When you start WebSite-Watcher, the internal browser is closed by default. It opens automatically as soon as you open a Bookmark.


The internal browser is an embedded Chromium browser. You can open checked Bookmarks as well as online web pages.


WebSite-Watcher always uses the first browser tab to display changed Bookmarks. Links can be opened in additional browser tabs.

Open Pages in New Browser Tabs

Pages are opened in new browser tabs in the following cases:


  • Hold the Shift key while clicking a link.
  • Use the context menu by right-clicking a link.
  • Hold the Shift key while clicking one of the following buttons:
    ui01b_onlineversionui01b_newversionui01b_oldversionui01b_highlightchangesui01b_tile
  • Press Ctrl+T to open a new empty browser tab.


New browser tabs can optionally be opened in the foreground or in the background. This behavior can be configured in the program configuration on the "Internal Browser" tab. It can also be changed quickly by right-clicking a browser tab.


If you press Ctrl+Shift while clicking a link, the new tab opens in the foreground when the option "Open new tabs in background" is enabled, and in the background when the option is disabled.

Close Opened Browser Tabs

Opened browser tabs can be closed in the following ways:


  • Right-click a browser tab.
  • Press Ctrl+W.
  • Press Ctrl+Shift+W to close all read browser tabs.

Open in External Web Browser

Click the button ui01b_openextern to open the currently displayed page in your default web browser.


If you hold Ctrl+Alt while clicking a link or one of the following buttons, the page is also opened in your default external web browser: ui01b_onlineversionui01b_newversionui01b_oldversionui01b_highlightchangesui01b_tile