May 22 2009
New Tabs and Windows in Firefox
I discovered some really great new ways to use new tabs and windows in Firefox this week!
I normally like to use a separate window for each web site or topic that I am viewing, and multiple tabs within each window. For example I might use one window for my web mail containing a tab for each web mail account, another window for my favourite news web site containing a tab for each story that I want to read, and another window for something that I am researching containing a tab for each relevant article.
However, sometimes I open tabs in the wrong window and I need to move them to another window. There are two ways of doing this depending on what is required:
- To copy an existing tab to a new window simply drag the tab to the New Window icon in the toolbar
- To copy an existing tab to an existing window drag the tab to the window’s Taskbar Button (without releasing the mouse), wait for the existing window to gain focus, and then drag the tab to the New Tab icon in the toolbar (or to the address bar to replace an existing tab)
I also came across a Firefox add-on called Tab To Window that allows users to move existing tabs to new windows. I think that the advantage of using the add-on is that the tab history is also transferred to the new window.