Open Bookmarks Bar In New Tab

background.js

function openInNewTab(url) {
    chrome.tabs.create({url: url})
}

function callback(e) {
    if (callback.skip) {
        callback.skip = false;
    } else {
        callback.skip = true;
        openInNewTab(e.url);
        return {redirectUrl: "http://google.com/gen_204"};
    }
}

let reStr = '';
[
    'http://',
    'https://',
    'ftp://',
    'file://',
    'ws://',
    'wss://',
].forEach(scheme => {
    reStr += `^${scheme}|`;
});

let filterFilter = new RegExp(reStr.slice(0, -1), 'm');
function updateBookmarks() {
    let filter = [];
    chrome.bookmarks.getChildren('1', bms => {
        for (let bm of bms) {
            if (filterFilter.test(bm.url)) filter.push(bm.url);
        }

        chrome.webRequest.onBeforeRequest.removeListener(callback);
        chrome.webRequest.onBeforeRequest.addListener(callback, {urls: filter}, ['blocking']);
    });
}

updateBookmarks();
[
    'onCreated',
    'onRemoved',
    'onMoved',
].forEach(event => chrome.bookmarks[event].addListener(updateBookmarks));

manifest.json

{
    "manifest_version": 2,
    "name": "",
    "version": "1",
    "background": {
        "scripts": ["background.js"]
    },
    "permissions": [
        "bookmarks",
        "webRequest",
        "webRequestBlocking",
        "<all_urls>"
    ]
}