Yosemite safari Create new tab button.

I've found a decent workaround for this. It was annoying to me to have to change my habit of opening a new tab from a toolbar button just to the left of the address bar to getting used to one of the other ways of doing it.

The Solution:

Add safari extension "Website Opener".

Add the toolbar icon to your preferred location in toolbar.

Long press on the icon in the toolbar.

Here you can now remove the default URL included - I believe it was the website opener extension info page - and add your own choice URL (or multiple urls if you want to open multiple new tabs).

Click Save when done.

Now when you press the icon your new tab(s) will open.

Nice find!!!

This works for me since my new tab brings up google search page. For others who want the new tab to bring up the page that has most frequently visited sites they may be still out of luck unless there is a way to call that page with a URL. Anyone know how that could be accomplished?

I was so frustrated to not have the open tab option on my tool bar. Then I realized it was already there! The Plus icon at the extreme right will open new tabs. Good luck!

I've just published a Safari Extension that replicates the old New Tab button in Safari 8.

https://extensions.apple.com/details/?id=com.meridal.safari.extension.newtabbutt on-KAFG9NVHZU

Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be a way of reading the standard preferences from an extension, so I had to add some Extension Preferences to allow you to select whether you want an empty new tab, your Favorites or to visit a specific URL, but other than that it's a straight replacement.

That's great ! Thank you !

Indeed, very annoying. But, i found this perfect safari extension, just adds the missing +tab button!

New Tab Button, find it here https://extensions.apple.com/details/?id=com.meridal.safari.extension.newtabbutt on-KAFG9NVHZU

Same thing as Martin mentioned above 🙂

On the chance you go to https://extensions.apple.com/, and search new tab button, someone created an extension for this.

*edit*

didn't see second page, person who created this extension posted on this page already (and the person right above me posted basically the same thing I did), but/so thanks to Martin Ingram

Martin you are awesome! Thank you beyond words!

Thank you very much, Martin.

martin you are great.. thank you.

Even in Yosemite, at the end of the tab bar there's a plus sign. Click it. Voila, you have a new tab. There's no need to download anything or modify anything.

Hi Martin, WOW! Thanks a million! I NEEDED a "new tab" key on the left near my other toolbar features!...it was way past the "want" stage after only a week of being a newly upgraded iMac El Capitan 2015 owner. My last computer is a beautiful (yet now ancient 2006 iMac with original 10.4.11 OS Tiger) "paperweight" that I miss more than words can be typed...I can NOT believe that I was totally clueless what an "extension" even is...but I was about to go berserk from having to scroll ALL the way to the right of the top toolbar to click on that default "new tab" [+] symbol EVERY time I wanted a new tab page to open...

So....I googled the issue and was SO AMAZED that JUST by reading YOUR post...I could click on the link to create and use your CUSTOM extension and VOILA! I SOLVED IT! I'm seriously blown away happy and impressed that a near total novice like me could use your incredible creation SO easily and quickly! I'm going to enjoy searching this Apple Support pages more from now ON! 🙂 Extra Q's:

1.) Have you got any other "magical" equations/and or quicker click # "work-arounds" to give us BACK our "right click" delete key (from the standard size keyboards) that's ALSO MISSING on the slick and speedy "wireless Magic Keyboard? [have been using the fn + delete key method which is 2 clicks too many!]

2.) ALSO, the wireless Magic Mouse is NOT correlating to where I want it to be as a cursor arrow and I find I need to click many times to get the correct action accomplished..is THAT a "settings" issue???

3.) How can turn OFF the auto-correct typing feature in gmail and Facebook chat?

I now have your tab! good job! now of course just like all of us who did not like the location of the plus tab located all the way to the right edge of the screen..(imagine those who bought the 27 inch iMac! hahah that would be like taking a trip to the edge of the universe) the symbol can not be dragged to a new location... or can it! It is now located near the center ..

I tell you some people's kids! haha If the symbol can not be relocated, I will get use to it. It is a big improvement of what apple did. I can not believe how dumb that was..

Thank you!