I built TabScroll because I was tired of losing tabs

I’m the kind of person who always has too many tabs open.

Documentation, GitHub, dashboards, test reports, many tabs, and somehow, the one tab I need is always hiding somewhere in the middle.

Chrome’s normal tab bar works well until it gets crowded. Then every tab becomes a tiny icon, and finding the right one turns into a guessing game.

So I built TabScroll, a small Chrome extension that gives you a visual, full screen way to browse your open tabs.

With TabScroll, you can:

• Open the tab switcher with Ctrl + Shift + K
• Move through tabs using your mouse wheel or arrow keys *Preview each tab’s content, title, URL, and favicon before opening it
• Press Enter or click a card to open the selected tab

Everything runs locally in your browser. TabScroll doesn’t send your browsing data, screenshots, analytics, or telemetry anywhere.

It’s still an early project, and I’d genuinely appreciate feedback especially from people who regularly work with dozens of tabs.

You can try it here:

https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/monkhocbkbpjikgjkiaglgdannfmmmfd

If you test it, let me know: what would make switching between tabs easier for you?

Comments

[Luis Cruz]

I really like how TabScroll addresses the issue of tab overcrowding by providing a visual, full-screen way to browse open tabs, and the fact that it runs locally without sending any browsing data is a big plus. The use of Ctrl + Shift + K to open the tab switcher is also a convenient shortcut. One potential improvement could be to integrate some form of tab grouping or categorization, so that users can organize their tabs by project or task, making it even easier to find the right one. Have you considered adding any machine learning-based features to predict which tab a user is most likely to need next?