# Tab Automation

> Chrome auto refresh extension for tabs you leave open. Reload on a timer, or walk matching links with steps — from the side panel, on this computer.

Marketing site and blog for the Tab Automation browser extension.

## Pages

- [Home](https://tabautomation.app/): Product overview.
- [Steps](https://tabautomation.app/steps): What each graph step, Values, Repeat, and Activity does.
- [Blog](https://tabautomation.app/blog): Notes and how-tos.
- [Privacy](https://tabautomation.app/privacy): What this site does and does not collect.
- [Terms](https://tabautomation.app/terms): Terms for the website and the extension.

## Categories

- [How-to](https://tabautomation.app/blog/category/how-to): How-to posts.
- [Explainers](https://tabautomation.app/blog/category/explainers): Explainers posts.
- [Notes](https://tabautomation.app/blog/category/notes): Notes posts.

## Steps

- [For Each Link on Page](https://tabautomation.app/steps/for-each-link.md): Collect matching http(s) links on the page you assign and run inner steps on each URL. Pick links or Paste list. Not open-all-in-new-tabs.
- [Click Element](https://tabautomation.app/steps/click-element.md): Click a button, link, checkbox, or tab you pick on the page. Pick on page writes the selector. It does not open a saved URL or collect links.
- [Refresh Page](https://tabautomation.app/steps/refresh-page.md): Reload whichever page this tab is on. Optional Bypass cache lives on this step only. A timer is Refresh Page plus Repeat, not this step by itself.
- [Scroll Page](https://tabautomation.app/steps/scroll-page.md): Move the current page to the top, the bottom, up or down by a pixel distance, or to a picked element. Instant. One jump to the current bottom.
- [Go To Web Page](https://tabautomation.app/steps/go-to-web-page.md): Open a saved http(s) URL in the same tab. The origin bookend is the assigned page. A mid-flow step opens step.url. Both wait for load.
- [Type Text](https://tabautomation.app/steps/type-text.md): Fill a search query or form input you pick on the page. Optional Enter. Use {{name}} to insert a value saved earlier in the graph.
- [Wait / Delay](https://tabautomation.app/steps/wait-delay.md): Pause for a Fixed or Random wait, or wait Until a page condition is true. A timeout records a warning and the run continues.
- [If / Else](https://tabautomation.app/steps/if-else.md): Compare a page element, URL, text, or a saved Values name when the runner reaches this step. Then and Else hold the next steps. Alerts are Send Alert.
- [Save value](https://tabautomation.app/steps/save-value.md): Read an element and store it under a Values name. Use {{name}} in Type Text and mid-flow Go To. Test samples the value and does not write it.
- [Take a Screenshot](https://tabautomation.app/steps/take-a-screenshot.md): Photograph the showing tab, switch to it, and download a PNG under Downloads. Test uses the same path. Not Save value or a full-page crop.
- [Send Alert](https://tabautomation.app/steps/send-alert.md): Desktop notification and sound when this step runs. Place it in If Then or Else, or after Wait Until. Test lives on this step. Repeat cycle alerts are separate.
- [Values](https://tabautomation.app/steps/values.md): Declare saved names in the New or Edit sheet, above Steps. Save value writes the live map. Use {{name}} in Type Text and mid-flow Go To.
- [Repeat](https://tabautomation.app/steps/repeat.md): The End block. Repeat on or off, unlimited cycles or a count, and No wait, Fixed, or Random range. It never reloads the tab. Default is 30 seconds Fixed.
- [Activity](https://tabautomation.app/steps/activity.md): One session from Start or Restart. Every step outcome, plus run, collect, target, cycle, and watch events. Filter by status or step type. History stays local.

## Blog

- [How to walk through links in Chrome](https://tabautomation.app/blog/walk-through-links-in-chrome.md): Collect matching links from one Chrome page, open each URL in the same assigned tab, and run a repeatable set of steps on every page.
- [Chrome notifications not working? Fix silent alerts](https://tabautomation.app/blog/chrome-notifications-not-working.md): Troubleshoot silent Tab Automation alerts on macOS, Windows, or Linux: test output, allow Chrome in the OS, check Focus, then verify the run.
- [How to auto refresh a tab in Chrome](https://tabautomation.app/blog/auto-refresh-a-tab-in-chrome.md): Chrome has no built-in repeating reload. Set up Refresh Page plus Repeat, understand cache options, or try a short-lived console script.
- [How to auto refresh a background tab in Chrome](https://tabautomation.app/blog/auto-refresh-background-tab-chrome.md): Auto refresh a background Chrome tab with an extension timer outside the page. Learn why console scripts and Memory Saver behave differently.
- [How to auto refresh a dashboard in Chrome](https://tabautomation.app/blog/auto-refresh-dashboard-chrome.md): Keep a Chrome dashboard current with a recurring reload. Set a wait longer than its load time, and bypass cache only when normal reload is stale.
- [How to auto refresh multiple tabs in Chrome](https://tabautomation.app/blog/auto-refresh-multiple-tabs-chrome.md): Auto refresh multiple Chrome tabs with one recurring automation per tab. Give each page its own wait, pause controls, and cache choice.
- [Auto refresh vs page monitor in Chrome](https://tabautomation.app/blog/auto-refresh-vs-page-monitor.md): Choose a timed reload, an immediate page check, or polling for a later change in Chrome. Add Send Alert only where a notification should fire.
- [What the Tab Automation side panel does](https://tabautomation.app/blog/welcome.md): A concise tour of the Tab Automation side panel: create an automation, arrange steps, control Repeat, inspect Activity, and find detailed guides.

## Optional

- [RSS](https://tabautomation.app/rss.xml): Blog feed.