This feature is experimental and is being introduced to the Firefox user base through a progressive rollout. It may not yet be available to all users.
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Create a tab group
- Select a tab from your tab bar (either vertical or horizontal).
- Drag the tab onto another tab, wait until you see a highlighted area and then release the tab.
- You will then have the option to name the group and choose a color. These can be changed at any time.
The tab bar will show the group with its label and tabs together, underlined by the group color, or edged with a color line if you use vertical tabs.
You can select the group label to collapse the tabs into the tab group, or select it again to expand the group to see the tabs within it.
Add a tab to a tab group
- If you have no groups yet:
- Right-clickHold down the Control key while you click a tab and select .
- You will see a panel where you can name the group and choose a color.
- For now, the group will have that tab only.
- If you already have groups:
- Right-clickHold down the Control key while you click a tab and select to see the options.
- Select either to create a new group, or choose an existing group.
- You can also just drag a tab into an expanded group on the tab bar.
Remove a tab from a group
Select the tab you want to remove from the group and drag it out from the group to a different position on the tab bar.
You can also remove a tab from a group by right-clickingholding down the Control key while you click a tab in a group and selecting .
When you remove all tabs from a group, the tab group is deleted.
Move a tab from a group to another
Right-clickHold down the Control key while you click a tab, select , and select another existing group.
You can also just drag a tab into another expanded group on the tab bar.
Manage a tab group
Right-clickHold down the Control key while you click a group label to see the options for that tab group:
- You can change the name and the color for the tab group.
- will add a new tab to the selected group.
- will open that group in a new Firefox window.
- You can
on the toolbar (
if you use vertical tabs).
- This toolbar icon can be removed if you wish, this support article will help.
, which will save and close the group for you to be able to re-open from the icon - will keep the tabs open, but no longer grouped.
- will delete the group. All tabs from the group will be closed.
Tab issues
- Tab groups created when using Private Browsing will be deleted when you close the Private Browsing window.
- If your tabs become unexpectedly grouped or ungrouped, it may be due to a compatibility issue with a tab extension.