and prevents opening a different website inside a pinned tab.
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About this extension
Firefox only features (to be added in Chrome)
Chrome and Firefox features
Chrome-only features (Firefox already handles this behaviour natively)
No data collection, open source: <https://github.com/RetroYogi/besser-pinned-tabs-firefox>
- When you click ANY link in a pinned tab, opens it in a new tab instead of replacing your pinned page.
(Except for same-URL links, to prevent a tab being duplicated when refreshing a page)
Chrome and Firefox features
- If you type a new address in a pinned tab's address bar, opens it as a new tab to preserve your pinned page
Chrome-only features (Firefox already handles this behaviour natively)
- Automatically reopens pinned tabs if they're accidentally closed, whether using keyboard shortcuts or mouse clicks.
- When you click a link to a different website in a pinned tab, opens it in a new tab instead of replacing your pinned page.
No data collection, open source: <https://github.com/RetroYogi/besser-pinned-tabs-firefox>
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This add-on needs to:
- Access browser tabs
- Access browser activity during navigation
This add-on may also ask to:
- Access your data for all web sites
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- Version
- 1.5.1
- Size
- 137.17 kB
- Last updated
- 2 months ago (21 Feb 2025)
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- Licence
- All Rights Reserved
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Release notes for 1.5.1
Bugfixes
New Features
- Fixed pinned tabs not being recognized until manually refreshed after extension installation/update
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