Tab Wrangler

Helps you focus by auto-closing tabs that you haven't used in a while.

Features

• The Corral: Stores tabs which have been auto-closed so you can re-open as required.
• Exclude list: Provide the urls or domain names of the sites you never want auto-closed.
• Tab Lock: Pick open tabs to "lock". Locked tabs will not be auto-closed.
• Configurable: Pick how long a tab should be considered ready to close and how many tabs should be open at a minimum.
• Smart: Doesn't autoclose pinned tabs, doesn't close all your tabs, just enough to make your browser usable.

Installation

1. Install the extension from the Chrome Web Store https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/egnjhciaieeiiohknchakcodbpgjnchh

Usage

1. Click on the icon next to the URL bar
   • Tab Corral
     • Stores tabs which have been auto-closed.
   • Tab Lock
     • Selectively lock tabs which you want to stay open
   • Options
     • Whitelist certain URLs to never be closed.
     • Set the # of minutes to wait before closing an inactive tab.
     • Set the ideal # of tabs to have in your browser.
     • Configure keyboard shortcuts

Back up & Restore

You can back up your list of closed tabs as well as the number of tabs Tab Wrangler has closed by using the import/export functionality in the Settings tab.

Back up / Export

1. Open Tab Wrangler
2. Switch to the Settings tab
3. Scroll to Import / Export
4. Click Export

Restore / Import

If you previously backed up / exported your list of tabs, follow these steps to restore the list in Tab Wrangler. Note: this will overwrite Tab Wrangler's tabs list; ensure you are not overwriting tabs that you wanted to save.

1. Open Tab Wrangler
2. Switch to the Settings tab
3. Scroll to Import / Export
4. Click Import
5. Select the file created during back up, it will be named similarly to "TabWranglerExport-6-18-2017.json"

Developing

1. Install all dependencies

    $ yarn install
   

2. Build, output, and watch the contents to dist/

    $ yarn run watch
   

3. Open the Extensions page in Chrome via Window > Extensions

4. Click "Load unpacked extension..." and select the dist/ directory created in Step 2

Building for Release

1. Create a .zip to upload to the Chrome Store with the release task

    $ yarn run release
   

Credits

• Modernized by ssorallen in 2017.
• Rewritten by JacobSingh in 2012.
• Original extension and idea by jacktasia in 2010.