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I use a few packaged Chrome apps, namely Wunderlist for Chrome, Text, and Google Keep.

Packaged apps launch a new window when you click on their icon on the New Tab page:

animated screenshot showing packaged app behavior

I keep a Chrome window maximized on a second monitor at all times. I want to keep window switching on this monitor to a minimum, and the fact that these apps require spawning a new window is rather frustrating.

Is there any way to launch these packaged Chrome apps in a tab instead of a new window?

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    Related: stackoverflow.com/q/14298166/632951
    – Pacerier
    Jun 23, 2015 at 1:15
  • See stackoverflow.com/questions/14298166/… No, it is not possible by design. Apr 10, 2016 at 6:56
  • @Pacerier Broken Links! Solution not even given. Link only given and the links is gone, gone, gone. You'd think that a techie knows that links are temporary.
    – ejbytes
    Aug 21, 2016 at 12:35
  • I've looked and looked. Still very valid as I'm looking for the same thing. Google examples are horrible; they can't think outside their cool little boxes.
    – ejbytes
    Aug 21, 2016 at 12:36
  • @ejbytes The link works fine for me. Aug 23, 2016 at 1:30

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"No, it is not possible by design. Chrome packaged apps run separately from the browser and have no access to browser-specific features, like tabs."

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14298166/run-chrome-packaged-apps-inside-of-browser-tab

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