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Tabs are a graphical user interface feature that allows multiple documents to be contained within a single window.

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Firefox shortcut for opening a new tab near to the current tab

I use Mozilla Firefox 92.0. I am looking for a shortcut to open new tab just next to the current tab? By default it opens at last. I did not find any thing in about:preferences of Firefox I looked at ...
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Is there a shortcut for switching between 2 open tabs back & forth?

I was wondering, is it possible to switch between two open tabs using a single shortcut, i.e. if x+y is the shortcut, then pressing it switches between two adjacent tabs. Much like Alt+Tab in Windows. ...
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Firefox, how to have very small tab size and no tab-scroll buttons

Both Chrome and Firefox introduced the Search tabs list menu. In my view, this completely negates the need for the (very annoying imo) tab-scrolling feature of Firefox (i.e. when you have what they ...
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Firefox loses pinned tabs

I am using Firefox (on Windows), and have some pinned tabs. If I open a second browser window, it does not have those pins, but I can live with that. What I don't like is that when I close the first ...
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How can I make Chrome open bookmarked pages in new tab by default?

Current situation: I am currently browsing a page (say, www.google.com). I want to open a bookmarked page (say, www.bing.com), but I want to keep the current page (Google) opened. I need to click on ...
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Close all tabs on Thunderbird's exit

I use the actual Thunderbird 45.7.1 on Windows 7 (prof., 64-Bit). When I open some tabs by opening new mails (I have the setting to open in new tab in my settings), all these tabs are restored when I ...
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<Tabs from other devices> does not show all tabs and windows. Why?

I have 414 tabs shown in chrome.google.com/sync, but in chrome://history/syncedTabs (Tabs from other devices) it shows only 14 windows: 5 tabs 7 tabs 4 tabs 5 tabs 7 tabs 3 tabs 28 tabs 7 tabs 6 tabs ...
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How to automatically group tabs in Chrome?

I am looking for a way to automatically create groups of tabs with the same domain. I know that there are extensions to group tabs according to a pre-set pattern but it is a manual action. When ...
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Chrome is hiding some tabs if I have too many tabs open

I am not sure when it started. Earlier behaviour: If they are too many tabs open, chrome will reduce the width of each tab to show all the tabs in the title bar. Current behaviour: If they are too ...
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Open Opera without last session tabs open

I am using the following Opera version: Version: 21.0.1432.67 - Opera is up to date Update stream: Stable System: Windows 8.1 64-bit (WoW64) I am aware of this answer but it's not applicable ...
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Foxit Reader - Open in new tab instead of new window

Is it possible to open new files in a new tab instead of a new window when "Allow Multiple Instances" is checked in Preferences? This would behave similarly to 2010 Excel or Word. That is, you can ...
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Save all PDFs in all tabs in Google Chrome

Tab managers are a dime a dozen in Chrome. But do any of them let you save the contents of all the tabs you have open? I have forty-odd PDFs of research papers open in my tabs, and I just want to ...
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What's the syntax of URL exceptions in Chrome's "Always keep these sites active"?

I want to keep certain tabs from ever being discarded automatically by Chrome. The settings have a section for doing so, but the syntax of the exceptions is not clear. Should I use regexes? Globs? ...
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Mobaxterm text editor

I use mobaxterm to connect via ssh. I would like to about the tab sizes in the Mobaxterm text editor. I would like to increase the size of each tab to view the whole file title. Is that possible? ...
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How to increase Ctrl+tab cycle stack in Firefox

Is there a setting or code to increase the default Ctrl_Tab stack before "show all 386 tabs", (which do NOT show in order visited)? Only 5 tabs are available. (Note- if you close the 5 tabs listed in ...
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Cannot drag-reorder tabs in Chrome

This is driving me absolutely crazy. In recent versions of Chrome, I’ve been unable to drag-reorder tabs consistently. I’m currently running the latest version of Chrome as of today, 120.0.6099.71 (64-...
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1 answer
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VisualStudio: Automatically turn tabs into spaces

It's weird that Google did not bring up an answer to this question: I am using Visual Studio 1.56.0 (user setup) and would like to configure an editor to input the appropriate number of spaces when I ...
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Why are my pop-up windows opening in a new tab on Chrome?

I am working on a feature for a web app on my local server. The feature opens a pop-up window when you click on a button and shows some information. It has been working completely fine up until this ...
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Ways to Recover Lost/Closed "Pinned" Tabs in Chrome?

I know this was TECHNICALLY an already-answered issue awhile back - and then was subsequently brought to life again briefly - but I have been experiencing this issue (only twice, but I had about 15 ...
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Is there a way to make a folder open in a new tab instead a new window in Windows 11?

Windows 11 now has tabs in File Explorer. This works OK if you open a new folder from within file explorer. However, As far as I know: It is not possible to merge an open File Explorer to another ...
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Stop Chrome from changing tab background colour when out of focus

When a Chrome window loses focus, it changes the background of tabs to a less-contrasty one, where the inactive tab colour becomes a very light gray: Chrome window has focus Chrome window doesn't ...
83 votes
12 answers
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Can I restore closed tabs after quitting Chrome?

I closed Chrome by accident. Now all the tabs I had open are presumably gone. I don't want to risk anything by starting Chrome now before asking for help. I fear that they will be permanently lost (...
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Show tabs in Chrome full screen mode?

Firefox can do it, can Chrome? Here's what I'm looking for: Firefox - always show the tabs in fullscreen mode
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Bring back mouseover-to-show tabs in fullscreen Chrome?

I remember chrome used to show the tabs even in full-screen mode if you mouse-over the top of the screen. That doesn't seem to work anymore and all I get when I mouse-over the top of the screen is an ...
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Sublime Text: Keyboard shortcut for close all other tabs?

If you right-click a tab name you have three options for closing: Close Close others Close tabs to the right If you go through the default shortcuts you'd see only the first is possible using the ...
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Closing right/left tabs in Notepad++

How do you close all the tabs to the right/left of the current tab in Notepad++? Is there a plugin or an autohotkey script that can achieve this?
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Vim: Close and return to last tab, repeat

I find myself in this situation very often: Open gVim with NERDTree from current working directory. Open a file from NERDTree using <S-T> so it grabs a new tab. :tabprevious to return to ...
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How do I automatically trim trailing whitespace with Notepad++?

I don't want to delete the empty lines completely, but I want to remove the trailing tabs and whitespaces in them. Eclipse usually does it (through a preference setting) when we save the file. For ...
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1 answer
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Is there a way to refresh the favicons of all tabs in Firefox?

Edit: I realized I didn't clarify what I wanted. If I have a bunch of unloaded tabs without the favicons loaded, I want to load the favicons for all tabs without loading them. I often restore tabs and ...
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1 answer
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Restore Chrome tabs while preserving tab groups, window names, and virtual-desktop positions

At any given time, I have about 150 tabs open in Chrome. They are organized into different tab groups. These groups are organized into different windows, and I use Chrome's "Name window" ...
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Vim: Show the index of tabs in the tabline

Lets say I opened file1.txt, file2.txt, file3a.txt and file3b.txt such that the tabline (the thing on the top) looks like this: file1.txt file2.txt 2 file3a.txt (Note how file3b.txt. is missing ...
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3 answers
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Vim plugin presenting a list of open tabs

I've looked around and couldn't seem to find what I need. Basically, when I have many open tabs, it becomes difficult to realize what file is open in a specific tab. Is there a plugin that would ...
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In Firefox, how can I filter and extract multiple links located within multiple open tabs?

Here is my situation. I have 100 tabs open in Firefox. Within each tab is 20 unique URLs. I only need 10 of these links. This adds up to 1000 unique URLs I need extracted into a text list, so I can ...
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Open links from multiple tabs in Firefox

Please note I am not asking to simply open multiple tabs at once. Essentially, I would like the functionality of the Link Gopher plugin, but I don't want to do it manually one tab at a time: I have a ...
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7 answers
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Finder keeps opening new tabs

I click on Desktop in the sidebar in Finder, a new tab opens. I click on Applications in the sidebar, a new tab opens for Applications. I click on Desktop again, a new tab opens yet again. How do I ...
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2 answers
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Firefox - When I close a tab, I would like the one to the left to be activated

I have googled quite a bit for the answer to this but it's hard to find the correct keywords. When I close a tab in Firefox, eg using CTRL+W, it activates the tab to the right (unless the tab I'm ...
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1 answer
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If I have multiple tabs/windows open in Firefox, which of them can potentially be recording my keystrokes?

Let's say, in Firefox, I have two windows open (W1 and W2), and each has two tabs (e.g. W2.T1 = second window, first tab). On each window, T1 is the tab that's in focus. Currently, my computer has W1 ...
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4 answers
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Get the number of open tabs in Firefox

While using Firefox I want to keep tabs on the number of open tabs (pun intended). Is there a way to quickly get this number while using the browser? In older versions of Firefox there was a pop up ...
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1 answer
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How to enable tabs in Windows Explorer (W11)

I have an up-to-date Windows 11 system installed on my computer. (According to Windows Update, and no optional updates available.) However, I don't have the tab feature in Windows Explorer. How can I ...
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Possible to open Chrome bookmarks in a Target unique to link?

I have a bunch of bookmarks that I access regularly. They're so many that I might open duplicate tabs, yet I'd prefer not to close them and re-open with all their loading time. Unfortunately, ...
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What is the appropriate way to add tab key in tinyMCE?

I have tinyMCE editor in my page. Browser itself have different behavior for tab, shift + tab, ctrl + tab, ctrl + shift + tab. Currently on tab press tinyMCE editor will make a indent space. So i ...
57 votes
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Is there a way to manage tabs efficiently in Notepad++

Is there a way to group tabs in Notepad++? I frequently end-up with 30 or more tabs (files) opened, and it's becoming quite hard to figure out which tab I want to switch to. If I could group them ...
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Safari randomly opens links in new tabs and the same tab with middle mouse button click

I was using Apple Magic Trackpad for my Mac but recently I decided to try Razer Orochi V2 and I found that middle mouse button behaviour in Safari is strange. Sometimes it opens links in separate tabs ...
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How to prevent Visual Studio Code from opening files in the current tab?

If I open a file in Visual Studio Code, it seems to open it in a kind of temporary state. I can see it's in this state due to the tab title being italic: In this case, if I open another file, for ...
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when opening a link in firefox, go to tab where webpage is already open, otherwise open new tab

psuedo code / desired behaviour When I click on a link (on a webpage in the firefox web browser) if there is a tab that has the same url as the link I clicked on: switch to that tab else: open ...
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Is there a way to make editor tabs stack in VS Code?

In Visual Studio, it is possible to make the tabs for your different editor windows go over multiple lines so that you can see them all at once even when you have 20 open. Is it possible to enable ...
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How to access Styx Browser & Duckduckgo sessions/tabs on my Android & transferring them to my Linux PC, possibly adb method, is root needed?

I've tried every solution recommended. My smartphone is not rooted, it is an LG L355DL, LG K31 Rebel, Android version 10. I got many tabs on my browsers that I need to transfer & review. When I ...
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1 answer
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How to open a new tab in the current window as an admin in Tabby on Windows 10?

By default I use pwsh as the default shell in Tabby how to open a new tab in Tabby using shortcut key or command as an administrator? What have I tried Searched for this feature in the Github repo ...
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Is there is any way to open specific links from a website in multiple tabs but don't load any of them until I select the tab?

In chrome I want to open specific links in different tabs directly from the website but don't load (as some sites like youtube auto load videos that can increase cpu, gpu and ram load) those links ...
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How to open folders from "Everything" Search in a new tab (Windows 11)

i'm basically looking for a way to open folders from 3rd party apps (or at least just from "Everything") in a new tab and not a new window In windows 11 File explorer there's an option to ...

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