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I'm not sure how it happens, but sometimes one of my tabs in Firefox will move to it's own page. Any ideas on how to reverse this process?

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kgordon95
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I typically have several tabs open and I work in many of them simultaneously, while also switching back and forth with other programs. Sometimes when the system is moving slowly, I somehow drag a tab into a new page. Is there a way to reverse this process? I would prefer not to open a new tab and re-create what is now in a new page, as I often have completed work that I will also need to re-create from scratch.

I typically have several tabs open and I work in many of them simultaneously, while also switching back and forth with other programs. Sometimes when the system is moving slowly, I somehow drag a tab into a new page. Is there a way to reverse this process? I would prefer not to open a new tab and re-create what is now in a new page, as I often have completed work that I will also need to re-create from scratch.

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cor-el
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Do you mean that tabs gets detached and open in a new window?

Firefox 3.5 versions and later have a feature called tear-off tabs.
You can detach a tab from the current window and open it in a new window by dragging a tab in the browser window.
You can drag that tab back to the tab bar in the original window to undo that detaching.