Hi fm-sys,

Thank you so much for the 5-star review and for your fantastic suggestion! We really appreciate you taking the time to share your idea about differentiating new tab creation methods.

You'll be pleased to know that your feedback was the direct inspiration for a new feature that will be available in the very next version (1.3.0)!

While directly distinguishing between a Ctrl+T keyboard press and a click on the browser's new tab button isn't reliably possible for extensions, we've implemented a solution that we believe addresses your use case for having more control:

New Dedicated Shortcut for Standard Tabs: We've added a new, separate keyboard shortcut : Alt+Shift+T
Bypasses Grouping Logic: When you use this new shortcut, it will open a new tab in the standard Firefox way – completely bypassing our extension's automatic grouping and placement logic. The tab will open exactly as it would if the extension wasn't managing new tabs.
Optional Feature: You can enable or disable this new shortcut via a toggle in the extension's options page.
So, your regular Ctrl+T or clicking the new tab button will still work as before, grouping the tab according to your main preferences in the extension. But now, when you want a new tab to open without any grouping rules applied, you can use the new Alt+Shift+T shortcut.

We think this gives the flexibility you were looking for! Thanks again for the brilliant idea that helped improve New Tab Same Group. We hope you enjoy the new feature when version 1.3.0 is released.

Best regards