Tabbed Browsing

Tabbed Browsing

Tabbed browsing lets you open tabs, each displaying a web page, within a single Firefox 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.

Creating and Loading Tabs

To open a new tab, press Ctrl+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 quivalent to middle-clicking.)

* Drag the link and drop it on an empty space in the Tab Bar. (If only one eb page is open, the Tab Bar may be hidden. See Customizing Tabbed Browsing for information on how o change this.)

* Drag and drop the link onto a tab to open the link in that tab.

* Right-click, 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 Alt+Enter.

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 Firefox window, simply drag it there using your mouse. While you are dragging the tab, Firefox 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 Ctrl+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-click, click on the tab and choose Close Other Tabs.

Firefox 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 Ctrl+Shift+T to open them one by one in reverse order.

Customizing Tabbed Browsing

To change tabbed browsing optionspreferences select Tools > Options and open the Tabs panel.