UnTab hotkey doesn't work sometimes on Chrome/Chromium

[tanishqvyas]

Despite using the unique key combination of Ctrl+Shift+Space I am unable to open the unTab window. I have tried to uninstall and re-install the extension again in chrome but unfortunately, I haven't been able to use it. The extension was working fine 3 days ago.

A point to be noted is that I am able to access the unTab window after clicking on the icon under my listed extensions. But that kind of defeats the purpose of not using touchpad.

Additionally, I have even tried restarting the browser application. Even that did fix the issue. Could you please let me know how to get it to work again?

[blenderskool]

@tanishqvyas ~Can you check if clicking the UnTab icon in toolbar opens the UnTab interface?~

Hotkey does seem to behave in an unstable way for some reason. Will require more understanding on how chrome handles extension hotkeys

[blenderskool]

@tanishqvyas Can you go to chrome://extensions/shortcuts and check if there's an appropriate shortcut assigned to 'toggle-search' event?

[tanishqvyas]

@blenderskool This is what I found when I checked in chrome://extensions/shortcuts

[blenderskool]

@tanishqvyas you can add the shortcut using the pencil icon next to toggle-search event. I don't know when Chrome decides to enable/disable a shortcut, but it seems like re-installing UnTab and restarting Chrome usually fixes it.

Anyone who understands this behavior better, please help!

[tanishqvyas]

@blenderskool Adding it manually did fix the issue. Thank you. I would really like to know why chrome behaved this way though.

[blenderskool]

Pinning this for more visibility in case anyone faces this issue or has suggestions to fix it.