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The new tab and replacement new tab pages do this by default. The problem is that the replacement new tab page here is redirect.html, which does gain focus before redirecting to the user-defined URL which then loses focus. Since I don't have file access to actually rewrite the manifest.json or redirect.html pages based on user options, I'm limited to redirecting via JavaScript.

The problem with this is that Chrome highlights the address bar in a thread. Sometimes that thread finishes after the custom page has loaded from this JavaScript redirect, sometimes it doesn't. There's not much I can do about this race condition in the browser until they provide an API that allows me to highlight the address bar.

Although I'd hate to limit your functionality of having a customizable new tab page, since you only want about:blank, I would suggest using the Blank new tab page override page from the Chrome Developer's examples.

To install it:

1. Download the source
2. Unpack the zip file to some directory
3. Go to chrome://extensions and check "Developer Mode"
4. Choose "Load Unpacked Extension" and browse to the directory from step 2
5. Uninstall or disable New Tab Redirect
6. Enjoy

Although this page isn't exactly the same as about:blank, it does give you a blank html page and provides some security if you don't want someone looking over your shoulder and essentially seeing your top-6 history. I'm not sure, but you may be able to edit the file manifest.json and, instead of "blank.html", point it to some full-path file or external site.

Probably not the answer you were looking for, but an alternative is the best I can do.

Also, I'd recommend creating a bookmark called "Apps" or "Default New Tab" with a location of chrome-internal://newtab/ so you can get to your installed apps.

Let me know if you have any questions.

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That is a great answer! Thank you for taking the time to respond.

All the best

On 11/02/2012, at 4:10 PM, Jim [email protected] wrote:

The new tab and replacement new tab pages do this by default. The problem is that the replacement new tab page here is redirect.html, which does gain focus before redirecting to the user-defined URL which then loses focus. Since I don't have file access to actually rewrite the manifest.json or redirect.html pages based on user options, I'm limited to redirecting via JavaScript.

The problem with this is that Chrome highlights the address bar in a thread. Sometimes that thread finishes after the custom page has loaded from this JavaScript redirect, sometimes it doesn't. There's not much I can do about this race condition in the browser until they provide an API that allows me to highlight the address bar.

Although I'd hate to limit your functionality of having a customizable new tab page, since you only want about:blank, I would suggest using the Blank new tab page override page from the Chrome Developer's examples.

To install it:

1. Download the source
2. Unpack the zip file to some directory
3. Go to chrome://extensions and check "Developer Mode"
4. Choose "Load Unpacked Extension" and browse to the directory from step 2
5. Uninstall or disable New Tab Redirect
6. Enjoy

Although this page isn't exactly the same as about:blank, it does give you a blank html page and provides some security if you don't want someone looking over your shoulder and essentially seeing your top-6 history. I'm not sure, but you may be able to edit the file manifest.json and, instead of "blank.html", point it to some full-path file or external site.

Probably not the answer you were looking for, but an alternative is the best I can do.

Also, I'd recommend creating a bookmark called "Apps" or "Default New Tab" with a location of chrome-internal://newtab/ so you can get to your installed apps.

Let me know if you have any questions.

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The link to the example is broken but in any case I found that https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/empty-new-tab-page/dpjamkmjmigaoobjbekmfgabipmfilij,

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Thanks. Later this week, I will update the issue with a downloadable zip or
add the blank new tab example to a subdirectory within the extension.
On Feb 23, 2014 9:19 AM, "Daniel Bünzli" [email protected] wrote:

The link to the example is broken but in any case I found that
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/empty-new-tab-page/dpjamkmjmigaoobjbekmfgabipmfilij,

Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHubhttps://github.com//issues/4#issuecomment-35832600
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I've added examples locally within the repository and included instructions here

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