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According to https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/157179?hl=en-GB, the keyboard shortcut to open a tab in a new window is:

Drag a tab out of the tab strip.

which doesn't seem like a keyboard shortcut at all to me.

Is there really a shortcut for this action?

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Don't think there is a native way of doing that in Chrome.

However there is an Chrome extension specifically for that – Tab to Window Keyboard Shortcut.

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    There seems to be no built-in solution so I'll take this as the best answer, as it does the right thing with one keypress. Thanks @konpyuta.
    – z12345
    Apr 28, 2015 at 9:17
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As mentioned, there doesn't seem to be a shortcut for popping the current tab out to a new window. But you can try clicking on the address bar then hitting Shift + Enter or shift-click a link.

The former duplicates the current tab in a new window. The latter opens the selected link in a new window. (Validated on Mac OSX 10.10.)

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    This is good. Though, I will add that you can do Ctrl+L to select the address bar then Shift+Enter to open duplicate in new window. Jan 2 at 19:59
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Also Vimium supports Shift+ w key binding which does Move tab to new window

more Vimium Keymaps at: https://github.com/philc/vimium/wiki/Keymap

  • Chrome Version: Version 96.0.4664.45 (Official Build) (64-bit)
  • OS Version: Windows 10 21H1
  • Vimium Version: 1.67
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  1. Close current tab CTRL+W
  2. Open new window CTRL+N
  3. Re-open recently closed tab CTRL+ShiftT
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    Have you tried this? It doesn't work for me, the new window opens but when you restore the closed tab, it re-opens in the original window instead of the new one.
    – Zach
    Apr 22, 2015 at 15:21
  • When you open new window, is it in focus? I'll be back at my desk in a few hours so can test then.
    – fswings
    Apr 22, 2015 at 15:23
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I don't believe there is a single command for that. You might try using something like AutoHotKey to automate the several individual commands involved in copying the url (alt+d, ctrl+c), closing the original tab (ctrl+w), opening the new window (ctrl+n) and then pasting the url (ctrl+v).

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Here are the keyboard shortcuts on a Mac:

  1. Select the URL of the current page CMD + L
  2. Copy the URL CMD + C
  3. Close the current tab CMD + W
  4. Open a new Chrome browser window CMD + N
  5. Paste the copied URL CMD + V
  6. Go to the pasted URL ENTER
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Expanding on Saxdaddy's post you can do this in two steps.

Ctrl + L - focus address bar

Shift +Enter - open address in new tab

This should work for most use cases except very stringent applications. Though it does not close the original tab.

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