Questions tagged [browser-tabs]
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VPN only in a single Google Chrome tab
I'm wondering if there is the possibility to use VPN only for a specific tab in Google Chrome.
Now I'm using a Google Chrome VPN extension, but it has a systemic effect.
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Is there a way to save all opened tabs to clipboard for pasting?
Is there a way in Microsoft Edge Browser to save all my opened tabs to my clipboard with the link to the sites and their titles that I can copy and paste anywhere instantly as text?
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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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Firefox Extension: New Tab Shortcuts per Container? [closed]
I can pin shortcut icons on the new tab page. Has anyone found a Firefox extension that displays pinned icons based on the container chosen? e.g. The new tab page icons for the banking container ...
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disable firefox's control+w
How can firefox's keyboard shortcut control+W, which closes a tab, be disabled? There's nothing in about:config under browser.tabs.
(When in a web session that is a virtual host's console, that's the ...
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Is there a way to prevent Firefox browser from buffering YouTube videos while being idle? [duplicate]
Firefox is inconsistent as for managing suspended tabs and changing the quality of youtube videos on its own will. It often happens that the tabs with youtube pages opened in them seemingly unsuspend ...
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How to forget the contents of all Firefox tabs (releasing RAM), and refreashing a tab to re-access site when needed?
I want to run a game but my RAM is full and I can't close my Firefox windows due to needing them later for my workflow.
So I'm wondering, is it possible to tell Firefox to simply forget every site it ...
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Chrome application, open "external" links in the same window/tab
I am using Jupyter Notebook (running locally), and I've set up a Start Menu shortcut to open Chrome in Application Mode (--app= parameter).
Here is the command I'm using to launch Chrome:
start "&...
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Google Chrome background tabs don't load/build until selected in 2023
Trying to get Chrome to load pages when I "open link in new tab"
Win10 64bit
Version 109.0.5414.75 (Official Build) (64-bit)
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Chrome Incognito Window with 50+ tabs turned black, I cannot close the window because of my tabs. How do i restart only rendering w/o closing Chrome?
The issue was described here more than 3 years ago: https://support.google.com/chrome/thread/9461262?hl=en
It seems this issue has never been fixed. I was playing a YouTube video on one of my ...
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Is there a browser log or something like that?
I'm using Edge (Chromium) and want to figure out a tab is opened by which application/extension. The tab:
has no history to go back/forward
was not opened in a new browser window
I scanned history - ...
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Trying to restore previous session in Google Chrome, using the chrome paths (Default\Sessions)
So I had a massive amount of tabs/windows open in Google Chrome, and as a result chrome crashed.
I reopened Google Chrome, which gave me no option to restore the session despite being set to "...
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Is there's any way to lock particular tab so that it doesn't close with cmd/ctrl+w shortcut
On my mac when I use Opera and pinned a tab it doesn't close with cmd+w. But in Chrome even when I pinned an important (like working on some document writing) tab and accidently press cmd+w, it just ...
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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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Do browser tabs share TCP connections?
Context: Applying load balance to requests from different tabs. It would be simpler to implement if any browser's connection would carry requests from only a single tab. It would be even better if ...
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Ignore pinned tabs in Chrome when switching tabs by shortcut
When I have a pinned tab in Chrome on the left side of my open tabs, I want it to be ignored from cmd+1-9 shortcuts.
Is there a way to enable this?
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Microsoft Edge - close tab on back button
I believe this may have been on a previous installation of Windows 11, so I am unsure if this is a new feature for that OS or not. However, I really liked this function and was wondering if anybody ...
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How do I restore a lost or previous session in Brave (Chromium) browser?
I MUST find an answer to this, folks, PLEASE HELP ME!
I lost all my pinned, grouped AND standalone tabs in Brave (Chromium) browser, right after the browser locked up and crashed. Upon browser restart,...
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Firefox: How to open tabs in specific windows, depending on the URL?
Is there a convenient way to have two windows of Firefox and keep them 'organized' in that way, that when you open links, the tabs go to one windows if of specific domain, and the other (or any) if ...
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Chrome browser tab shares, how can I find who is it shared with?
I am using Chrome browser on Windows 11
I am worried about my computer security and don't want to underestimate any issue.
I have been seeing this sign which says "This tab content is being ...
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How to open links in a new tab?
I am used to open links in a new tab by clicking scroll on my mouse. Starting from middle 2020 more and more websites are blocking this: when I click scroll wheel on something, I get a circle with ...
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In chromium Edge, is there a way to disable the new tab page and use a blank page instead?
When I open a new tab, I just want to see a blank page. For my home page, I've used the URL data://text,. I just want a blank page with nothing on it. When I go to customize the page, it takes me to ...
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How can I get the old chrome tabs look on modern chrome?
So chrome updated its tabs along with chromium to this material design, I however, want the old one which is boxy, etc., etc.
Is this possible somehow on the modern chrome?
The flag for this is long ...
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Is there a way to save and restore web browser tabs INCLUDING THEIR HISTORY (and other possible tab data) to a text file?
Upgrading from Linux Mint 18 came with loosing all my navigator tabs. Luckily I had a backup of my old distribution. However, I'm now stuck with it and more and more things stop working.
I know there ...
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How to stop Google Chrome from refreshing tabs that fail to load
Note: This is not memory pressure (I have 40GB of RAM on a 64-bit system) or tab discarding. Please read on for full details. Both flags also no longer exist and I cannot turn them off anyway. ...
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How to stop Firefox opening new tabs for file links?
This behaviour only started happening in the past week or so, I have Firefox configured to handle ssh:// links, which has worked well for some months, but suddenly these links are opening blank new ...
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Change the title of a Firefox tab
I would like to manually change the title of a tab in Firefox (I use one tab title which in turn uses the title when saving a tab).
Eventually I'm looking for the least time consuming method, but for ...
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How to split table vertically in MS Word?
I want to create a table with 4 columns and many rows in MS Word 2013. I want to split the table vertically into 4 tables close to each other (e.g. 10 mm distance to each other).
I saw some tutorial ...
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Sometimes no focus on address bar (chrome://new-tab-page-third-party/)
When opening a new tab in Google Chrome, the focus will sometimes (and only sometimes) not be on the address bar, which instead contains the text chrome://new-tab-page-third-party/:
When this happens,...
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How can I do the same thing in multiple tabs in a web browser? [closed]
I have to open a list of links in multiple tabs (e.g. in Firefox) which all have a certain button in the same position and I should click those buttons. Is there a way that I can do the thing in all ...
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Recover Chromium Edge session that couldn't reopen
I have it set to "continue where you left off" in the startup settings, but this time, it didn't. I had several windows with a total of over 1000 tabs. Whenever I started them up, they froze ...
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How to open bookmarks in a new Tab Group on Google Chrome
Is there a way to open a site saved into my bookmarks, or even a folder of bookmarks, directly into a new Tab Group on Google Chrome?
Also, if it's possible to do the same into an existing Tab Group ...
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How to treat Firefox tabs as windows?
Is there a way to treat Firefox tabs as windows like on Edge? After using edge for a bit I found that I rely on Alt+Tab a lot and merging my browser tabs with the rest of the windows was a far better ...
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Windows programm or tool to send key strokes to an specific browser tab
I want to program myself a tool to send keystrokes or makros to a browser(tab) that is not focused.
That's something I'd like to have for some browser games. But I couldn't find anything on the ...
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Can I limit the frequency of tab switches?
I am looking to reduce the number of context switches I make in order to reduce mental strain I put on myself.
I notice that I sometimes switch between different browser tabs very frequently within a ...
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Google Chrome - automatically bookmark all the open tabs before exiting chrome
When I close or exit from chrome, I want to save all the open tabs automatically to bookmarks(or something else); and when I re-open chrome, by clicking on the extension(or something else), I would ...
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X-Mouse Button Control: How to set double-click to close browser tab?
Firefox and Vivaldi web browsers have this feature built-in: You can double left-click on the tab title (not "anywhere" on the web page) to close that tab.
I want to use X-Mouse Button ...
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How can I use Vim-style tabs with window panes inside them in VSCode?
In Vim, tabs are a level above window panes.
That means that each tab has its own set of split windows, which makes it easier to move back and forth between a general view of many files and a "...
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Google chrome, open link in second window new tab (is this easily possible)?
I have two windows of chrome open, one window is on the left, a bookmark collection, one window on the right will be for viewing the bookmarks cleanly while the collection on the left remains open, ...
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Macbook crashed and I do not see "Restore tabs" in Chrome
I am using Macbook Pro with macOS Catalina 10.15.7 with Google Chrome Version 86.0.4240.183 (x86_64).
I usually keep multiple Chrome windows open (each with multiple tabs). Yesterday night, my Mac ...
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Is it possible to open all Chrome windows and tabs from another computer?
I have about 10 windows of Chrome open with a total of about 80 tabs. I'm going to buy a new computer, and I want to open all the windows with the same tabs on the new computer. Is it possible to do ...
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Can I have chrome just update a certain other tab when I click on a link?
I'd like to have 2 tabs/windows opened and click links on the left one (without it changing) while the right one sort of keeps updating itself by opening the links I click on.
Is that somehow possible?...
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Disabling Java Script in all Firefox tabs but the current one
I am running Firefox 81 under Ubuntu 20 LTS. I need (like) to have huge number of tabs open. The problem is that JavaScript in all these background tabs is still running which adds up sometimes to 40% ...
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How to find per-tab internet usage in Firefox?
Sometimes I'm on a slow internet connection, and Firefox is using up all my bandwidth. I can track per-process bandwidth usage with a program like nethogs. However, if I've got multiple tabs open, I ...
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How to move windows panels of browser on Windows 10 [duplicate]
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I often open Chrome and the incognito windows together (Chrome on left and incognito on right). But sometimes due to my fast speed of clicking, the window shifts from right to left. I can'...
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Computer Dies While In Incognito Mode
I open an incognito tab (on my friend's Chromebook) and I was wondering if it would be open when the computer is turned on.
I am aware that after a computer crashes the incognito tab will be gone but ...
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In Chrome / History, how to open all tabs from a different synced computer's window?
I have several computers across the house. On my main computer, I'm working on several projects at once, so I have say 10 Chrome windows open and 20 tabs per window. Now, for whatever reason sometimes ...
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How to open a new tab on the left in Chrome browser?
Every new link you open with CTRL + mouseclick opens a new tab on the right.
However, there are certain situations where it is helpful to open a new tab to the left.
Is there any shortcut to achieve ...
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Create a custom MS Edge shortcut
Is there a way to create a desktop shortcut to Microsoft Edge (new) which will launch a specific set of URL's in tabs?
I need to have the regular Edge icon to launch the default page but have a ...
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How to open links always in default container in Firefox?
Using Firefox, I created a container for Google.
If I do a Google search and open a link from there (either in a new tab or in the same one), it will open in the very same container, thus enabling ...
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