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There's a strange joy in keeping 20 tabs open and pretending like you have the ability to multitask and actually manage all of them. But in reality, most browsers buckle under the pressure of too many tabs and you start to lose track of what you have open. Thankfully, there are a few great remedies for this. Here's a look at some of the best tab management tools for Chrome and Firefox that accomplish a variety of different tasks, from your browser's built-in features to the best powerful extensions.
Utilize the Built-In Tab Management Tools in Shortcuts for Chrome and Firefox
Over the years, Chrome and Firefox have worked in a few clever solutions to tab management. While they still don't offer the control of dedicated extension, casual users that don't feel it necessary to keep every page they visit open can make good use of some built-in shortcuts and options.Chrome
- Sync Open Tabs: One of the handy features in Chrome is the fact it's tied into your Google account. Subsequently, it stores all kinds of data, including your tabs. After you enable the sync tab feature by typing in chrome://flags/ into Chrome and click "Enable syncing open tabs" it syncs every tab you have open and allows you to swap all your current pages over to a new computer. Even better is the brand new ability to do the exact same thing on Android devices.
- Pin Tabs: One of the dangers of operating a ton of tabs is that you may close an important tab. To keep this from happening, right-click the tab you want to keep open and select "Pin Tab." This shrinks the tab down to just the favicon. Pinning it saves screen real estate and ensures you won't accidentally close it.
- Use Your Shortcuts: You have several important shortcuts for navigating tabs. First, Control+Tab moves to the tab on the right, Control+Shift+Tab moves to the left (On Mac's it's Command+Option+Right Arrow and Command+Option+Left Arrow). The other big shortcut to know is reopening a closed tab, Control+Shift+T. This saves you the pain of having to dig through your history to find an accidentally closed tab.
- Bookmark All Tabs: If you need to just walk away for the day but don't want to lose all you open tabs you can select Bookmarks > Bookmark All Tabs to create a custom folder for all you open bookmarks. It's a great way to remember and store information.
Firefox
- Separate Tabs Into Groups: The handiest feature in Firefox is its built-in tab management tool. When your tabs get out of hand, click the arrow in the upper right corner of your Firefox browser and select "Tab Groups." You can organize and group them into smaller sections so you can easily pull them all up later.
- Pin Tabs: Like Chrome, Firefox also has a Pin Tab feature. Right-click any open tab and select "Pin as App Tab." This shrinks down the tab to prevent you from closing it.
- Control How Firefox Uses Tabs: Firefox allows you to control how it handles tabs when you open and close the browser in the settings menu. Click Tools > Options (or Firefox > Preferences on a Mac) and click the "Tabs" button. You can change some of the default behavior for how Firefox handles tabs and restores tabs.
- Bookmark All Tabs: Firefox comes packed with the same quick and easy ways to bookmark all your tabs as Chrome and it's even located in the same place: Bookmarks > Bookmark All Tabs. You can store your open tabs in any bookmarks folder you like.
