Undo Closed Tabs Button

Closing a tab my mistake is no big deal, you might think. And it isn’t, since you can easily press “CTRL-SHIFT-T" and restore it. However, this key combination takes the list of recently closed tabs in order, not allowing you to select the tab to restore. Alternatively, you can access the browser’s history to view a list of the pages you accessed and open any of them with ease. An even quicker and convenient method is to use the Undo Closed Tabs Button addon for Chrome.

This simple extension makes it possible to access the list of recently closed tabs in a toolbar popup window. In other words, this list is made available to you with the click of button, without having to go to the browser’s history tab. Moreover, the history tab itself can be opened from the popup window, if necessary.

It is extremely easy to install Undo Closed Tabs Button, as Chrome automatically detects the extension format and prompts you for confirmation. As soon as the addon is installed, a new button is displayed within the main window of the browser, right next to the address bar.

Clicking on it reveals the list of tabs you closed last, in reverse order. Practically, the tab you closed last is the first in the list. The last 25 items are shown, this being the maximum number of tabs you can reopen at once. This setting can be changed in the addon’s options, where you are allowed to enter a smaller number of tabs.

Clicking on any of the titles opens that particular webpage. Alternatively, you can reopen all the tabs in the list with a click, instead of having to press the CTRL-SHIFT-T combination 25 times, should this addon not be installed. On the downside, there is no possibility to check the tabs you want to reopen. Adding checkboxes to each item would add to the extension’s value.

Undo Closed Tabs Button is a handy tool, but further improvements are needed. For the time being, the only advantage it provides is the easier access to the list of recently closed tabs and the possibility to reopen the last 25 tabs much faster.