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swah · 2012-11-24 11:13:49+00:00

For Chrome like tab styles, set "soda_classic_tabs": true in your user config.

craigts | karma 126 | avg karma 6.63 · | 2010-06-28 16:37:35+00:00

Chrome tabs!?

nrbafna | karma 245 | avg karma 1.51 · | 2011-06-24 13:44:30+00:00

In Chrome too, you can pin tabs, the tab on top has been there since the start and even the 'normal' menu style ditched in favor of single settings button.

ben-schaaf | karma 3141 | avg karma 3.15 · | 2021-05-21 14:59:01

Use the `"file_tab_style"` setting. Do note that the older tab styles are missing some features, like highlighting the focused tab.

pak | karma 4751 | avg karma 5.89 · | 2010-12-19 01:09:27

Chrome tabs are some of the best-behaving and best-looking tabs on any OS, though. See TotalFinder for a Finder mod that applies Chrome tabbing to all Finder windows. Makes D&D a snap.

http://totalfinder.binaryage.com/

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kej | karma 2370 | avg karma 3.31 · | 2023-08-29 20:17:36

A checkbox in settings would be better, but you can turn off the original tabs with a user style file, just in case anyone reading is unaware.

0xFFC | karma 1139 | avg karma 1.6 · | 2020-11-10 22:47:01+00:00

Another chrome tab!

That will do it.

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blauditore | karma 3061 | avg karma 3.84 · | 2023-10-17 15:11:54

In Chrome too, but that's not what I meant. What I want is tab environments (as in FF), combined with tab groups.

muzzamike | karma 51 | avg karma 1.76 · | 2013-01-29 15:05:07

That's a great idea, did you do it for Chrome? Seems like with Chrome it's non-trivial to set the page for new tabs...

cmelbye | karma 4326 | avg karma 2.67 · | 2009-12-29 04:26:30+00:00

Heh, that's actually pretty cool. I like having tabs above the address bar and buttons. Thanks for the tip!

dandanua | karma 974 | avg karma 1.79 · | 2022-07-17 12:11:48

> I'm looking for a way to have the tab bar hidden

1. Go to `about:config` and set toolkit.legacyUserProfileCustomizations.stylesheets true

2. Go to `about:support` and find your profile folder

3. Create subfolder `chrome` there

4. Create file `userChrome.css` in `chrome` folder

5. Put this text in it:

  #main-window #TabsToolbar {
    visibility: collapse !important;
  }

dannyr | karma 7935 | avg karma 5.8 · | 2009-12-10 15:24:49

I like that the tabs are on top.

If the tabs are at the bottom and your Chrome window is not maximized, the tabs may not be visible. You have to drag Chrome up in the screen to make the tabs appear.

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fouadmatin | karma 695 | avg karma 7.09 · | 2015-01-03 21:56:24

thanks! will add customizable shortcuts https://github.com/fouad/chrome-tablight/issues/1

nooneelse | karma 915 | avg karma 1.52 · | 2010-06-25 07:16:11+00:00

Looks like Chrome has someone trying to do something perhaps similar... "Tabs Manager by malexan".

dead10ck | karma 47 | avg karma 1.42 · | 2015-02-14 18:33:28+00:00

Chrome was always a non-starter for me without an option to cycle tabs in most-recently used order.

metroholografix | karma 830 | avg karma 4.3 · | 2020-05-14 05:00:30+00:00

While Google finds new ways to offer reduced functionality, here's how I use tabs in Chrome:

https://github.com/atomontage/osa-chrome

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shurcooL | karma 3365 | avg karma 2.54 · | 2014-01-29 00:06:27+00:00

Or the ability to have consistent tab settings that match your preference.

https://github.com/isaacs/github/issues/57

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DiThi | karma 1312 | avg karma 1.98 · | 2017-11-14 15:17:05+00:00

> Open a new window: the tabs are not there by default

It's not ideal but not a showstopper for me. I mostly use one window, where the toolbar is restored by default, and when I open a new window I got used to clicking the toolbar button (which I moved to the left) or pressing F1.

> You need a css hack to hide the standard bar

> There’s an ugly title thingy at the top of the tab pane

I just copied the "css hack" once and forgot. The last item is solved the same way. For those who don't know:

Inside the profile folder (with a name like "xxxxxxxx.default"), create a folder called "chrome", and a file inside called "userChrome.css" with the following content:

    #TabsToolbar, #sidebar-header {visibility: collapse !important;}
    #TabsToolbar {margin-bottom: -21px !important;}

IMHO It's quick enough to do and I believe this won't be needed in a few months.

rch | karma 6315 | avg karma 2.47 · | 2015-11-23 21:12:49

I used to really love least recently used tab lists, with alt-tab switching.

That's not available in Chrome without extensions, as far as I know anyway.

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neotek | karma 2095 | avg karma 4.3 · | 2017-05-10 04:37:30

God I'd love to be able to do that in Chrome. Managing tabs totally fucking sucks, I hate that I can't combine multiple tabs into a single drop-down, or easily change the title of a tab, or tighten up the spacing, or anything I should be able to do in a modern browser.