{"id":10007,"date":"2014-11-17T22:30:50","date_gmt":"2014-11-17T20:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usersnap.com\/?p=10007"},"modified":"2025-09-29T09:04:27","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T07:04:27","slug":"chrome-extension-1-2-0-update-new-shortcut-feature-tab-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usersnap.com\/blog\/chrome-extension-1-2-0-update-new-shortcut-feature-tab-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Chrome Extension Update: New Shortcut Feature &#038; Tab Update"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We are happy to announce new features for&nbsp;our Usersnap Chrome Extension! We added a new keyboard shortcut to the chrome extension, as well as an update for managing the browser tabs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">New Keyboard Shortcut<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We added a new shortcut (default: Alt + U) to the Chrome extension which lets you&nbsp;open the extension in a very simplistic way. Instead of clicking on the extension icon you can open Usersnap by pressing&nbsp;&#8220;Alt + U&#8221; (or any other shortcut of your choice). 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