⎇ alt-tab

A lightweight Chrome extension that enables fast switching between the current and last viewed tabs, without having to cycle though every tab in the window.

This a simplified fork originally created by harshayburadkar. It removes analytics tracking, and simplifies some code. It is distributed under the MIT license.

Installation

Easy Install

You can install the extension from the Google Web Store.

Manual Install

To install from source directly, clone this repository, and in the Chrome Extensions screen, first ensure the Developer Mode switch is set to on, then select Load unpack and navigate to your locally cloned folder.

Post Installation

Recent versions of Chrome prevent you from setting reserved keyboard bindings such as [Alt]+[Tab] or [Ctrl]+[Tab]. You can also use multiple shortcut combinations like [Cmd]+[Shift]+[X]

In order to force Chrome to use a reserved keyboard shortcut, follow these steps after you installation.

1. Open the Chrome Extensions page:

   Menu > More Tools > Extensions, and press Details on alt-tab.

2. Open the Developer Tools panel on the alt-tab extension page:

   Menu > More Tools > Developer Tools

3. Select the Console tab at the top of the Developer Tools panel.

4. Paste the following snippet into the console:

chrome.developerPrivate.updateExtensionCommand({
    extensionId: "caffjcgoejncklegkijnfdnkdhljgeho",
    commandName: "alt_switch_fast",
    keybinding: "Alt+Tab"
});

Changing the default shortcut keys

To specify your own modify the keybinding: property (i.e. [⌘]+[X]:

keybinding: "Cmd+X"