Top 10 Ways Best Ways to Manage Firefox Tabs

Can anyone tell me how to force firefox to use only one tab. I would like any link I follow to open in the tab I'm currently using, that is to replace the page presently shown, NOT open in a new tab or window.
The only time I would like a new tab or window to open is when I physically select this option by right clicking the link and selecting 'open in new tab' or 'open in new window'.
None of the options in about:config seem to provide a solution, despite appearing to offer much.
Any help appreciated.

I Like CopyAllUrls
It can make Tabs to plaintext-list and back (like the email url's addon [5. Share your tabs to a friend via email] but more versatile...)
PlaintTextUrl-List Tabs

Every Browser should have a "CopyAllURLs" functionality - then you would have a simple tool you can also use as an interface to move tabs between different browsers...

You can do it with google chrome (taking two extensions):
"Get opened tabs URL" and "Pasty"

I also like to bookmark "to read links" into plaintext .txt files...

is there any way to copy same data in new ta by just clicking previous tab

Add BarTab extension to the list. It unloads tab pages (while keeping the tab in place) after a specified timeout period. And it lets u do it manually too.

i can no longer toggle back and forth, in firefox, betwen vertical tab view and horizontal tab view. i don't need a lot of fancy tab add ons, just the ability once again to switch. will someone address just this? thank you.

James,

Thanks for the info...I was looking at the user agent extension but it looks like I would have to pay for that?!?!!? Can you elaborate more on the IE Tab extensions because I'm not quite sure what you mean on that one.

I just installed FF last night and have never viewed it before then. My husband is taking an online class and the sites pages are better viewed in IE BUT they are better printed with FF. I have already added the IE tab 2, but am curious if there is a way to click a button to switch back and forth between IE and FF..Example..he is viewing his test with IE and now needs to print..I would like to be able to select something just to change the browser rather than having to open a new tab and log back in with FF...Does that make any sense?

I am searching for a plugin that let me have a "tab list" from the context menu. And also go back and forward from there. So make it, I know computation, but I don't think I'll be able to develop it.

Excellent post on Firefox Addons, read more other exciting addons on
http://techicloud.blogspot.com/search/label/Firefo...

Best way to manage tabs in firefox is to have them as less as possible. Huge number of tabs will consume your memory and FF will keep on crashing. Some of addons enable you intuitive way of saving articles for reading later. My personal favorite is Instaright Firefox Addon for Instapaper http://bit.ly/instaright
I'd like so head your opinion

Great compilation, though it lacks on of the best tools I use for tab organization: treestyletabs
I'm surprised you left that out, it's a really great to organize what you're browsing into different 'sets'

protip: ctrl + [1 - 8] gets you to tabs 1-8, but
ctrl + 9 to the last tab, ie the 92nd
:)
might want to include this...

This is a list of addons and features I use, many of the listed are combinations of addons that are compatible. Listed in order by relavance to this article and comments :) Use=*

Tab Mix Plus - almost to many options but for good reason when using other
addon that might conflict.
Features - Single Window Mode with options, *Allow you to control your tabs almost completely but for what it does have anymore with be to much.
*Customizations as far as color, transparentcy, width and more. So many more great features I haven't listed.

BarTab - Unload tabs that your not using to save resources.
Features - *Keep certain pages loaded and timeout options, *wether to load tabs when restarting Firefox, *wether to load tabs that opened in the background. *Tab Mix Plus open everything in tabs if you like in the background +options.

*Window and Tab Limiter - Limits tabs and windows.
Features - Similar to Tab Mix Plus Single Window Mode but has 3 modes:
-Suggestion Mode - Suggests with a list of tabs + windows
-Force Mode - Make users close windows and/or tabs at limit
*-Silent Mode - Automaticly closes windows and tabs.
*Password Protect your Settings!

Just to give some idea of what you can do with these heres a description of my setup.

Description - My tabs are transparent with black visible title text. Old tabs are unloaded after 60 secs. There is only a close button on the selected tab and pointed for tabs with 0.25 delay. With MinToTray Revived I close or minimize Firefox to the tray hidden from visibility. My window limit is set to 1 if you open firefox again it closes the minimized to tray window automaticly(hidden)-I don't see this. I can open 30+ tabs using the system resources of one and have them all displayed in horizontal rows all this matches by browsers theme. Well you get the idea!
And then some. Can't live without my addons.

thanks for this useful article .thank u very much.god is great

the ultimate tab managing extension:

Tree Style Tab
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/589...

it is part of a suite of extension by Piro that play well together: use one, some, or all.

epic

To the people that don't like tabs, do you ever end up with 10 IE or other browser windows open, and then try to find the window you're looking for? That's why we like tabs. Open one window, spot the tab or even click through them quickly and easily and find what we're looking for.

Or sometimes, I need to switch back and forth between multiple tabs for some reason. It's so much easier than switching between windows.

Does anyone knows of a Firefox add-on that will assign numbers to the tabs displayed ? Thanks for the tip in advance.

awesome tools...

To go with #4, you can enable tab previews for windows 7 with firefox

It kicks butt.

what are the different icons that shows up when u hold shift, control or alt and click on a tab in the browser.

Session manager's rather useful. If you can save windows of tabs (or.. whole sessions) for later viewing, and close them out to do a new search, then open them back up later.

What an awesome list. One thing that I find is that having Firefox tabs open and then closed will not give up much memory in Windows XP so I make sure to close Firefox every half hour to an hour and this forces me to work on what is imnportant and then close it.

I have a short concentration span anyway so anytime that I am not sure of a tab that is not a blog post I just close it and reopen later if needed

How did we ever get by without tabs?

There is a type conversion issue in your article: ?3? instead of '3'

I find the tab feature of fire fox quite useful. However, I do wish there was some way to control the amount of details shown in the tab heading. For example, while checking mails, it shows the user name, subject etc. I would really appreciate if some one could tell whether there is any way to keep the tab headings short and concise.

Is there a quick way to append separate window(s) to an (individual) active window as a tab (/ tabs)? i.e. you start with two (or more) separate windows and end up with a single, two-(or more)tab window.

My tip is to use the Mouse Gestures Redox. IMO the best mouse gesture extension. With it, you can cycle through tabs (left and right) just by pressing the mouse wheel and clicking left mouse button to go the left tab or right mouse button to switch to the tab to the right.
Hope this helps.

Sorry, but I have to add my voice to those who do not see the usefulness of tabs compared with the time and learning curve it takes to use them efficiently as evidenced by comments above.
Also searching for "disable tabs in Firefox" shows that not everyone likes them and shows links for a popular add-on called "Tab Killer."
Preferences in 3.5 doesn't seem to have the "open in new window" option that enabled a user to easily avoid tabs.

Yes, but how do I GET RID OF THE TABS!!!! I don't want ANY tabs. Ever. The tab bar is completely wasted screen space for me. How do I ELIMINATE it?

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/887...

foxtabs lets you organize your tabs like vista allows you to organize and view your windows in 3d mode and more

"The ability to use tabs for web browsing was one of the key reasons why I switched over from Internet Explorer 6 to Firefox all those years ago."

I guess you hadn't tried Opera in the half decade before Firefox finally caught up, then?

Firefox's research division: one guy alone in a room with the latest version of Opera.

Checkout the newest grouped tab browsing add-on- it also has other stuff

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/112...

How can I convert a Tab into a New Window?
I don't want to just drag a tab into an existing window, I want the Tab to become a new window.

Thank you for your help.

@ihatetabs69: I see where you're coming from, but the sheer popularity of tabs suggests that they are more intuitive to use. Perhaps because internet explorer windows separated from other application windows is really something more appealing than it sounds.

I don't see the point of tabs personally. I don't see how the time or system resources presumably saved by use of tabs counteracts the convenience of windows. Windows have the advantage of:
* re-sizable capabilities/the ability to view multiple windows at once
*the ingrained habit promoted by the windows OS to use the task bar.

Firefox showcase feels like a heavy weight. So I prefer tabsidebar extension. For some reason this is not in firefox addons site, but this extension was there before.
U can try it from this website
http://www.oxymoronical.com/web/firefox/TabSidebar
Have a try

I need help reading the tabs on firefox. The text is just too small. I have a new Imac OS x operating system. Can anyone help me?

Does anyone know if there is a shortcut for 'list of tabs' the top-down select at top-right firefox window(on top of right-vertical-scrollbar)"??

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Thanx for the nice review. I also appreciate the informative comments.

Tab Kit is my essential tab add-on for firefox. mouse wheel scrolling between tabs is just so cool.

http://jomel.me.uk/software/firefox/tabkit/
(requires Mozilla login and sandbox enabled)

@Jean-Francois Messier - Haven't heard about that feature before.... but you could try installing some of the more powerful tabbing extensions like Tab Mix Plus, and ask them to add this feature.

I have a problem with the tabbing of FireFox. When using the right-click menu to open a link to a new tab, the newly opened tab is at the far end of the tab list. If I click a link while holding CTRL, it opens the new tab right next to the current one. How can I change this to at least have a consistent behavior when surfing the net ?

@Robert - For me at least - it's so much easier to navigate... just don't open so many tabs at once if it's confusing. It sure beats opening a separate window all the time!

I must be stupid or something, because I just don't see the usefulness of tabs at all. Once the tabs are shown, the "back arrow" no longer works, and the page I was just on is frequently buried somewhere in the other tabs. I have just continued using the old version of Firefox. Is there any way to eliminate tabs in the newest version of Firefox?

Does any add-on exist to number each of the tabs? It would be useful to jump to tabs using the CTRL+# shortcut.