How do I turn a popup window into a tab in Chrome on Mac?

Question

This is driving me nuts. I used to be able to cast my pluralsight videos using Chromecast by turning the pop up into a tab when I was using Chrome on Windows. I can't figure out how to do this on mac yet.

If I can't do it this way, then how can I cast a popup? I tried creating a keyboard shortcut but it did not work on the popup, only on a tabbed page.

Solution 1

This was recently added to Chrome for Mac.

With a popup window in the foreground, choose the 'Show As Tab' item in the 'Window' menu. (in the menubar)

Solution 2

I had this same issue and I just figured it out- in the address / omni bar at the top of the popup window, there should be an icon that looks like a page located at the far left of the bar. you can drag and drop that page icon into an existing chrome window to create a tab. I don't know if it works for every type of webpage, but it worked on mine. it reloads the page, but it is definitely working fine. hope this helps!

Comments

[Nakilon]

It reloads page. In case of Google Hangout it makes page blank.

[Gobi S]

This is just copying the popup's URL into a new tab. Better than nothing but not the same as the feature available on Windows.