Chrome Addon – TabsLock

TabsLock lets you use your Caps Lock key to launch and focus a new Google Chrome tab from anywhere, even if Chrome isn’t running. This allows low-thought, global keyboard access to web search and navigation.

Stuff

• Holding the Shift key while you press CapsLock will allow you to engage or disengage CapsLock normally.
• CapsLock lovers, this is not for you.
• TabsLock runs in the System Tray in the bottom-right of your screen – right clicking on the icon will allow you to control it.
• If you wish to launch Chrome with a custom command line, create a desktop shortcut named ‘chromespace’ with the properties you want. If this file does not exist, TabsLock will then use the ‘Google Chrome’ desktop shortcut, and failing that, the installed exe.
• Apple builds a 250ms CapsLock delay into the hardware of its newer keyboards, ensure you keep CapsLock down for at least that long.

Download Chrome Addon – TabsLock

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Tags: Chrome Addons, Chrome Extensions, Chrome Plugins, Chrome Software, Chrome Tools

Reader's Comments

1. Keith | 23 Nov 2008 11:44 pm

   this is great! now i can launch my browser so easily from anywhere, and it gives new life to this unused key.

2. Tirk | 01 Jan 2009 4:45 pm

   Unreliable. Will keep working even after uninstalling.

   I do not recommend it.

3. weeman | 05 Jan 2009 2:02 pm

   You can assign keys to programs anyway so this is useless, right click google chrome icon, go to short cut click on assign key, press ctrl+alt+g and that will be your shortcut, saves using the capslock key

4. Arbonix | 10 Jan 2009 11:23 am

   Nice !!!!!!!!!!

5. Me | 23 Feb 2009 4:49 pm

   Great idea, especially considering how quickly Chrome loads with such a low resource need.

   However, would it not be more practical that the hotkey be Shift + CapsLock?

   That would ward against errant pinky gestures while typing, as well as appease those who love their CapsLock-ishness.

   At the very least, having this switch as an option would be nice.

6. Lungdisease | 08 Jun 2009 5:41 pm

   Tabslock only opens new window with the newest stable Chrome build.
   Any chance of an update for this add-on?

7. Ramón | 19 Jun 2009 3:42 am

   Great addon, but with XP It’s got to be installed every time I turn on my computer, is there anyway to fix this?

8. Google Chrome Plugins « Harsh Ajmera | 06 Jul 2009 9:00 am

   [...] Chrome Addon – TabsLock TabsLock lets you use your Caps Lock key to launch and focus a new Google Chrome tab from anywhere, even if Chrome isn’t running. This allows low-thought, global keyboard access to web search and navigation. [...]

9. Billy Mays | 14 Jul 2009 1:48 am

   I DON’T KNOW WHY, BUT CHROME HAS STARTED TO GO CRAZY AFTER I INSTALLED THIS PLUG-IN. IT IS CONSTANTLY OPENING NEW TABS AND I CAN’T STOP IT. I THINK IT IS BROKEN.

10. Jared | 01 Sep 2009 2:54 pm

    My anti-virus at work is reporting this as a Trojan. DO NOT DOWNLOAD!

11. Jared | 01 Sep 2009 2:54 pm

    My bad, wrong add-on…

12. Google Chrome Plugins – Harsh Ajmera | 04 Oct 2009 1:58 am

    [...] Chrome Addon – TabsLock TabsLock lets you use your Caps Lock key to launch and focus a new Google Chrome tab from anywhere, even if Chrome isn’t running. This allows low-thought, global keyboard access to web search and navigation. [...]

13. YOUR MOM | 01 Dec 2009 6:12 pm

    wtf i cant download it

14. YOUR DAD | 05 Dec 2009 7:53 am

    YOUR MOM: me neither

15. Jon Vandersasll | 22 Sep 2010 11:21 am

    The link to the download site takes you to a site with an expired domain, anyone know if this add-on has moved?

16. Janae | 06 May 2011 10:01 am

    That’s more than snieslbe! That’s a great post!

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