luyangkenneth / quickshift-redux

:left_right_arrow: Easily and quickly rearrange Chrome tabs with keyboard shortcuts

QuickShift Redux ↔️

Rearranging Chrome tabs with the usual drag-and-drop method is an annoying and laggy affair. When you move your mouse cursor across the tab bar, you might accidentally undock the tab and create a new browser window. Having many tabs open also forces you to be really precise with your click-and-drag motion.

To scratch my own itch, I decided to build QuickShift Redux, an extension to easily and quickly rearrange Chrome tabs with keyboard shortcuts. See it in action in this 30s video demo!

Getting Started 🚀

Simply install QuickShift Redux from the Chrome Web Store. And you're done! 🎉

Note: Rearranging tabs in Chrome does not require any special browser permissions. Unlike some other similar extensions out there, QuickShift Redux does not unnecessarily ask you for those permissions!

Features ✨

• Move the current tab to the left or right within the same window, with Ctrl + Shift + Left/Right

  • If you're so inclined, you can also select multiple tabs and move them all at once

• Undock tabs to a new window, with Ctrl + Shift + U

• Move tabs between windows, with Ctrl + Shift + M

Note: If you're using a Mac and want to resize your windows (not just Chrome windows) with keyboard shortcuts, Spectacle is a great app for that. If you're on Windows, you can use the existing shortcuts: Win + Left/Right/Up. With these in mind, QuickShift Redux will only deal with the rearranging of Chrome tabs.

Customizing Keyboard Shortcuts ⌨️

1. Navigate to chrome://extensions from your address bar
2. Scroll all the way down and click on Keyboard Shortcuts
3. Look for QuickShift Redux and customize your shortcuts accordingly!

Future Development 🛠️

• Move tabs to a specific position e.g. Ctrl + Shift + 1 through 9
• Merge all tabs into a single window

Acknowledgements 🙌

Credits to Nick Spreitzer for the original name and idea. I didn't refer to his old code, but decided to adopt the name so that anyone looking for the original extension can easily find this redux version.

Thanks Tim Osborn for the screenshot and video demo!

quickshift-redux's Issues

Default move shortcuts hijack Alt-shift-left/right (text selection shortcuts)

Hi! Still loving this extension, tx 👍

I was using the suggested default keys (ctrl+shift+left/right) for move right/left, but found that alt+shift+left/right would also trigger the move command, rather than the default...

Repro:

• set default move keys
• focus the location bar
• hit alt+shift+left
• text selection doesn't change, tab is moved left

Workaround: use ctrl+left/right

Couldn't see why, from glancing at the source.. maybe a Chrome glitch

Cheers! ptim

Firefox port

Hi , I absolutely love this extension for chrome , but Is there a way to get a firefox port?

Cannot move tabs through Chrome windows that were launched as apps

In my set-up, I have two regular Chrome windows (left and right side) that I want to move tabs between. However, I also launch a couple windows as "Apps", with the tab bar and URL bar hidden. I do this by running commands like this:

/usr/bin/google-chrome --app=https://chat.google.com

However, when I have an app window open, the move-tabs-between-windows command fails to work when it would shift the tab into the app window.

A proposed fix would be to skip over the window if the type property is set to "popup" instead of "normal". Here's a sample:

   case "move-tabs-between-windows":
       ...
          chrome.windows.getCurrent(
            function (currentWindow) {
              let currentWindowIndex = windows.map(window => window.id).indexOf(currentWindow.id)
              let nextWindowIndex = currentWindowIndex;
              let nextWindow = null;
              do {
                nextWindowIndex++;
                if (nextWindowIndex >= windows.length) nextWindowIndex = 0;
                nextWindow = windows[nextWindowIndex];
              } while (nextWindow.type != "normal" && nextWindowIndex != currentWindowIndex);

Is this project dead or alive?

Ever wonder why not one person has installed it since you uploaded it to the Chrome Store over 6 months ago?

Well the lack of a screenshot might not be the only reason, but it may be the main reason.
And the fact that it no longer seems to be under development is another.

If it's dead, it should be removed from the C.S.

"Move tabs between windows" should create new window when it does not exist.

"Move tabs between windows" should create a new window if there is only 1 Chrome window.

This new window should preferably be opened with same size as current one, on the next monitor.

Emphasize features on Chrome Web Store

Hi!

I just want to tell you that this extension is awesome and I use it on all my machines, BUT I always have trouble finding/installing it, since its not really optimized for SEO. I know this may sound dumb, but you should really emphasize that this extension can move tabs between windows, since its a killer feature other extensions don't really provide. Yet when I'm searching for "chrome move tabs between windows" on Google it simply doesn't list this extension, which should be #1 in my opinion.

(This just happened to me today: I wanted to install this extension at my workplace, but I simply couldn't find it, while I knew that I have this installed at home. I just did not remember its name and Google doesn't know about it either.)

So I suggest updating the Chrome Web Store description so people can find it easier.

Thanks for the extension again!

"Undock" should be a no-op if there's only one tab in the current window

ctrl-shift-M opens my chrome user google accouint settings

It doesn't move tabs between windows for me. And the personalize hotkeys is not available when I open the settings: