# Any Chance Tab Groups Will Ever Come?

**URL:** <https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/any-chance-tab-groups-will-ever-come/121265>\
**Category:** Firefox Development\
**Created:** [July 21, 2023, 5:01pm UTC](https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/any-chance-tab-groups-will-ever-come/121265 "2023-07-21T17:01:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![kxra](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/discourse.mozilla.org/kxra/32/64969_2.png) [@kxra](https://discourse.mozilla.org/u/kxra)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2024, 4:34pm UTC](https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/any-chance-tab-groups-will-ever-come/121265/43 "2024-05-01T16:34:50Z")

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> [@dex](#):
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> [gHacks Technology News – 2 Apr 24](https://www.ghacks.net/2024/04/02/mozilla-released-a-firefox-nightly-test-build-with-vertical-tabs/)
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> ![]()
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> ### [Mozilla released a Firefox Nightly test build with vertical tabs - gHacks…](https://www.ghacks.net/2024/04/02/mozilla-released-a-firefox-nightly-test-build-with-vertical-tabs/)
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> Mozilla released a standalone Firefox Nightly test build recently that includes support for vertical tabs. Here is how it looks.
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> Est. reading time: 4 minutes

Amazing! I only wish that there was a flatpak for nightly + developer editions so I could actually test this easily 😢

> [@Flatpak Developer Edition](https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/flatpak-developer-edition/126782):
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> As a Linux developer, I see it as very necessary that this version be in Flatpak or at least in Flatpak beta.

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**Author:** ![kqvanity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@kqvanity](https://discourse.mozilla.org/u/kqvanity)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2024, 11:39pm UTC](https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/any-chance-tab-groups-will-ever-come/121265/44 "2024-05-29T23:39:48Z")

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I’m not sure how the upstream version would get merged, but that sounds promising enough!

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**Author:** ![molio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@molio](https://discourse.mozilla.org/u/molio)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2024, 7:15pm UTC](https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/any-chance-tab-groups-will-ever-come/121265/45 "2024-06-02T19:15:07Z")

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It doesn’t have to be difficult.  
Just remember the **TGM Tab Group Manager**  **add-on** that existed before Panorama.  
I think the author was Axel Shootingstar.  
That TGM add-on and the Vertical Tab add-on or the Tree Style add-on were all we needed.  
Some people want Vivaldi tab groups, but Vivaldi tab groups are only nearly equivalent to TGM.  
They just need to bring back the TGM tab group manager add-on.

 ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/uploads/mozilla/original/3X/5/a/5a2851d27b53c16641c07b4763e44e0bfc83b70f.jpeg)

[https://www.ghacks.net/2014/03/21/tabgroups-manager-displays-firefox-tab-groups-frontend/](https://www.ghacks.net/2014/03/21/tabgroups-manager-displays-firefox-tab-groups-frontend/)

[https://mag.osdn.jp/09/06/25/1045247](https://mag.osdn.jp/09/06/25/1045247)  
[http://mozilla-remix.seesaa.net/article/265814368.html](http://mozilla-remix.seesaa.net/article/265814368.html)

I am Japanese, so my English may not be correct, hence I leave the Japanese text below as well.

難しいことを考えなくても良いのです。  
パノラマ以前からあったTGMタブグループマネージャーアドオンを思い出せば良いのです。  
作者はAxel Shootingstar だったかと思います。  
あのTGMアドオンと垂直タブアドオン、もしくはツリースタイルアドオンの2つがあれば、必要十分でした。  
ヴィヴァルディのタブグループを望んでいる方がいますが、ヴィヴァルディのタブグループはほぼTGMと同等の機能を持つにすぎません。  
TGMタブグループマネージャーアドオンを復活させてくれれば良いのです。

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**Author:** ![molio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@molio](https://discourse.mozilla.org/u/molio)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2024, 7:24pm UTC](https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/any-chance-tab-groups-will-ever-come/121265/46 "2024-06-02T19:24:29Z")

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My point is that just a simple top row of tabs (I don’t care where they are, but I prefer to be able to arrange them horizontally all the way to the edge of the window) for tab groups is all that is needed.

I am Japanese, so my English may not be correct, hence I leave the Japanese text below as well.  
私が言いたいのは、ただただシンプルなタブの上段（場所にはこだわらないが、ウィンドウ端まで横にズラッと並べられるのが好ましい）にタブグループ用のタブがあれば必要十分だということである。

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**Author:** ![popeye](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/discourse.mozilla.org/popeye/32/64938_2.png) [@popeye](https://discourse.mozilla.org/u/popeye)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2024, 7:35pm UTC](https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/any-chance-tab-groups-will-ever-come/121265/47 "2024-06-02T19:35:49Z")

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I really do hope, it will not look like this. And honestly, I doubt. Since this UI looks very much outdated. I assume it will be similar to Googles Tab Grouping approach.

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**Author:** ![molio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@molio](https://discourse.mozilla.org/u/molio)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2024, 4:32pm UTC](https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/any-chance-tab-groups-will-ever-come/121265/48 "2024-06-03T16:32:10Z")

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I am not referring to the look of the UI looks. And I don’t care.  
As long as you are comfortable with the firefox UI looks.  
My preference is different from Google’s tab group approach.  
It is more like the Sidebery add-on, or Vivaldi’s tab groups.

I am all for ease of use. So if you feel it is OUTDATED, you design it.

Since I have little interest in the look of the UI looks, I am fine with Vivaldi’s tab group as is.

 ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/uploads/mozilla/original/3X/4/a/4a40a4d8a9966bf0309838671261bb5990731186.png)  
Do you have your own opinion in terms of usability?

If it is just a matter of appearance and looks, I would like to see your design proposal.

I am Japanese, so my English may not be correct, hence I leave the Japanese text below as well.  
私はUIのルックスのことを言っているのではない、言及しない。そして、私は気にしない。  
FirefoxのUIルックに馴染んでいれば良い。  
私の好みはGoogleのタブグループのアプローチとは異なる。  
どちらかというとSideberyアドオンやVivaldiのタブグループに近い。

私は使いやすさを重視しています。だから、時代遅れだと感じたら、それをあなたがデザインすればよい。

UIの見た目にはほとんど興味がないので、Vivaldiのタブグループのままでいい。  
使い勝手に関する点で、あなたなりの意見はありますか？

見た目だけの問題であれば、あなたのデザイン案を拝見したいです。

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**Author:** ![popeye](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/discourse.mozilla.org/popeye/32/64938_2.png) [@popeye](https://discourse.mozilla.org/u/popeye)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2024, 7:03am UTC](https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/any-chance-tab-groups-will-ever-come/121265/49 "2024-06-04T07:03:09Z")

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In terms of usability I hope they will add a possibility to name groups and give them a specific colour (like they do with the containers nowadays).

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**Author:** ![molio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@molio](https://discourse.mozilla.org/u/molio)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2024, 8:07pm UTC](https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/any-chance-tab-groups-will-ever-come/121265/50 "2024-06-05T20:07:53Z")

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I hope they will add a possibility to name groups and give them a specific colour ,too.  
I would like to be able to name of the groups and color-code the tab groups.  
If this is the case, then my wishes and yours are not in conflict.

POPEYE, have you ever used the sidebery add-on?

It can name groups, and it can color-code groups (strictly speaking, change the icon and the color of the icon).  
I think that perhaps your wishes can be fulfilled.

And my hope is that the sidebery add-on would be freed from the sidebar.  
The sidebar area is too small for tab groups. That’s all.

I am Japanese, so my English may not be correct, hence I leave the Japanese text below as well.  
グループ名を付けることと、タブグループの色分け出来ることは、私の望むところでもある。  
であれば、私とあなたの希望は競合しない。

popeyeさんは、sideberyアドオンを使用したことはありますか？

グループ名も付けられるし、グループの色分け（厳密にはアイコンの変更とアイコンの色の変更）が可能である。  
恐らくあなたの希望は叶えられると考える。

そして私の希望は、sideberyアドオンをサイドバーから解放してほしいということだ。  
タブグループにはサイドバーの面積は狭すぎる。それだけだ。

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**Author:** ![jammet](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/discourse.mozilla.org/jammet/32/74277_2.png) [@jammet](https://discourse.mozilla.org/u/jammet)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2024, 12:49pm UTC](https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/any-chance-tab-groups-will-ever-come/121265/51 "2024-08-04T12:49:43Z")

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What’s the word on this? I’ve used various search engines and attempted to take a look at future milestones for Firefox, but was unable to find anything whatsoever about stacking or grouping. And I could have sworn itsfoss ran an article about that feature coming soon, back in March 2024. So … are we getting this, finally, or are we not?

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**Author:** ![hans\_squared](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/discourse.mozilla.org/hans_squared/32/67424_2.png) [@hans\_squared](https://discourse.mozilla.org/u/hans_squared)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2024, 2:31pm UTC](https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/any-chance-tab-groups-will-ever-come/121265/52 "2024-08-04T14:31:27Z")

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> [@jammet](#):
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> itsfoss ran an article about that feature coming soon, back in March 2024

> **[Finally! Mozilla Firefox is Bringing in Tab Grouping Feature](https://news.itsfoss.com/mozilla-firefox-tab-grouping/)**
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> Mozilla Firefox should gear up as an excellent option for power users and productivity enthusiasts with this feature.

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**Author:** ![jammet](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/discourse.mozilla.org/jammet/32/74277_2.png) [@jammet](https://discourse.mozilla.org/u/jammet)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2024, 9:16pm UTC](https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/any-chance-tab-groups-will-ever-come/121265/53 "2024-08-04T21:16:07Z")

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That article was not updated or followed-up on, since then.

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**Author:** ![brendanb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/discourse.mozilla.org/brendanb/32/66083_2.png) [@brendanb](https://discourse.mozilla.org/u/brendanb)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2024, 8:39pm UTC](https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/any-chance-tab-groups-will-ever-come/121265/55 "2024-08-11T20:39:24Z")

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What is the release date for Tab Groups? Seriously I’ve been using Firefox since its predecessor, Netscape Navigator, and I’m about to bail to Opera!! Com’on, what’s the date? Ballpark even…

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**Author:** ![killian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8edcca/32.png) [@killian](https://discourse.mozilla.org/u/killian)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2024, 2:57am UTC](https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/any-chance-tab-groups-will-ever-come/121265/58 "2024-08-15T02:57:08Z")

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I’m grateful that this feature is finally (hopefully) being reimplemented. With the impending demise of uBlock on Chrome, many users will inevitably move to Firefox, and this is one of only a few features that aren’t in parity.

@Laura_Chambers, is there an ETA on this feature? It would make a wonderful welcoming gift to all of the displaced Chrome users who will be browser shopping quite soon.

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**Author:** ![gadolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/46a35a/32.png) [@gadolf](https://discourse.mozilla.org/u/gadolf)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2024, 12:33pm UTC](https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/any-chance-tab-groups-will-ever-come/121265/59 "2024-08-29T12:33:50Z")

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I believe they’re working on this:

> **[mozilla-central search results for group](https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/log?rev=group)**
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> Results for a search of group in mozilla-central

Take note on the last three bug reports (as of today).

Definitely there is activity there

EDIT: Saw this, also:

> **[Here’s what we’re working on in Firefox | The Mozilla Blog](https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/heres-what-were-working-on-in-firefox/)**
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> We recently shared a number of updates with our community of users, and now we want to share them here: At Mozilla, we work hard to make Firefox the best b

But an ETA would be welcome

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**Author:** ![jammet](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/discourse.mozilla.org/jammet/32/74277_2.png) [@jammet](https://discourse.mozilla.org/u/jammet)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2024, 3:27pm UTC](https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/any-chance-tab-groups-will-ever-come/121265/60 "2024-09-12T15:27:14Z")

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Over on [connect.mozilla.org](http://connect.mozilla.org) this whole thing is being discussed, but I don’t seem to have a gold member club card to join the discussion, or I am inept with the forum… Why is there more than one anyway.

However, I really hope the upcoming tab grouping feature that’s being worked on right about now, is also, at least as option, automated. When you open hundreds of images across ten or so artists galleries or their sales pages, it will get a bit chaotic if these aren’t sorted properly and automatically based on parent page and child page. Ideally I see just one page with it’s child pages, and can switch between the parents respectively.

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**Author:** ![TwiN](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/discourse.mozilla.org/twin/32/66673_2.png) [@TwiN](https://discourse.mozilla.org/u/TwiN)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2024, 2:18am UTC](https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/any-chance-tab-groups-will-ever-come/121265/61 "2024-11-07T02:18:24Z")

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For those of you looking for this feature, as of Firefox 132, you can enable tab groups by setting `browser.tabs.groups.enabled` in about:config to `true`. It’s visibly buggy when you interact with it on your tab, but I’m personally very happy to see this feature finally coming to Firefox!

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**Author:** ![yermulnik](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/discourse.mozilla.org/yermulnik/32/64910_2.png) [@yermulnik](https://discourse.mozilla.org/u/yermulnik)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2024, 2:32am UTC](https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/any-chance-tab-groups-will-ever-come/121265/62 "2024-11-07T02:32:09Z")

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Good catch! Thanks.  
Though it’s, mildly speaking, still unusable as opposite to e.g. Chrome Tab Groups =(

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**Author:** ![Orecchione\_Bruno](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/discourse.mozilla.org/orecchione_bruno/32/66755_2.png) [@Orecchione\_Bruno](https://discourse.mozilla.org/u/Orecchione_Bruno)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2024, 8:38am UTC](https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/any-chance-tab-groups-will-ever-come/121265/63 "2024-11-21T08:38:29Z")

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I totally agree with you!  
Firefox Desktop is a great software but it misses some important features as the Tab Container as Vivaldi does! This is particular useful while you want to split pages into different Topics.  
For example, I would have a Tab container to group Working pages; in other I would have Trip Pages, as follows considering own needs.

With current versions if you have 20 pages it’s a messy!!  
Me too, I often use Vivaldi because there I can have Tab Container and so I can have dozen and dozen web pages organized in my own Tab Container that includes my pages split into Tabs. Firefox miss this layer.

Hope developer read it and improve it.  
Best regards

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**Author:** ![FeFDBi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/898d66/32.png) [@FeFDBi](https://discourse.mozilla.org/u/FeFDBi)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2024, 9:37am UTC](https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/any-chance-tab-groups-will-ever-come/121265/64 "2024-12-29T09:37:18Z")

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Yup, right now it’s practically just a graphical label and doesn’t even collapse. Ungroup Tabs doesn’t work and you can’t delete Groups even if empty. TBH I really need this to switch from Arc for Windows (They practically abandoned the windows version) to Zen. Zen devs won’t implement the folder concept and told us to wait for firefox native implementation.

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**Author:** ![devilkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ba9def/32.png) [@devilkin](https://discourse.mozilla.org/u/devilkin)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2025, 9:38am UTC](https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/any-chance-tab-groups-will-ever-come/121265/65 "2025-03-17T09:38:20Z")

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Having now tested it out on Firefox 136, it’s shaping up nicely. Collapses, nice color underline, it’s visible. I like it!

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