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Firefox tabs, manage tabs

Learn how to use the tab overview menu in Firefox to quickly manage and navigate your open tabs

Firefox’s tab overview menu is designed to help you manage and navigate your open tabs. Whether you have just a few tabs or many, this feature lets you quickly find, organize and switch tabs, providing a smooth browsing experience. This article will guide you on how to use the tab overview menu to maintain a tidy and organized browser environment, regardless of the number of tabs you have opened. __TOC__ =Access the tab overview menu= Click the [[Image:tab icon 2|width=16]] icon at the top-right corner of the Firefox window, next to the tab strip. (If [[Use the sidebar to access tools and vertical tabs|Vertical Tabs]] are enabled, click the ''List all tabs'' [[Image:Fx138VerticalListAllTabs]] icon in the toolbar.) A drop-down menu will appear, with some menu options and a list of all your open tabs. Each listed tab shows the title and favicon of the webpage. The active tab will be shown in bold type. {for not fx154}[[Image:tab overview menu fx133]]{/for}{for fx154}[[Image:Fx154ListAllTabs]]{/for} =Manage tabs= {for not fx154} *'''Search tabs:''' The {menu Search tabs} option at the top of the menu lets you use the address bar to find a specific tab, by typing in keywords related to its content. *'''Tabs from other devices:''' Use the {menu Tabs from other devices} option in the tab overview menu to access tabs that are open on your other devices [[Sync Firefox data|synced]] with your Mozilla account. This feature helps you continue browsing seamlessly across devices. Simply click on the desired tab to open it on your current device. *'''Close all duplicate tabs:''' To quickly close all your duplicate tabs, select the {menu Close all duplicate tabs} option. A pop-up asking you to confirm this will open. Click {button Close tabs} to proceed. This will automatically identify those tabs with the same URL and will only keep open the last active tab. *'''New container tab:''' The {menu New container tab} option, if available, will open a tab in a different container. This allows you to keep your browsing activities separated by context, such as work and personal. For more information about Firefox containers, see [[How to use Firefox containers]]. {/for} {for fx154} *'''Search All Tabs:''' The {menu Search All Tabs}{/for} option at the top of the menu lets you use the address bar to find a specific tab, by typing in keywords related to its content. *'''New Container Tab:''' The {menu New Container Tab} option will open a tab in a different container. This allows you to keep your browsing activities separated by context, such as work and personal. For more information about Firefox containers, see [[How to use Firefox containers]]. *'''Close Duplicate Tabs:''' To quickly close all your duplicate tabs, select the{menu Close Duplicate Tabs} option. This will automatically identify those tabs with the same URL and will only keep open the last active tab. *'''View All Tabs:''' The {menu View All Tabs} option opens [[Firefox View - Access pages from open tabs, recently closed tabs, tabs from other devices and browsing history|Firefox View]], where you can access pages from your open and recently closed tabs, browsing history and tabs that are open on your other devices [[Sync Firefox data|synced]] with your Mozilla account. {/for} =Navigate tabs= *'''Switch tabs:''' Scroll through the tabs list and click the tab you want to switch to. This will immediately bring the selected tab into focus. *'''Close a tab:''' To close a tab directly from the menu, click the '''✕''' icon after the tab's title. For more information on managing tabs, check out the [[Tab context menu]] article. =Related articles= *[[Use tabs to organize lots of websites in a single window]] *[[Search open tabs in Firefox]] *[[Tab preferences and settings]] *[[New Tab page in Firefox]] *[[Pinned Tabs - keep favorite websites open and just a click away]] {for fx137} *[[Tab groups in Firefox]] {/for}