Questions tagged [tabs]
Tabs are a graphical user interface feature that allows multiple documents to be contained within a single window.
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How to identify the tab currently opened in Edge?
I had been using Firefox whenever I could in the last years, but I'm forced to use Edge in Windows now.
Still it seems (to me) the Edge is not designed for serious work, becuase so many simply things ...
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Keep Firefox find bar and search term open on all tabs, and persisting on session restart
I regularly across many search tabs (and using multiple tab rows on a 23" desktop monitor then I have many) for a certain text, such as in doing research, and want the findbar persisting open on ...
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Focusing on tabs opened from an existing tab (not blank, independent ones) with Chrome on Windows 10
By default Chrome opens a new tab in the background when it's from a link in an existing tab. I'd like the focus to switch to the newly opened one automatically.
I've found two extensions, named Tab ...
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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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Customization to bring back old tab context menu in Notepad++ not working?
The new context menu in Notepad++ is inconvenient because I have to go to a submenu to do actions like clone document to other view.
To fix this, I basically just followed the instructions here. ...
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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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Navigating menu items (tabs) in Windows 11 apps - Fluent UI
In many older Windows UIs a user can cycle through tabs by using the Ctrl + Tab keyboard shortcut. Eg; browser tabs, or dialog box tabs.
In the recent Fluent UI for Windows apps, it would seem natural ...
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Firefox sync keeps syncing tabs from a device even though the "open tabs" option is disabled
I use Firefox Sync on four different devices. On one of them (device C), I have a lot of open tabs, and I don't want those tabs to be synced with my other devices.
So on device C, I've set the syncing ...
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All of the tabs except 1 disappeared from the Excel (365 Family) that I created yesterday
I created an excel yesterday with 4 or 5 tabs and spent several hours working on one of the tabs. Today only one tab exists and it has been renamed to be the same as the file name. When I check ...
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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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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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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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Chrome browser: How to find tabs with unsaved changes
For tabs with unsaved changes, I meant:
When you try to close a tab with unsaved changes, it shows a warning:
Leave site?
Changes you made may not be saved.
We could have multiple unsaved changes. ...
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Can you keep a Chrome tab always active every time you go to a specific site?
On another question here at superuser, it was asked: How to force Chrome to keep tabs in memory?
Someone responded with:
Go to chrome://discards/
Toggle "Auto Discardable" to X for the tabs ...
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Chrome sometimes ends a window and doesn't give me the option to restore that window
I generally have 2 or 3 windows open, one for work/task related things (generally like 15 tabs), one for youtube which often grows quite large (has often grown past the 50 tabs mark), but most of them ...
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Can I move a tab in Safari with a keyboard shortcut?
In Safari, with multiple tabs open, I want to be able to change the order of the tabs with a keyboard shortcut.
For example, if the third tab of four is active:
A B [C] D
…how can I move the third ...
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Make Editor Tabs thinner?
When the title of a document open in a tab is beyond about 25 characters, it gets shortened by replacing some of its name with ...
Is there a way to lower this threshold or change how this ...
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Drag & drop not working between Windows Explorer tabs in Windows 11 22H2
I just updated my laptop to Windows 11 22H2 and I installed all updates remaining. After all those updates, my File Explorer had enabled tabs. I tried to drag and drop between tabs and it didn't work. ...
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Making the VBA code affect a specific range of pages
I have this very simple code
Sub SortByTime()
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' SortByTime Macro
' Sort by Time
'
' Keyboard Shortcut: Ctrl+Shift+M
'
Range("C4:J43").Select
ActiveWindow.SmallScroll Down:=-36
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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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How can I remove Firefox's List All Tabs button?
Since Firefox 106, Firefox shows a "List all tabs" button in the tab bar no matter how many tabs you have open (even only one). You can move this button around the tab bar using the "...
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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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Open folder in VS Code tab instead of new window
I'm fairly new to Mac OSX and as a developer, I'm using VS Code heavily. I noticed it has support for tabs, so that I can open different folders in different tabs. However, each time I open a folder ...
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How to create new tabs and close tabs in Google Chrome on macOS?
How to create new tabs and close tabs in Google Chrome on macOS?
When I want to create a new tab, I need to move the mouse to the top right corner and click the create button. When I want to close the ...
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windows profile got corrupted; a few patches?
We had a power outage while I was asleep, and I left my PC opened since I wasn't done working. By the time I woke up, my PC had booted up on its own but my profile was already seemingly corrupted:
I ...
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Chrome: Possible to open all links in all open tabs?
Lets say I have 25 tabs open, and there's a link that I need to click in each tab.
Right now what I'm doing is going from tab to tab and clicking the link, which is very time consuming.
Is there any ...
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Powerpoint: How do I change the tab sizes for all text boxes in my slide deck?
I'm normally not a Windows user and create all my presentations using Google Slides. However, sometimes I have only Powerpoint as means for presentation. Google Slides lets me downloads the slides as ...
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Find and replace in Notepad++: How to insert above line with same amount of indents?
I need to replace, in a large number of Python files with many function definitions, all occurrences of
def some_func(foo, bar):
with
@jit(parallel=True)
def some_func(foo, bar):
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Disable/remove “Switch to This Tab” suggestions in Chrome/Brave omnibar?
It annoys me that when I type in the omnibar for Brave or Chrome, that among my suggested automatic completions are catfish results that upon selection change my tab.
Is there any way, such as by ...
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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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Transplanting Edge v101 session with all its open tabs to another computer
I had a very intense work period on a loaner laptop with multi-tasking between multiple projects, and I have literally hundreds (perhaps thousands) of tabs open in Edge browser (Edge is pretty good at ...
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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 can I open a whole Chrome tab group on another machine?
With Chrome syncing enabled I am able to open individual tabs from other computers, as described in this question: Is it possible to open all Chrome windows and tabs from another computer?
And it's ...
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Using draw.io is it possible to navigate through the tab list using the keyboard?
I am using draw.io to view some block diagrams. I have dozens of tabs in each of my XML files. Is it possible to navigate through the tab list using the keyboard vs clicking on each tab using the ...
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How can I make bookmark bar folders not be tab group icons?
I like tab groups in Chrome desktop (Windows 10), hence I have chrome://flags/#tab-groups-save enabled.
However this means that all top-level bookmark folders on my bookmark bar are now buttons that ...
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Maximize a group of windows at the same time on Windows 10
On Windows 10, is there a way to minimize/maximize a group of windows (from the same app) at the same time, with one single click on one of the windows/tasks in the Windows taskbar for example?
I ...
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Text in Notepad++ looks fine, but wraps when printed
When I complete a form in Notepad++, it looks fine, but is wrapped and skewed in print preview (see photos). It is also skewed when saved to a text file. Word wrap is not selected.
The same thing ...
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Can I hide native tabs at the top of Firefox 91.51 esr (64 bit)?
I've been using Tree Style Tab on Firefox. Not sure how I ever worked without. There was a similar post (found here) that allowed the top tabs to be hidden, but it seems like that is no longer working....
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How can I setup chrome from the Preferences file to restore the tabs from last session
The computer I am using from office has restricted browser. I would like to set up just the option where I can get the tabs from previous session, because it is not available in settings.
I found that ...
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Firefox: Close tab on last "back" action if link was opened from another tab (Safari behavior)
There is a Safari behavior (both mobile and desktop) that I love, but I haven't been able to find a way to replicate in Firefox (desktop) either through preferences or add-ons, and was wondering if ...
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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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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 it possible to disable tab pinning in Chrome? Or prevent pinned tabs from loading when I open Chrome, until I click on them?
I use a productivity extension that can be bypassed via pinned tabs on Chrome launch.
So I'd like a way to disable pinned tabs, or alternatively prevent pinned tabs from loading when Chrome opens, at ...
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Switch Tabs Between Monitors
In my computer science tab I switched my chrome tab to the second monitor (left) but my mouse won't go to that monitor. I tried opening display settings but it's blocked by an administrator. How do I ...
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How to restore Chrome windows to their respective desktops when reopening Chrome on macOS?
I use separate desktops for different projects on my Mac. Inside each desktop, I have a few Chrome windows for web-related work pertaining to that project. When I quit Chrome and reopen it, all ...
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How to restore chrome tabs after a reboot if you accidentally closed the restore popup?
I had dozen of important tabs I carried for couple days, though I did open and close several other tabs, and then i hat to reboot my computer because it was stuck.
As usual when i launched chrome, ...
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What Excel function to populate specific data from one excel tab to another based on a criteria
I have created a Forms document that is linked to my excel spreadsheet. The information inputted within the form is populated within the excel document. Each line item entered will have an accounting ...
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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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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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How to switch back to Firefox' old style of tabs?
The recent update (89 I think) causes all tabs to render in the same continuous shading, which makes it somehow more difficult to spot each tab's start and end (regardless of the favicon, I'm sorry, ...
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