Firefox 101 - #5 - Keeping tabs on Firefox tabs

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Firefox 101

#5 / December 12, 2008 / 1:43 min.

Keeping tabs on Firefox tabs

Back in the day, having more than one web site open at a time meant having more than one web browser window open. Firefox popularized "tabbed browsing," having more than one website open in a single web browser session Since Firefox came on the scene, both Internet Explorer and Safari have added this feature. It's now standard equipment in a web browser.

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Tabbed browsing simplifies having more than one website open at a time by opening sub-windows within the main Firefox browser session.

To open a new tab:

There are many ways to open a new tab:
- Click on File and choose New Tab.
- Right click on the tabs bar and select New Tab from the context menu.
- Press Ctrl + T on a Windows machine, Cmnd + T on a Mac.
- Hold Ctrl (Windows) or Cmnd (Mac) when clicking on a link to open it in a new tab.

- Tabs can be organized and moved around in the tabs bar by clicking and dragging.

- Click on the X to close a tab.

- If you mistakenly close a tab and want to get it back, go to History and hover over Recently Closed Tabs then select the tab from the menu that appears.