Omnibox contents not highlighted or cleared on opening a new tab about newtab-redirect HOT 4 CLOSED

+1, this is the big minus to using this extension. Being able to hit Ctrl+T to bring up a new tab and instantly start typing a search term or URL is a major functionality to lose; having to also hit Alt+D, F6, or Ctrl+L to highlight the omnibox/address bar is a big pain.

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+1 from me also. I might write a pull-request to fix this. It would be as simple as setting window.location = '' in javascript (to wipe the omnibar) or Simulating a Ctrl+L as @dpashkevich suggested to perhaps highlight the url.

I guess this becomes tricky as this extension isn't actually the new tab page, it just redirects to it and therefore cannot run content on it. However a solution may be to add the permissions for this extension to run a content-script on every page and check if the url matches the new tab page url and perform one of the above two page options.

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This isn't possible (either the highlighting of the omnibar or removal of the contents). I would absolutely never add the content script permissions to this extension. Even if I did, there would be a large number of users out of the nearly 1 million that use the extension daily that would not want this functionality (or the extra permissions).

Simulating CTRL+L is also not possible. Chrome is far too secure to allow some extension to run in the background and allow for simulated keypresses to interact with the browser's chrome or omnibar in any way.

If this is too much of a pain, unfortunately you'll need to find another extension. The architecture of this extension makes what you want impossible unless the Chrome team adds omnibar modification support. That's something I highly doubt will ever happen.

You can however create your own new tab page and set the location manually. I've detailed the steps in issue #4 The only problem with that route is that you can't easily modify the redirected location.

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@jimschubert it appears it is impossible anyway. I first tried to see if you can run a content script on a chrome:// prefixed url... turns out you can't.

Second idea I had was to make my own new tab page and then iframe the chrome new tab page then empty the address bar. However this did not work as

• you cannot empty the omnibar via javascript (window.location = '' simply reloads the page)
• chrome:// prefixed urls cannot be opened in an iframe.

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