bunch of refactor and styling changes, coming along nicely

src/background/util/openNewTab.ts

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+/**
+ * This is a helper function that opens a new tab in the current window, and focuses the window
+ * @param tabIndex - the index of the tab to open the new tab at (optional)
+ * @returns the tab that was opened
+ */
+export default async function openNewTab(url: string, tabIndex?: number): Promise<chrome.tabs.Tab> {
+    const tab = await chrome.tabs.create({ url, index: tabIndex, active: true });
+    await chrome.windows.update(tab.windowId, { focused: true });
+    return tab;
+}