Group tabs automatically
When you open a link from a parent tab, the extension detects the action, consults your domain rules, and drops the new tab into a colored Chrome group with no manual action.
How grouping is triggered
Section titled “How grouping is triggered”Middle-click on a link
Section titled “Middle-click on a link”At the moment of the click, the extension remembers the targeted link. When the new tab opens, it applies your domain rule and creates the group.
Right-click then “Open in new tab”
Section titled “Right-click then “Open in new tab””The targeted link is remembered as soon as you right-click. The rest of the mechanism is identical.
Conditions for a group to be created
Section titled “Conditions for a group to be created”- The global grouping toggle is on (popup or Settings page).
- A domain rule matches the domain of the tab being opened.
- That rule has its Grouping option enabled.
If any of these conditions is missing, the tab opens without being grouped.
Joining an existing group
Section titled “Joining an existing group”When several child tabs open one after another from the same parent tab, they all land in the same group. No extra group is created. The Groups Created counter only increments when a new group is actually created.
If a second distinct parent tab triggers a rule, a separate new group is created. To avoid duplicate groups with the same name and color, the extension joins a pre-existing compatible group instead of creating a new one.
Rule priority
Section titled “Rule priority”When several rules match the same domain, the rule placed highest in your list wins. You can reorder via drag and drop on the Domain Rules page.
Group color
Section titled “Group color”The Chrome group color is set directly on the rule, in the Tab group color field of the Identity step of the wizard. It is independent of the category: two rules sharing the same category can have different colors.
Nine colors are available (the native Chrome group colors): grey, blue, red, yellow, green, pink, purple, cyan, orange.
Naming modes
Section titled “Naming modes”The name shown on the group depends on the naming mode (groupNameSource) defined in the rule. Eight modes exist.
”Smart” modes (recommended)
Section titled “”Smart” modes (recommended)”The extension uses the regexes inherited from the preset selected in the wizard to extract a name from the parent tab’s title or URL. Four variants depending on what happens if extraction fails:
| Mode | Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 (safety net) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smart | Title extraction | URL extraction | No grouping |
| Smart + Preset | Title extraction | URL extraction | Falls back to the selected preset |
| Smart + Label | Title extraction | URL extraction | Falls back to the rule’s Group Name field (see below) |
| Smart + Ask | Title extraction | URL extraction | User prompt, ungroup if cancelled |
A prompt appears each time a group would be created. If you cancel, the tabs that were just grouped are immediately ungrouped.
Fallback Label
Section titled “Fallback Label”No regex, no extraction: every tab matching the domain lands in a group with a fixed name. Picking this mode in the Configuration step of the wizard unlocks a Group Name (fallbackLabel) field where you type that literal name. This field is independent of the rule’s identification Label, but it is also the safety net for the Smart + Label mode.
Title or URL (manual)
Section titled “Title or URL (manual)”You write the regex yourself and choose where it is applied first.
| Mode | Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Title | Title extraction | URL extraction | No grouping |
| URL | URL extraction | Title extraction | No grouping |
The extension runs the regex and keeps the content of the first capturing group (...). For example, ^([^·]+) against the title PROJ-42 · My Jira project returns PROJ-42.
Enable or disable grouping
Section titled “Enable or disable grouping”Grouping is controlled at two independent levels:
- Global level: the Grouping toggle in the popup or the Settings page. When it is off, an orange G badge appears on the extension icon.
- Rule level: each rule has its own toggle in the list. Disabling a rule removes it from processing without deleting it.
The global toggle wins. If the global toggle is off, no rule applies, no matter its individual options.