FLST Chrome

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Focus Last Selected Tab :: Provides natural / MRU tab ordering + Options for Tab Flipping, New Tab Select, and New Tab LocationPlease Read the entire Overview section Before any Install or Update
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Make any Donation:
* Visit the developer Website (click the house icon to the right)
* (OR) Load one of these pages:
https://goo.gl/W2Co6
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/FLST
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FLST Chrome summary:
* Provides a more natural / MRU style tab ordering
* Focus-Last-Selected-Tab: when the current/displayed tab is closed, display the most recent tab
* Multiple window support: tab ordering is maintained for each window
* Tab Migration: ordering also works when tabs are dragged between windows
* Options Page: right-click the extension icon and click Options (see icon Instructions below)
* [Option] Tab Flipping: flip/toggle the current and most recent tab (!see LIMITATIONS below!)
==> After right-click on a regular link and click Open-link-in-new-tab:
* [Option] New Tabs: select/display new tabs when created
* [Option] New Tab Location: place new tabs on the far-right instead of immediate-right
==> See the developer Website for more details (click the house icon, above to the right)
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FLST Rev 2.1 release notes:
* Requires Chrome 88 or later versions supporting Manifest V2
* No special permissions, no [scary] Warning messages
* Updated to work with newer Chrome versions that caused older extension quirks
* Some older Chrome services are due for removal; now using replacement services
* Older Chrome support for F9/content_script was always incomplete, now gone
* Tab Flipping: click the extension icon -OR- type a shortcut (to customize, see Instructions below)
* Extension icon: NOT displayed? forced by newer Chrome versions, see Instructions below
- ALERT! Google announced Chrome Manifest V3; many extensions will not load and may not return
after Manifest V2 is dropped, estimated Jan 2022
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LIMITATIONS:
* When the current/displayed tab is clicked, Chrome ignores that event and does nothing;
other methods to trigger Tab-Flipping are required; click the extension icon or
type a shortcut (to customize, see Instructions below; also provided during install)
* All extensions cannot prevent other extensions from altering tab-related activity;
to resolve any issues, see test Instructions below
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Privacy:
* No spyware; FLST reads only numeric window-IDs and tab-IDs (eg 111, 14, 79)
* If any concerns: Read the extension code. Use the source, Luke.

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Instructions, display the extension icon:
- icon display was turned off by default in recent Chrome versions, no extension control
* Click the jigsaw icon near the upper-right corner of the Chrome window
* Within the Extensions popup, find [icon] FLST Chrome, scroll if needed
* Click the pin icon to the right, should switch from outline to solid
* Extension icon should now be visible, left of the jigsaw icon
* For placement: drag the new icon left or right
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Instructions, customize shortcuts: (2 methods)
* Right-click the extension icon, click Keyboard shortcuts
* (OR) paste this URL to the omnibox / address bar: chrome://extensions/shortcuts
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Instructions, something not working as expected?
* Visit the developer Website, read all sections
* Disable all other extensions, quit and restart Chrome, then retest;
re-enable other extensions only 1 at a time between tests. See LIMITATIONS above
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Questions / Requests:
* This google site is not tech support, do not post here
* Visit the developer Website, send email
* To visit: scroll from the top of this page, click the house icon on the right
* (OR) right-click the extension icon, click FLST Chrome
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