Open a new tab in Google Chrome or Firefox with one keystroke

Posted on September 9, 2008 at 5:27 am

Most of us browse the Internet at least once a day and if you’re like me, at least 20 times a day for extended periods of time! That’s why I always love free utilities made for web browsers that make Internet surfing easier and more fun.

One of those cool utilities is TabsLock, a small program made for Google Chrome that will launch and open a new tab automatically when you press the Caps Lock key. The nice thing about this is that Google Chrome does not even have to be open, it will start up Chome with a new blank tab.

If Chrome is already open, then it will simply open a new tab in the current browser window.

So you might be thinking “Well how am I supposed to use Caps Lock if I need to?” and that’s a good question! If you really need to use Caps Lock while in your browser, just press Shift + Caps Lock to toggle between the normal Caps Lock behavior and the TabsLock behavior.

If you are not using Google Chrome as your default browser, don’t worry, there is a version of this program for Firefox also! As of right now, I use both Google Chrome for normal browsing and Firefox for anything that requires one of my add-ons. It may not seem like a lot of time saved pressing one key rather than clicking one button, but over time it makes a difference.

You can download TabsLock for Google Chrome or for Firefox here. If you enjoy using Google Chrome, check out my post 5 tweaks for Google Chrome. Source: LifeHacker

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3 Responses to “Open a new tab in Google Chrome or Firefox with one keystroke”

Dileep said on : September 9th, 2008 at 11:05 am

What happened to Ctrl+T?

akishore said on : September 10th, 2008 at 4:47 pm

Dileep - Ctrl + T is two strokes! Using this program you can open a new tab in one stroke…even when Google Chrome or Firefox is not open. Small advantage…worth it for me though.

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[...] Open a new tab in Google Chrome or Firefox with one keystroke - A small program made for Google Chrome that will launch and open a new tab automatically when you press the Caps Lock key. The nice thing about this is that Google Chrome does not even have to be open, it will start up Chrome with a new blank tab. [...]
September 10th, 2008 at 11:24 pm