readme.md

Always Open Favorites in New Tab for Microsoft Edge

🚀 Microsoft Edge Favorites in New Tab Page is a lightweight Microsoft Edge extension that sets the new tab page (edge://newtab) to automatically open edge://favorites/. This allows instant access to your bookmarks without additional clicks.

---

Edge Add-ons

https://microsoftedge.microsoft.com/addons/detail/edge-favorites-new-tab/hhgogbemjlcmeganeehgnkfhemgmhhga

---

🎯Open favorite in new tab for Microsoft Edge - version 1.1

Edge Favorites New Tab helps you stay focused and productive by turning your new tab into a launchpad with your favorite sites. • ⭐ Quick access – Open your Favorites every time you open a new tab • 🎯 Focus – Helps you concentrate and avoid context switching • 🧘 Distraction-free workflow – Your Favorites help you focus on the right things • 🚀 Blazingly fast – Uses the native edge://favorites view for instant loading • 📁 Clean & structured – Seeing your Favorites daily encourages you to sort, improve, and keep them organized

Full Changelog: https://github.com/roktiw/Microsoft-Edge-Favorites-in-New-Tab-Page/commits/open-favorites-in-new-tab-for-edge-v1-1

---

📦 Installation

1. Download .zip
2. Extract .zip
3. Open Microsoft Edge and in address bar type edge://extensions/
4. Enable Developer Mode on the left
5. Click Load Unpacked in and select the folder with the unpacketd .zip with extension

🎯 Done! Now Ctrl + T or clicinkg New Tab wit mouse will always open Favorites in New Tab!

---

🛠 Documentation

• manifest.json → Defines the extension
• redirect.js → Redirects new tabs to edge://favorites/
• newtab.html → Loads redirect.js to handle redirection

🎯 How It Works

1. Overrides the new tab (chrome_url_overrides)
2. Loads redirect.js, which redirects users to edge://favorites/
3. Works instantly without any extra permissions

---

🏆 Future Improvements (Ideas)

• Publishing in the Edge Add-ons Store

---

© Wiktor Świątkowski 2025