September 6th, 2024

Mozilla introduces updates to tab management in Firefox

Firefox enables users to manage multiple websites in one window using tabs, allowing easy navigation, bookmarking, and features like tab scrolling and audio muting for enhanced user experience.

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Mozilla introduces updates to tab management in Firefox

Firefox allows users to open and manage multiple websites within a single window using tabs, which helps reduce screen clutter and facilitates easy navigation between sites. Users can open new tabs by clicking the plus sign or using keyboard shortcuts (Ctrl + T for Windows, Command + T for Mac). Links can be opened in new tabs by right-clicking and selecting the appropriate option. Tabs can be duplicated, closed, or reopened using context menus or keyboard shortcuts (Ctrl + W to close, Ctrl + Shift + T to reopen). Users can also manage tabs by changing their order, moving them to new windows, or pinning frequently visited sites for quick access. Bookmarking options are available for individual or multiple tabs, allowing users to save their favorite sites efficiently. Additional features include tab scrolling for managing numerous open tabs and the ability to mute audio in specific tabs. For troubleshooting and customization, users can refer to various help articles provided by Firefox.

- Firefox tabs help organize multiple websites in one window.

- Users can open, duplicate, close, and manage tabs using mouse and keyboard shortcuts.

- Pinned tabs keep favorite sites easily accessible upon starting Firefox.

- Bookmarks can be created for individual or multiple tabs for quick access.

- Additional features include tab scrolling and audio muting for specific tabs.

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By @lol768 - 7 months
What has actually changed here? I'm perhaps not the best person to be thinking about this, because I routinely use the nightlies to test things, but weren't many of those things in the stable already?

The more exciting thing in my opinion is the really cool work that's been going on in the form of the Vertical tabs/Sidebar nightly experiment.

By @TudorAndrei - 7 months
I have been using Sidebery for 2 years and never had an issue. It has all the features I need (bookmarks, tabs, panels integrated with firefox containers, themes, snapshots)

https://github.com/mbnuqw/sidebery https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/sidebery/

By @nextcaller - 7 months
8772 github commits, 310 commands, 298 settings -- later, I have this to show https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/grasshopper-urls/
By @HeadlessChild - 7 months
Will they ever introduce tab groups? It seems to be a highly requested feature.
By @moxli - 7 months
I wish firefox would introduce good vertical tab management like "Tree Style Tab".
By @Apreche - 7 months
People are wild with how many tabs they leave open. I never needed any of the advanced tab features or add-ons because I actually close tabs!

I only leave a tab open if I’m still actively using it. If I need to remember a tab I save the url in a bookmarking tool of some kind. Then I can easily find it later.

Ctrl/cmd+w is the keyboard shortcut. I highly recommend it. If you have so many tabs you can read all the titles in normal horizontal mode, you have a problem.

By @vidyesh - 7 months
Anyone wondering whats new (I did!) the feature of Closing multiple tabs and managing Duplicate tabs seems to be the "new"-ish feature.
By @Tarq0n - 7 months
The native closing duplicate tabs is orders of magnitude faster than the Foxytab extension at least. Excited for more updates like these.
By @fifteen1506 - 7 months
FYI Brave, and I suppose Chromium, has a flag that, when enabled, when typing an existing tab/already open website, shows the the existing tab instead of allowing to create duplicates by mistake.
By @igornadj - 7 months
Unrelated, why don't any non-chromium browsers do tabs like Chrome?

Taking personal preference out of it completely, it would seem the most used browser by virtue of this fact has the best UI, so why not just copy it?

I'm anticipating replies along the lines of, Chrome doesn't have the best UI, but the numbers don't lie, something is going on. Even just offering it as an option would be a good way to test the theory. (I know Firefox has themes and customisations to make it similar, but it's not the same, it's a hurdle and the end result isn't the same, and Mozilla doesn't seem interested in making this pursuit easy).

By @longwave - 7 months
Tabs now show a preview on hover since Firefox 129, which is a nice improvement, but it's not actually mentioned on that page.
By @muhrizqiardi - 7 months
Am I missing something? These seems to be an existing feature.