Tabbed browsing lets you open tabs, each displaying a web page, within a
single &brandShortName; window. You can open links in new tabs, where they
will load while you read the current page. You don't have to use tabbed
browsing, but if you do you might find tabbed browsing is a better, faster
way to browse the Web.
To open a new tab, press &accelKey;+T, select File > New Tab, or double-click an empty space in
the Tab Bar.
To load a link in a tab, you can do one of the following:
Middle-click the link. (If you have a mouse wheel, clicking the wheel is
equivalent to middle-clicking.)
Drag the link and drop it on an empty space in the Tab Bar. (If only one
web page is open, the Tab Bar may be hidden. See Customizing Tabbed Browsing for information on how
to change this.)
Drag and drop the link onto a tab to open the link in that tab.
Right-clickPress &ctrlKey;,
click on the link, and choose Open Link in New Tab from the context menu.
To open a URL in the Location Bar in a new tab, enter the URL and press
&altKey;+&enterKey;.
Moving Tabs Within a Window
Tabs are displayed in the order you open them, which may not always be what
you want. To move a tab to a different location within a &brandShortName;
window, simply drag it there using your mouse. While you are dragging the
tab, &brandShortName; displays a small indicator to show where the tab will be
moved. Alternately, you can use keyboard shortcuts to move tabs within
a window if desired.
Closing and Restoring Tabs
To close the current tab, press &accelKey;+W, click the Close Tab
button, middle-click the tab, or select File >
Close Tab. To close all tabs other than the current one, right-clickpress &ctrlKey;,
click on the tab and choose Close Other
Tabs.
&brandShortName; windows keep a list of tabs you closed recently. You can
restore any tab by selecting it from History >
Recently Closed Tabs. You can restore all tabs by selecting History > Recently Closed Tabs > Open All in Tabs
. Press &accelKey;+&shiftKey;+T to open them one by one in
reverse order.
Customizing Tabbed Browsing
To change tabbed browsing &pref.plural; select &pref.menuPath; and open the
Tabs panel.
Tips and Tricks
Bookmarks and Tabbed Browsing
To bookmark a set of tabs:
Press &accelKey;+&shiftKey;+D or
selectSelectBookmarks > Bookmark All Tabs to add
all the tabs in the current window to a new bookmark folder.
To open bookmarks in tabs, open a bookmark folder menu and choose
Open in Tabs. You can also middle-click
on the folder to open its contents in tabs. The bookmarks will open in
existing tabs, not new ones.
Home Page as Tabs
Instead of using only one web page as your homepage, you can make your
home page a set of tabs. Select your favorite web sites and open them in
tabs in a single window. Select &pref.menuPath; and open the Main panel. Under
Startup, press the Use Current Pages button. Now
when you press the Home button, your favorite web sites will load with just
a click.