Tabs
Type a few words from any open Chrome tab and press ↵ to jump to that exact tab, wherever it is.
Switch to a tab
- Open the bar and type words from the tab's title or site, like
pull requestorcalendar. - Open tabs show with the label Tab at the right, above pages from your history.
- Press ↵ (Switch to Tab). The bar closes, and Chrome comes forward showing that tab.
Saiki finds the tab in whichever window holds it now, even if you dragged it to another window, and brings that window forward, on another Desktop or minimized. If it can't, a message says why: the tab was closed, Saiki isn't allowed to control Chrome, or Chrome couldn't be brought forward.
A page from your history that's already open also shows as its tab, so you go back to it instead of opening it twice.
How tabs are matched
Every word you type must appear somewhere in the tab's title, site name or site address. Tabs whose title or site starts with what you typed rank higher. The main search shows up to eight tabs.
Saiki also works out what a tab is for. Each tab's second line names its site, like Gmail, GitHub or Brightspace, and, when Saiki can tell, the course or project it belongs to, like “STAT 2301 · Intro to Statistics”. That label is read from the title, or learned from your other tabs and history on the same site. Common subjects match by name too: stats or statistics finds a STAT course's tabs.
List every tab
Type tabs and press ⇥ (or ↵ on Search Open Tabs). The field shows the Tabs scope, and every open tab is listed, ordered by site and then by window. Typing filters the list. Press esc, or ⌫ on an empty field, to go back.
Actions on a tab
Select a tab and press ⌘K:
| Action | Key | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Switch to Tab | ↵ | Brings Chrome forward on that tab |
| Copy URL | ⇧⌘C | Copies the tab's address |
| Close Tab | ⌘W | Closes the tab in Chrome. The bar stays open, so you can close several |
In the main search, a tab also has Pin to Empty Bar (⇧⌘F). A pinned tab switches to the tab while it's open and opens its page once it's closed. See Pins and suggestions.
Allow Saiki to see your tabs
Saiki reads your tabs by asking Chrome, which needs macOS's Automation permission for Chrome. The first time you search with Chrome open, a row says Show your open Chrome tabs here. Press ↵ (Allow Access to Chrome Tabs) and macOS asks once.
If you turned it off earlier, the row says so; ↵ walks you through turning it back on in System Settings, then brings the bar back with your search. See Install and permissions.
Settings
Settings → Browser:
| Setting | What it does |
|---|---|
| Browser (switch at the top right) | Turns off tabs, history and bookmarks together |
| Open tabs | Shows how many tabs are open and whether access is allowed |
| Search open tabs | Open tabs in search. On at first |
Limits
- Open tabs come from Google Chrome only. Pages still open in your default browser when you open them from search.
- The tab list is read each time you open the bar. Saiki never starts Chrome to read it; with Chrome closed there are no tabs to show.
- Saiki reads tabs from the Chrome you see. A Chrome running in the background without windows, like one a test tool started, is ignored.