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Frequently if I go to another tab and do something there the tab for my yahoo mail disappears and I have to go the history to get it back. Why? and is there a way to stop this?

Hello,

After a recent Firefox update, I've noticed a new behavior with pinned tabs. When the browser window is not maximized, scroll arrows appear next to the pinned tabs if they don't all fit. These arrows disappear when the window is maximized.

I would like to disable these tab scroll arrows and revert to the previous functionality where the pinned tabs would simply shrink to fit the available space.

Is there a setting, perhaps in about:config, to completely turn off this tab scrolling feature for pinned tabs?

Thank you for your help.

As it says in the subject line, the `reopen closed tab` keyboard shortcut cmd+shift+T doesn't do anything on Firefox for MacOS. Weirdly enough, the keyboard shortcut for `new tab` cmd+T does work, as does the other typical shortcuts (search, cut, copy, paste, new window, reopen closed window, etc.). So I'm puzzled why this one is the exception.

I've also noticed that using the other shortcuts light up the respective menu in the top bar (File when cmd+T, Edit when cmd+F, Bookmarks when cmd+shift+O, etc.), but pressing cmd+shift+T does not. Not sure if that's a useful hint or not.

I can still right click the current tab and select `Reopen closed tab` option from there, which is what I've been doing, but it definitely interrupts the flow I have when all of the other usual shortcuts I use work and then this one doesn't.

Thank you, and have a good day.

I like the vertical tabs in the latest FF update, but the expand on hover feature only works for a short time, then the sidebar gets stuck either closed or open. I have to open settings and click the hover option. And when the sidebar is stuck open, it covers the settings sidebar, which is a pain in the neck. This happens frequently enough to make me go back to horizontal tabs.

Also, when this happens the x to close a tab disappears, and I have to right click the tab and scroll down to 'close tab.' I hope you can fix these bugs.

I'm using Windows 11 on an HP desktop.

On windows whenever you move a tab and nudge it out of the window, it instantly creates a new window for it, but on SteamOS desktop mode, instead it only creates a new window once you release the tab onto a blank desktop. This is causing a number of glitches for me, most notably if I release onto a desktop that already has an app, it will create a ghost tab or occupies the same position as a different tab making both of them unusable and I want to know how to change it to be more like Windows, or is this a Firefox specific thing in which case will switching to another browser fix the issue?

This is on Firefox 142.0, and has happened on both Windows and Linux devices.

I recently enabled Vertical Tabs with the autohide option, and starting with this most recent version, frequently now it will break so that when I hover over tabs and it expands, but leaving when leaving the tab bar it will not hide again, leaving the tabs expanded and covering part of the window. I've seen it happen with as few as 3 tabs open, and as many as 20+. Right now it's happening on one window with 18 tabs open, but not another with well over 20, and not on a 3rd window with 1 tab.

When this affects a window it affects it EVERY time. The only fix I've found is to grab every tab out and move to a new window, which is tedious when doing research and opening a ton of tabs, or when in the middle of doing something and suddenly you lose part of your screen.

Additionally, I've noticed an annoying quirk of the autohide that happens when the tabs are contracting. If I hover over tabs (when they're not broken) and then leave the tab area, but move my mouse to an element that would be covered by the tab area within 1-2 seconds of the tabs contracting (even if they're fully hidden again), the tabs pop back out again. I have to move my mouse far to the right, wait for tabs to hide, and then wait 1-2 seconds before it's safe to try and click things on the left side of the screen.

Firefox version 142.01. After the update I find that Firefox opens normally with tabs visible as normal. When I use the > button to scroll to tabs not visible, the tabs scroll as normal but as soon as I release the mouse button they immediately and rapidly scroll back to the original position. This means I am unable to access many of my tabs. I have searched for information on this but have not been able to find anything specific. I have cleared cookies etc., refreshed Firefox, used a different mouse all to no avail. Another issue is that when trying to select which topic best describes my problem, the pop up only flashes on the screen and when it does stay on, it vanishes again when I try to select an issue. I managed to select the one shown but it was the only one I could access. I don't know what else to do. Any help will be gratefully received. Thanks. Owen

firefox wont open previuosly closed tabs or window just opens new window only even though in setting its told to open previously closed tabs and windows id like that to be fix cause i certainly didnt change it and was working before did a update break it? because i did not make any changes

So, I've recently run into a problem with using tab groups... It goes as follows:-

Let's say i create a tab group, "x" and add some tabs. Now, I click on the little colored box saying "x", which compresses all the tabs, leaving only the little box, which when clicked, expands all the tabs within that group. BUT, if I compress the group, and now open a new tab, that is NOT in the group "x", but rather a separate tab, then the group "x" just disappears... It is STILL there(which can be proven by using a tab that creates some sort of sound, and then following what I described, and even after the group disappears, the sound still continues), but isn't accessible anymore. Now, I HAVE TO close my current, separate tab, to enter the now invisible tab group. BUT, even after I do enter a tab of the group, the group, along with its tab, remains invisible, still. I HAVE TO add a new tab to the group for it to show up. I've tried a lot of things but still haven't found a solution, so please help.

I can't seem to figure out how to get my new Lenovo Yoga Tablet to accept keyboard shortcuts on Firefox. Is there some setting I'm missing? I can't do things like ctrl + t or ctrl + w--ctrl + a seems to work though! My device is in desktop mode and these shortcuts work in the chrome browser.

I'm making the switch from Chrome and trying to set Firefox up with a few settings that that browser has that I'm more partial to. The title might not have been clear - I want to make it so that when I open a photo or video in Firefox, the tab instantly switches to that new media. But, I want to keep it so that links that I open in Firefox in new tabs do not instantly get switched to. I see there's a option in the settings, "When you open a link, image or media in a new tab, switch to it immediately" - basically, I want the "switch to it immediately" functionality for images and media that I drag from my desktop into Firefox, but not for links that I open while using the browser, similar to how Chrome handles it. Is there any way that I can replicate this behavior in Firefox? Thank you.

Hi

I am using Firefox 142.0.1 on Mac OS Monterey 12.7.6

I would like to find (or create) a Keyboard Shortcut to Duplicate the current open tab.

I can't find it on the list of keyboard shortcuts

Can you help?

Thank you

Hello,

I would like Firefox to offer the same usability as Chrome when it comes to pinned tabs and session restoration.

In Chrome, I keep about five tabs pinned and always open. When I start Chrome, all my tabs are there, and it shows the last tab I was using. This is smart and logical because it lets me continue exactly where I left off.

Firefox, on the other hand, always jumps to a new tab on startup, even if I was working on a different pinned tab when I closed the browser.

I can’t even begin to explain how frustrating this is. I often work on multiple screens with multiple browser instances, and this behavior constantly interrupts my workflow. It’s so disruptive that I felt compelled to write this complaint.

Please fix this and allow Firefox to behave in a normal, logical way. Stop forcing a new tab to open every single time on startup, or at least give us a proper option to disable this and restore the session exactly as it was.

You’ve made it easy to import everything from Chrome, but without offering this same basic functionality, Firefox feels incomplete.

Thanks

Looking for a way to find a certain tab when I have multiple windows open which have several tabs in each. Have looked through Mozilla support and find no reference to the Move & Resize and Full Screen Tile choices on the Window tab so don't know if either would help. Mac running Sequoia 15.2 and Firefox 138.0.3

On clicking a link, the new tab is not on the right of the former tab. It appears ANYWHERE way down to the right. So I cannot move easily between the first page and the next page. I have to hunt up and down the tabs. I have done the config, no change. I have done the extension, no change. If Firefox will NOT fix this I MUST change as I cannot work with this. I HAVE asked, before, and got no reply! I cannot give you an image, as the 1st tab is in one position and the other way oof to the right.

The release notes for 142.0 say:

  Keep an active tab visible in a collapsed tab group
  Focus on just one tab in a group without the clutter. Your active tab stays in view, keeping
  things tidy even with the group collapsed.

But it does not define what an "active tab" is. I usually have a group which never collapses, it always has one or more tabs visible no matter what I do. Is this a bug? Or is there some way to stop tabs from being 'active'?

I had several pinned tabs set up in Firefox. I switched the Desktop in Windows 11 to use Firefox and to not interfere with my current Desktop Firefox. Afterwards, I discovered my pinned tabs were gone on both desktops.