I've just updated my Firefox and I got the options in about:config to enable vertical tabs.
sidebar.revamp and sidebar.verticalTabs need to be set to true.
Firefox Sidebar and Vertical tabs: try them out
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Re: Firefox Sidebar and Vertical tabs: try them out
#122I used to be a tree-style-tabs power user but at some point I went back to regular tabs. I find that the amount of horizontal tab space is pretty close to the actual number of things I can usefully have open at once. Seeing the tabs get "squished" is my reminder to close the ones I no longer need. I was using the tab-state as a sort of short-term working memory and I don't think it was doing me any favours, particula…
Yeah, I gave an honest shot at using vertical tabs for a few months because it frankly does seem like a more logical use of screen real estate. Web pages don't tend to take up much horizontal space, so you might as well put a bigger list of tabs there where they can all show more text.
For one thing I could just never get used to my normal tab-switching shortcuts moving me up and down compared to left and right. And all my other apps with tabs still use horizontal tabs, so I couldn't fully switch over to that model in my head. Additionally the URL is still at the top so it was more work to glance back and forth between the left of my browser for the tab and the URL at the top which in my mind are more "closely linked" for that to make sense.
But you also highlighted a good point, the limited space of traditional tabs does keep my organization in check. Once I get around the 20-tab mark and I'm unable to see any text beyond the website's favicon, I start feeling dirty and it gives me some incentive to clean up.
Re: Firefox Sidebar and Vertical tabs: try them out
#123Even if this is catch-up with respect with the other browser, I think that this mean that there would finally be a non-hacky way to disable the tab bar (i.e. a toggle rather than something that on userChrome.css). I'm perfectly happy to have only basic vertical tab functionality on vanilla Firefox and Tree Style Tabs or Sideberry for power users. Presumably there would also be API that makes the life of piro (main de…
They've already added a toggle to disable horizontal tabs.
Re: Firefox Sidebar and Vertical tabs: try them out
#124This made me think of one thing that I've wanted to see for a long time with browsers: split-pane view. In other words, the ability to see two browser sessions, side-by-side, with a vertical split between them. Two viewports, each with their group of tabs. The same type of view you can get in, for example, Notepad++ with its "Tab>Move to Other View", or Visual Studio's "Tab>New Vertical Document Group". I frequently…
This is better accomplished by adding keyboard shortcuts to the browser for popping out a tab into a separate window, and then you can use the window manager’s shortcuts to arrange side-by-side, or however you want.
It’s preferable to have such building blocks of functionality, which one can then combine in many ways.
Re: Firefox Sidebar and Vertical tabs: try them out
#125Great. All I need a native split screen just like in Edge in FF.
Re: Firefox Sidebar and Vertical tabs: try them out
#126I used to be a tree-style-tabs power user but at some point I went back to regular tabs. I find that the amount of horizontal tab space is pretty close to the actual number of things I can usefully have open at once. Seeing the tabs get "squished" is my reminder to close the ones I no longer need. I was using the tab-state as a sort of short-term working memory and I don't think it was doing me any favours, particula…
I love using Sidebery, because I can define a container profile for each group of tabs, which is then applied automatically for new tabs.
Re: Firefox Sidebar and Vertical tabs: try them out
#127This made me think of one thing that I've wanted to see for a long time with browsers: split-pane view. In other words, the ability to see two browser sessions, side-by-side, with a vertical split between them. Two viewports, each with their group of tabs. The same type of view you can get in, for example, Notepad++ with its "Tab>Move to Other View", or Visual Studio's "Tab>New Vertical Document Group". I frequently…
Vivaldi does this also.
Re: Firefox Sidebar and Vertical tabs: try them out
#128Earlier quoted context omitted.
Arc browser does this, you should check that out
And it also as vertical tabs! Just checked out Arc. Very innovative design. I guess it's inspired by mobile browsers.
You can also group tabs in the vertical view but also create separate „workspaces“ (to distinquish between different projects or even private work).
Though the most innovative feauture is their deep integration of services like Notion, GitHub, telegram etc.
Quite astonishing actually and definitely one of my favourite pieces of software.
Re: Firefox Sidebar and Vertical tabs: try them out
#129How about a screenshot.
Re: Firefox Sidebar and Vertical tabs: try them out
#130This made me think of one thing that I've wanted to see for a long time with browsers: split-pane view. In other words, the ability to see two browser sessions, side-by-side, with a vertical split between them. Two viewports, each with their group of tabs. The same type of view you can get in, for example, Notepad++ with its "Tab>Move to Other View", or Visual Studio's "Tab>New Vertical Document Group". I frequently…
You can try Arc, it does that.