Mozilla Firefox is Working on a Tab Grouping Feature

Multi-account containers + tab groups would make Firefox the perfect browser for me, and I wouldn't be able to use anything else.

It's about tf time.

19 plugin authors looking for a new project now

Finally. Have made the switch over to Firefox a few months ago and this almost made me switch back. I swap context a lot at work / home so being able to group (and minimize said group) tabs helps a lot.

🎶You put the feature in, you take the feature out, you put the feature in and shake it all about. 🎶

I've been using the Panorama Tab Groups add-on for years, which (as I recall) is pretty similar to the native stuff they inexplicably removed back in the day. It's currently unmaintained and a little janky in spots but perfectly usable.

Pretty sure this existed on desktop firefox somewhere around 2005.

I never really found a use for this. Do people really need so many tabs open they have to sort them?

Didn't they use to have this years ago? And then removed it?

i started using tree style tabs which was absolutely life changing. best computer memory i've had in years, it's a far more logical and space-friendly way to keep lots of tabs open and still be able to read the titles. i feel like specifically grouping adds too much overhead - i have to think about which group to put each into, and think (even a little bit) about where to find it later

This is a good thing, but just as a pet peave - why do people keep so many tabs open on desktop web browsers? Every new tab uses more memory. Computers were not designed to have 100s of tabs open. There is no way anyone actually actively uses 100 tabs, and I see people all the time with so many tabs you can hardly even see what is there. There is a thing called bookmarks and folders for storing commonly visited sites on a computers hard disk rather than temporary RAM...

But I do think it is good firefox is adding the capability, as grouping can be useful if done right in moderation. But it's just kind of funny the person asking for the feature admits to having huge amounts of tabs open.

Perfect timing as I just recently switched back to FF from Chrome and Safari and I freaking need this.

About. Fucking. Time.

An option for an additional tab row would be nice as well. I'm not going to use the dev version to get that working (the only way to do so right now with an add-on)

Surely they just integrate tab tree. I've used it for years and feel lost without it. It's a very clear way of showing relationships between tabs.

I'd rather see the kind of tab organization found in Arc browser, but let's take this a decade at a time.

Been waiting for this. The tab group extension didn't work well for me.

This is actually great. I hope it makes it to Firefox Android as well.

I don't actually have a use for it. But my partner is a huge tab group user on mobile, so I can't switch her off of Chrome. If this launches on Firefox Android she would probably switch. It would be great for privacy and browser diversity.

pinned tabs work for me, but edge has a nice grouping feature, I hope it'd be similar to it

About time. Vivaldi has it for ages

So how is that different from their official addon?

Multi-Account Containers by Firefox

Firefox needs passkey support ASAP

Right... I use multiple browser windows as tab groups. Tried tree tabs, but since I keep one window per topic I rarely get enough tabs open to need them.

awesome news, i loved the tab groups back when i was using edge.

I remember the first time they ditched it, I didn't get accustomed to the feature because I knew what was coming. Around that time they acted very googley adding and removing features, luckily firefox has become less ADHD.

this is the one thing I miss from brave.

Opera has had this for sooooo long

Does this mean they’ll group in chromebook?

Thank fuck. This is one of the main reasons I can't use Firefox atm, beyond the fact it's also slower than its competitors.

Instead of using tab groups, I use multiple web browsers. I find it much more logical and easier to access. Also complete separation of cookies and logins.

Let's have tab rows back first, shall we? Reverting to CSS that you break every damn release is just stupid.

Boo.

Remember when Firefox was a lightweight stripped-down browser and you simply added features that you wanted via extensions?

Me to, me to.