What is the Google Chrome Keyboard Shortcut to Open the Current Tab in a New Window?

According to , 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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1. Close current tab CTRL+W
2. Open new window CTRL+N
3. Re-open recently closed tab CTRL+ShiftT

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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).

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.)

Also Vimium supports Shift+ w key binding which does Move tab to new window

more Vimium Keymaps at:

• Chrome Version: Version 96.0.4664.45 (Official Build) (64-bit)
• OS Version: Windows 10 21H1
• Vimium Version: 1.67

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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