@antitoxic/mac-openchrometab

• npm package which offers a single function called openChromeTab
• openChromeTab opens a URL in Google Chrome (or other Chromium alternative), reusing tab if present
• if tab is not opened already, it will attempt to load the URL in a tab which is blank (about:blank) or create a new tab
• if Google Chrome is not running, it will start it
• if Google Chrome window is unfocused or minimized, it will respectively focus & un-minimize

To make work, this package uses a JXA script written in TypeScript. Even though JXA is outdated and unsupported JavaScript, the TypeScript offers more familiar development environment than the usual AppleScript used for automating mac.

Usage

import { openChromeTab } from '@antitoxic/mac-openchrometab';
//...
openChromeTab('http://localhost:8080');
// or 
openChromeTab('http://localhost:8080', 'Chromium');

Use cases

• During active web development, you can automatically open or reuse already opened tab
• Writing scripts to focus on specific tab you know the url of.