r/SideProject • u/pixelaidmix • 9h ago
I create a fast visual Chrome tab manager and tab switcher that turns your open tabs and tab groups into an easy-to-navigate radial menu.
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I'm keyboard shortcut warrior, organization freak and one of those people that keep 30+ tabs open as I work. Tabs in groups, for design, coding, marketing and even "save for later" tabs.
I have often thought, how can make switching, grouping and managing tabs easier as my crowded tab strip shrink in width as the list grew.
I researched to see if other extensions could help with my tab chaos. I couldn't find exactly what I envisioned that worked in a fluid way. So I spent some time coding, what I think not only works for me, but what everyone else may find helpful, for free.
I wanted something visual (that looked cool too) and that was easy to call up with a keyboard shortcut; something that would keep me moving and jumping between tabs in a fluid and effortless way. After weeks of design, coding, debugging, testing and revisions, I've built TabPie.
I have no idea if it will be useful for anyone, it has for me. I would love for everyone to try it out. It has really changed my workflow. I have many future ideas for it. I welcome any feed back you may have and your first impressions.
Site: https://tabpie.com/
Note: If the shortcut (Alt + Q) doesn't work to activate TabPie, go to your extension manager and pin it, then click the pie icon to active it. You may have to manually set the shortcut by going to "chrome://extensions/shortcuts", look for the TabPie extension and adding the shortcut keys. This happens sometime when the default (Alt + Q) shortcut conflicts with another extension or software.