Google Chrome Tabs pinned

Questions & Suggestions
1

Hello,

I'm trying to figure out how to open a series of URL's in Chrome, and then pin them. I like to have my Chrome open and have 4-5 tabs open all the time but pinned so they don't take up too much room.

Unfortunately it looks like Chrome does not have a keyboard shortcut to pin a tab, and if possible I would like to avoid the macros that record mouse clicks, and I would like to avoid adding any chrome extensions that add a keyboard shortcut to pin a tab.

Looking at Chrome's developer documentation, it does appear that there is a way to do this with the API. Here's an example I found on stackoverflow -

chrome.tabs.create({
    "url": chrome.extension.getURL("skwares.html"),
    "pinned": true
},
function(tab) {
     tab.highlighted = true;
     tab.active = true;
 });

I don't know if it's possible to use this somehow, but any help on this would be great! Thanks!

2

My impression is that the Chrome plugins API uses its own sandboxed evaluation space, beyond the reach of webpage JS and the KM execute JS in browser actions.

3

That's probably correct. I was afraid that might be the case.

Thank you!

4

I doubt it, since "pinned" is NOT exposed as a property of tab:

From the Chrome scripting dictionary:
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5

Hey Robby,

That's not overly difficult.

You can use Keyboard Maestro to create a keyboard shortcut for pinning a tab, or you can use the keyboard system preferences.

Automation can be accomplished using only stock Keyboard Maestro actions.

-Chris

Google Chrome -- Make Pinned Tabs.kmmacros (6.4 KB)

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6

That worked like a champ! Thank you for your help!