Background Tab for NewsBlur Chrome Extension

Opens the active item in a background tab when the user presses a customizable hotkeys (default: 'o' and 'v') in NewsBlur..
This extension allows you to open a link in a background tab by pressing a customizable hotkey (default 'o' or 'v'). This feature used to work without an extension, but it broke starting with chrome 41.

Be sure to reload the newsblur ..ge after installing or changing the hotkey(s).

source code is available at: https://github.com/Lyrrad/NewsBlurBackgroundTab

What's new?

0.4.1:

Add support for beta.newsblur.com (Thanks to David Edwards)

Migrated from deprecated chrome.extension to chrome.runtime (Thanks to Jefferson Scher)

0.4.0:

Able to override newsblur hotkeys (New default "o" and "v"). (Thanks to Gary Pandergast)

Added support for multiple hotkeys.

Changed to local storage instead of using chrome sync to store extension settings. Settings from 0.3.0 will be lost.

0.3.0:

Support for customizable hotkey. Default is ";".

bug fixes.

0.2.4:

minor bug fixes.

0.2.3:

- New tabs should now open next to the current tab.

- Fix issues with key capture on certain overlays.

How to install Background Tab for NewsBlur chrome extension in chrome Browser

You can Follow the below Step By Step procedure to install the Background Tab for NewsBlur Chrome Extension to your Chrome Web browser.

• Step 1: Go to the Chrome webstore https://chrome.google.com/webstore or download the extension Background Tab for NewsBlur Chrome Extension Download from https://pluginsaddonsextensions.com
• Step 2: Now search for the Background Tab for NewsBlur in Chrome Webstore Search and click on the search button.
• Step 3: click on the Background Tab for NewsBlur Chrome Extension Link
• Step 4: in the next page click on the Add to Chrome button to Download and Install the Background Tab for NewsBlur extension for your Chrome Web browser .