Load Background Tabs on Select de igorlogius

NAME

load-background-tabs-on-select - prevents tabs opened in the background from loading until the user selects (aka. activates/focuses) them

SYNOPSIS

After installation tabs which are opend in the background for example via CTRL+LMB will be stopped from loading and instead idle in a discarded state until the user brings them to the foreground. On the option page the textarea allows to add regular expressions to define whitelist entries (tabs allowed to load if they match the given Pattern) or when the backlist mode is toggled the patterns will act as a blacklist blocking only matching tabs from loading

USER INPUTS

• opened background tabs
• black mode toggle
• black or whitelist regular expressions

OPTIONS

• blacklist mode option to toggle the function of the regular expression textarea below
• the regular expression textarea which defines the either white or backlist patterns

REQUIRED PERMISSIONS

• storage: used to store the patterns and mode
• tabs: used to read the tab urls and discard the background tabs

OPTIONAL PERMISSIONS

none

DEMO VIDEO

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/188f9c78-e7e7-4437-9444-ba10f1bad348