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Vertical Tabs can now be enabled in Firefox Nightly and are movable to the right side (windowsreport.com)
submitted 5 months ago by cloudless@fedia.io to c/firefox@fedia.io
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The most requested Vertical Tabs will make an appearance in the upcoming Firefox. The feature can now be turned on in Nightly itself without the need to rely on third-party extensions or separate Nightly builds.

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[–] Perhyte@lemmy.world 19 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Is this just placing them vertically, nothing else?

I currently use the Tree Style Tab extension and really like how it handles sub-tabs and allows collapsing the tree nodes. If I can't have that this is probably not directly useful to me unless extensions can add that functionality.

I guess I'll be watching how this evolves though.

[–] Carighan@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago

This is exactly what was expected.

After all, it's called Vertical Tabs, not Nested Tree Tabs.

unless extensions can add that functionality

I guess that's the idea. Most sidebar extensions need reworking with the new sidebar, but now addons wanting to add functionality to the tab strip no longer have to first also "invent" the whole vertical tab strip. They can just start from the existing one.

[–] something_random_tho@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

I'm in a similar boat. I use Sidebery which has groups of tabs (in addition to nesting them). Would really want something similar built in natively to organize all of them.

[–] gramathy@lemmy.ml 4 points 5 months ago

Yeah, I use TST with some CSS modifications to nearly eliminate the top bar and I like it a lot

[–] DarkThoughts@fedia.io 5 points 5 months ago (2 children)

And just like the fucking floating tabs they have excessively fat padding / gaps. And if you have this replacing the tabs at the top, then you might as well move the window buttons down one row and remove the top bar entirely.

[–] Carighan@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

And if you have this replacing the tabs at the top, then you might as well move the window buttons down one row and remove the top bar entirely

Yeah that part is weird. But it's early in development and this sounds like something you add late, tbh.

Still, it's kinda ... well ... the point. Use the readily available horizontal space with a vertical tab strip to free up the precious vertical space by removing that entire bar. 😅

[–] rdri@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

I have the top bar removed (using some css hacks) for like a year and it's mostly fine. Using sidebery for vertical tabs.

[–] taanegl@beehaw.org 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Been using some extensions to get this done.

Currently using Sidebar Tabs. I have gotten used to grouped tabs, which is something I don't want to give up. I've mapped Ctrl+Space to open and close it, which is super satisfying.

I switched from Sideberry, which was cool since it is so configurable, and that it can store and recall entire lists of links. I think this is a nice alternative to bookmarks, because it gives you a sort of link manifest, that you can even export.

Mozilla's attempt seems... lackluster in comparison, but it's still under development. So eh. Thinking of going Librefox, Waterfox or even Floorp - though that would be like going ESR.

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Okay, great. Can I have tab rows back? On top? Where the tabs go?

[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I desire tab matrices. Bottom 20% of the window is my browser display

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

A tight grid beats getting lost in barely two dozen tabs at a time, scrolling horizontally and having no idea where it begins or ends. You'd need a thousand tabs in one window to take up even 500px vertically.

[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Gimme big tabs that look like buttons on a child's ipad app. I also want the tab matrix enabled and always visible on mobile. Finally, they must make various squeaking/honking/chirping noises when I select them and animal noises when left inactive for too long.

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Sorry, that version of Firefox only comes on CD-ROM for Windows 98.

[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

basking in the nostalgia of my friends and I shattering AOL trial disks in the cul-de-sac

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago

I was right there with you, a thousand miles away.

[–] neme@lemm.ee 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I can see the revamped sidebar but it doesn't show the tabs in the sidebar for me.

[–] cloudless@fedia.io 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Please follow the instructions in the linked article.

[–] neme@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

Had to wait few hours before it offered correct update, seems to work now.

[–] csolisr@hub.azkware.net 3 points 5 months ago

@cloudless@fedia.io One of the few reasons I had to stick to Waterfox, yeepee

[–] sxan@midwest.social 1 points 5 months ago

Bing... X... Facebook... Bing... Google...

Not an Ecosia, Searx, Mastodon, Lemmy, or even DuckDuckGo to be seen. Just dreck.

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[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 5 months ago

yess, i've been waiting for this (love sidebury but would love to see something built in).

really hope there will be an option to change the width and add the tab title/favicon, since i prefer the edge vertical tabs. i'm sure that's coming through.