Questions tagged [browser-tabs]
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Google Chrome newly opened tab not showing when "Tab Group" Used
My Google Chrome version is : 103.0.5042.0 (Official Build) dev (64-bit)
The problem is when I am using "Tab Group" and when there are many Tabs & grouped tabs open, then if I click the (...
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How to get a list of tabs open on another device from your profile
I borked my old computer, and had a few hundred tabs open to work on a project.
I now have a new computer, have logged into my old Mozilla profile, and can access the tabs it had saved on that old ...
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Alt+num to switch tab instead of moving in YouTube video in Firefox
I'm using Mozilla Firefox 97.0.1 on Arch Linux.
When I'm on a YouTube video and press alt+1, I want to switch to tab 1 instead of moving in YouTube's video player.
This was the default behavior ...
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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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Casting a Full HD Chrome tab from a 1600x900 Microsoft Surface Go Tablet
I was wondering if it's possible to cast a Full HD tab to a Chromecast from a 1600x900 Microsoft Surface GO. I have looked above and beyond for the possibities and I couldn't find anything usefull.
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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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Edge browser tabs sometimes move to a new window when clicked (but not dragged)
I run the new Microsoft Edge browser on three monitors, each with a separate Edge window. Sometimes when I click a tab to select it, the tab detaches itself from the current window and becomes a new ...
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How can I reopen a closed window in chrome when it's been a while since I closed it?
I accidentally closed out of all my windows in chrome (Version 92.0.4515.159) earlier today, and when I reopened them, I forgot a few windows. Unfortunately, I didn't realize this until way too long ...
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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 remove specific tabs from Chrome without running the program
I had a Chrome session with dozens of tabs on two Chrome (not incognito) windows running. After a recent system or security update to my computer, that required a restart, Chrome crashes upon running. ...
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chrome and firefox acting stange
i have this Weird problem.
When clicKing some Keys on chrome or firefox it just opens a neW Window.
For example clicKing zero it opens a neW Window, clicKing W opens a neW Window, clicKing 5 opens a ...
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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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Firefox: Prevent middle-click on tab-bar from creating new tab
In Firefox v. 76, how can one prevent a middle=mouse click on the tab bar from opening a new, empty, tab? In older versions, though there was no about:config entry to control that behavior, it was ...
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Tab recovery from a corrupt Chrome Last Session?
Chrome crashed and I lost ~100 tabs. The tabs don't appear in history and I'm not able to restore them by renaming my Last Session file to Current Session in AppData/Google/UserData/Default, it just ...
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What determines Firefox tab title text color?
Sometimes an unfocused tab title is white, and sometimes it is grey. In spite of my best efforts, I have not been able to determine any rhyme or reason behind it. Sometimes a title will change from ...
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How to transfer 250 or so Safari browser tabs to a new iPad?
I have an iPad Pro which I have for a few years now. Now with the new keyboard for the iPad Pro, I decided it's a good time to upgrade to the newest iPad Pro with the new keyboard. The problem is ...
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How to restore previous tabs automatically when reloading Firefox?
How can I restore tabs that were previously open on Firefox when I closed it? I would like the tabs to open automatically when I reopen Firefox. I'm using Firefox 75.0 on macOS Catalina v10.15.4.
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Is there a way to know which existing tab opened a new one in Firefox?
I had an unwanted advertisement tab opened automatically recently in Firefox.
Assuming I am certain that it was opened by some other website I had already opened (not by a another program on my ...
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Programmatically close all tabs in Firefox Quantum
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I can't find, how I can close all tabs in Firefox Quantum without any manual mouse clicks.
2. Details
(Details for preventing XY Problem)
I am working on several projects. I need always ...
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How to increase the Minimum Tab Width in Chrome/Chromium/Brave
In Firefox/IE (and probably others) there's a Minimum Tab Width.
This is useful when you have a lot of open tabs. They shrink only down to the minimum width but not more.
What is the Minimum Tab ...
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Disable Drag and Drop tabs in FIREFOX
1) Is there a way to disable drag and drop of tabs in firefox and only enable it when I drag tabs while holding the control button?
2) A way to undo the last drag and drop using a keyboard shortcut?
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