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This article explains the Firefox settings available for managing your tabs.

This article describes Firefox [[T:optionsorpreferences]] related to [[Use tabs to organize lots of websites in a single window|how tabs work]]. To review or change tab settings: #[[T:optionspreferences]] #Select the {menu General} panel and go to the '''Tabs''' section. ;{for mac, fx94}[[Image:Confirm_MactabModal]]{/for}{for linux, fx94}[[Image:Confirm_LinuxtabModal]]{/for}<!-- need new images for mac and linux-->{for mac, linux}{for =fx90,=fx91,=fx92,=fx93}[[Image:Tabs89_General]]{/for}{for not fx90}[[Image:Fx64TabSettings-Mac]]{/for}{/for}{for win}{for fx94}[[Image:Fx94settingsTabs-Win]]{/for}{for =fx90,=fx91,=fx92,=fx93}[[Image:Fx90settingsTabs-Win]]{/for}{for not fx90}[[Image:Fx89settingsTabs-Win]]{/for}{/for} * '''Ctrl+Tab cycles through tabs in recently used order:''' Select this setting if you want to use the {for win,linux}{key Ctrl+Tab}{/for}{for mac}{key control+tab}{/for} keyboard shortcut to switch through open tabs in the order you viewed them rather than in the order they appear in the Firefox window.{for not fx90} This is the default setting in new Firefox profiles.{/for}{note}'''Note:''' If you want to use {for win,linux}{key Ctrl+Tab}{/for}{for mac}{key control+tab}{/for} to switch to the tab next to the current tab and {for win,linux}{key Ctrl+Shift+Tab}{/for}{for mac}{key control+shift+tab}{/for} to switch to the previous tab, deselect this setting (clear the checkbox).{/note} * '''Open links in tabs instead of new windows:''' This {for win}option{/for}{for mac,linux}preference{/for} controls whether links from other applications or from web pages which request to open them in new windows are opened in a new window or a new tab in the most recent window.{note}'''Note:''' If you have chosen to open pages in new tabs, Firefox will ignore this {for win}option{/for}{for mac,linux}preference{/for} and will open a new window from a link if the page author specified that the new window should have a specific size, because some pages can only be displayed correctly at a specific size.{/note} {for fx90} * '''When you open a link, image or media in a new tab, switch to it immediately:''' When you middle-click on a Web link (or hold down {for win,linux}{key Ctrl}{/for}{for mac}{key command}{/for} while clicking with the left mouse button), the page will be opened in a new tab. That new tab will be in the background (the selected tab will not change). The same thing happens when opening a web link, image or video in a new tab using the context menu. Check this setting to load and display the page in a new foreground tab instead. {/for} {for not fx90} * '''When you open a link in a new tab, switch to it immediately''': When you middle-click on a Web link (or hold down {for win,linux}{key Ctrl}{/for}{for mac}{key command}{/for} while clicking with the left mouse button), the page will be opened in a new tab. That page will not be displayed and will load in a background tab. Check this setting to load and display the page in a new foreground tab instead. {/for} {for fx94} *'''Confirm before closing multiple tabs''': Select this setting to enable a warning dialog to confirm your choice to close a window with multiple tabs (shown below) to prevent accidentally closing the entire window when you only intend to close the current tab. To learn more, see [[How to configure Close Tab warnings in Firefox]]. {/for} {for not fx94} *''(If applicable)'' '''Warn you when closing multiple tabs''': This {for win}option{/for}{for mac,linux}preference{/for} is only shown if you disabled the warning dialog Firefox displays to confirm your choice to close a window with multiple tabs (shown below). Check this setting to re-enable the warning, to prevent accidentally closing the entire window when you only intend to close the current tab. {/for} {for not fx89} ;[[Image:Fx63CloseMultipleTabs-Warning]] {/for} {for fx89} ;[[Image:fx89-warn-on-close]] {/for} {for fx94} {for mac} *'''Confirm before quitting with ⌘Q''': On macOS, you can also exit Firefox using the {key command ⌘}+{key Q} keyboard shortcut. If you want to disable close multiple tabs warnings for when you use this shortcut, uncheck this setting. {/for} {for linux} *'''Confirm before quitting with Ctrl+Q''': On Linux, you can also exit Firefox using the {key Ctrl}+{key Q} keyboard shortcut. Deselect this setting if you want to disable close multiple tabs warnings when you use this shortcut. {/for} {/for} *''(If applicable)'' '''Warn you when opening multiple tabs might slow down Firefox''': This {for win}option{/for}{for mac,linux}preference{/for} is only shown if you disabled the warning dialog Firefox displays to confirm your choice to open multiple tabs at once (shown below). Check this setting to re-enable the warning, to prevent accidentally slowing down Firefox while loading a large number of tabs. {for not fx89} ;[[Image:Fx63OpenMultipleTabs-SlowDownWarning]] {/for} {for fx89} ;[[Image:fx89-warn-on-open]] {/for} {for win} * '''Show tab previews in the Windows taskbar''': When you move your pointer over the Firefox icon in the Windows taskbar, Windows will show you a preview of the Firefox window. With this option check marked, Windows will show you a separate preview for each tab. {/for}