Auto Collapse for Tab Groups

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Ak M (pm-nimitz3)

Apr 27, 2026

Add option to prevent pinned tabs from collapsing automatically.

Currently, pinned tabs collapse automatically when switching between them and tab groups. This behavior can be disruptive for users who frequently navigate between the two. Specifically, having the pinned tabs close every time creates an inefficient workflow when a constant view of those tabs is required.

Paul Jansen

Apr 20, 2026

Auto collapse not working with fresh install on latest Brave version

I am trying to get autocollapse to work with Brace Brave 1.89.137 (Official Build) (arm64) without any success. I was hoping for some assistance.

Eric Hanchrow

Mar 31, 2026

Feature request or bug report: collapse groups even when I switch tabs via Shift+Command+A

I'm on a Mac, and Chrome lets me view a list of tabs by typing Shift+Command+A. The list also lets me filter it by typing; and if I hit Enter, it switches to whichever item was selected.

However, if both the current tab, and the one to which I am switching, are members of different groups, the original group does not get collapsed. I don't know if this is intended behavior, but I would prefer the original group to get collapsed, just as if I had clicked on the new tab directly (rather than selecting it from the list of tabs).

Thanks!

John Ingham

Dec 13, 2023

Seems to have stopped working with latest Chrome update

I have recently discovered this plugin (shortly after discovering grouped tabs, to be honest) and it makes life much easier! Unfortunately it seems to have stopped working on the latest version of Chrome that I have just updated to, at least on MacOS. Hopefully the devs are onto it!

John P

Mar 1, 2023

Not working - Version 110.0.5481.177 (Official Build) (x86_64)

Plugin is not working. Installed and enabled plugin, quit and reopened chrome, created separate tab groups, and opening a tab group does not collapse other groups. The groups just open as they do for default behavior.

Marko Domanović

Oct 31, 2022

Chrome Version 107.0.5304.87 (Official Build) (arm64)

This is just not working.

Stealthbat

Jun 7, 2022

Found 2 Bugs

After 8 straight hours of testing and troubleshooting, I have found 2 bugs in the "Auto Collapse for Tab Groups" extension. Both happen with the "Continue where you left off" setting turned on. The first bug is when Chrome is launched, all group tabs will open all at once and will only close when manually collapsed. This is triggered by launching Chrome with the "Auto Collapse for Tab Groups" extension enabled and also having any extension enabled that involves altering/changing or tampering with Google Chrome's "New Tab" behavior. This includes but isn't limited to, extensions for new tab redirecting for changing what site is displayed on creating a new tab, extensions for auto switching to new tabs to automatically switch to the new tab you just created, and any extension that creates its own custom "New Tab Page". Launching chrome with any of those extensions enabled will stop this extension from auto-collapsing the group tabs on launch. The 2nd bug is basically, with a fresh install of Chrome and only the "Auto Collapse for Tab Groups" extension running, the extension is failing to trigger when Chrome is launched. After chrome has fully loaded, once the user clicks on a tabbed page (not a group tab), then the extension will start to work. Please note that even with the extension not working when Chrome is started, Chrome will remember which Group Tabs were collapsed and which ones were not when Chrome was closed last. But Chrome will not collapse (when launched) any group tabs that were open when Chrome was previously closed. I would deeply appreciate it if this matter could be looked into and fixed as I cannot live without this extension, but I also feel the same about some of those other extensions. Please look into this. I would deeply appreciate it if you would. Thank you for your time.

Dmitry Berezhnoy

Jan 12, 2022

Multiple windows

I have 2 Chrome windows, W1 and W2 for simplicity
When I open a tab in a group in W2, the current group in W1 gets collapsed even if a tab from that group is selected in W1

Suggestion: treat each Chrome window separately

P.S. Thanks for the awesome extension, it's a life saver