Mozilla Tabbing

Necrosis

My question:

How to do you make Mozilla behave like Opera or Crazy Brower for tabbed browing? What I mean is instead of opening a new window; how can you set it to open a new tab in the same window?

Necrosis

http://multizilla.mozdev.org/index.html

Here is a cool little switch for no splash screen; of course doesn't work if you click on a link.

Program Files\mozilla.org\Mozilla\mozilla.exe" -nosplash

DallasStar

You can't set it up to open up new windows as tabs as far as I know, but if you want a new tab, just press ctrl+t (you probably already knew that)

If you go into edit-->preferences and click on "tabbed browsing" under "navigator (you must expand it), you can change some settings. One setting lets you open a new tab for an address you type in the address bar by pressing ctrl+enter. The other setting lets you open new tabs for the link you click by using your middle mouse button to click. I hope that helps

iceboy

if you have a wheel mouse (most probably), simply click on the wheel willl open the link in a new tab. I also use panicware's popup stopper free edition(set to aggressive) to stop new window from popping up. thus, i only one mozilla window. popup ads don't know how to open new tabs in mozilla.... YET.

DallasStar

Mozilla has a built in popup blocker . You just have to disable unrequested windows in the options.

iceboy

i know... but some sites.. get passed it. Really baaaaad sites.

Try doing the forth test in the bulleted list
http://www.guardwall.com/English/Gua...sts/popups.asp

DallasStar

aww damnit!!! Its not all that important. As long as most of them are gone

digitalwanderer

What is the advantage to tabbed browsing over seperate browser windows? Is it just a preference thing or is there a performance angle?

DallasStar

less ram used and your taskbar doesnt get cluttered

brc64

So when I go to Rage3D (only use that as an example because I've memorized the first few forum names) I can open the Off Topic, Gaming Consoles, Classifieds, Feedback, PC Gaming, General Hardware, General Software, OS, and AIW Radeon forums at one time. Then I just click on the post I want to read in one forum, click on the next tab for the next forum, click a link there, etc, etc. No matter how slow Rage3D is going, by the time I get back to the Off Topic forum whatever link I clicked on has already been loaded.

JasonQG (from Rage3D) does something similar with his Mozilla, but he takes it to another level. One Mozilla window for each forum, and then each tab represents a thread he wants to read. That's a bit much for me..

- Me

Necrosis

Multizilla will give you the functionality of tabbing plus some other neat features.

http://multizilla.mozdev.org/features.html

1. Custom toolbar with 13 buttons (screenshot) for easy access to some of the most used features:
* custom Tab Menu (see #2)
* open new tab
* switch top/bottom vs bottom/top tabstrip position
* hide tabstrip vs unhide tabstrip
* open tab list window (see #3)
* open quick pref menu (see #4)
* check availability of (and optionally install) new MultiZilla nightly build
* activate JavaScrtipt console
* activate DOM Inspector (when installed)
* close currently active tab
* close all tabs but the selected one
* close all tabs, and make sure to wipe the last one in dust
* open 'Close All Tabs' window (see #5)

note: the MultiZilla toolbar is also visible in FullScreen mode!

2. Tab Menu (screenshot) for easy access to some of the most used MultiZilla features:
* New Tab (screenshot)
o Empty Page
o Home Page
o Current Page
o Empty Page
o Preferred Page
o Bookmarked Page
o New Location (opens window)
o From Clipboard
* Customize Tab Label [F8] (put your favorite label on the tab, or remove it again)
* Hide/Display Personal Toolbar [F10]
* Hide/Display MultiZilla Toolbar [F11]
* View Full Screen Mode/Back to Normal Screen Mode [F12]
* Web Development (screenshot)
o Open Java Console
o Open JavaScript Console
o Validate Page (make use of the W3C validation server)
* Tab Home [shift-home] (re-activates the first loaded page for the active tab)
* Tab History (this opens a popup with the session history for the active tab)
* Tab Startup Groups (with our very useful 'Open This Folder As Group' feature)
* Set Tabs as Start Group
* Go (screenshot)
o First Tab [ctrl-shift-home]
o Next Tab [ctrl-left-arrow]
o Prior Tab [ctrl-right-arrow]
o Last Tab [ctrl-shift-end]
* Stop [Esc] (this stops page loading for the active tab)
* Reload (screenshot)
o Reload Tab
o Reload All Tabs
o Forced Reload of Tab (bypass cache)
o Forced Reload of All Tabs (bypass cache)
* Hide/unhide for close all (this disables close of active tab in the close all window)
* Close All Tabs (screenshot)
o Close All Tabs
o Close All Tabs but keep current [ctrl-k]
o Open Close All Window
* Close Tab (this closes the active tab)

3. Tab List Window (screenshot) easy tab selector, in case the tabstrip is set to hidden

4. Drag and drop tabs (hold down ALT and drag a tab to its new position)

5. Quick Pref Menu (screenshot) for easy access to some of the most used features in mozilla
* Open Preference Window actives and open the MultiZilla preference category pane
* Image Settings (screenshot)
o Accept All Images
o Accept Images (original domain only)
o Block All Images
o Block Images from this site
o Unblock Images from this site
o Manage Image Permissions
* Cookie Settings (screenshot)
o Accept All Cookies
o Accept Cookies (original domain only)
o Block All Cookies
o Block Cookies from this site
o Unblock Cookies from this site
o Manage Cookies Permissions
* Animation Settings (screenshot)
o Loop Once
o Loop Normal
o Loop Never
* Referrer Setting (screenshot)
o Don't Send HTTP referrer
o Send on Link Clicks only
o Send on Clicks and Images
* UserAgent Setting (screenshot)
o Select default UserAgent identifier
o With a dozen of different settings
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* Block popups
* Enable/Disable Frames
* Enable/Disable Custom Fonts
* Enable/Disable Custom Colors
* JavaScript settings (screenshot)
o Enable JavaScript (for websites)
o Enable JavaScript dump()
o Show strict JavaScript warnings
o Show errors and warnings in chrome
* Enable/Disable Java
* Cache Settings (screenshot)
o Disable XUL cache
o Enable Disk Cache
o Enable Mem Cache
* Clear Cache and/or History (screenshot)
o Clear Cache and History
o Clear Locationbar History
o Clear Global History
o Clear Disk Cache
o Clear Memory Cache

6. 'Close all tabs' window with features like:
* select all tabs to close
* make a selection of tabs to close
* undo prior selection

7. dual line tab tooltips show both Title and URL

8. text on active tabs is bold

9. a mouse hover over the active tab will change the text color to red to make it more visible

10. hovering the mouse over tabs show the close tab icon
* a click on the close X icon closes tab

11. a mouse hover over tab will set the text style to bold

12. load indicators on tabs (can be disabled in our custom Tabs pref panel)
* red is loading
* yellow is pending
* green done
13. Top or Bottom Tab location can be selected in our custom Tabs pref panel (see #1 sec 3)

14. modified View menu
* menu item 'MultiZilla Toolbar' added to the Show/Hide popup menu

15. modified Go menu
* First Tab [ctrl-shift-home]
* Next Tab [ctrl-left-arrow]
* Prior Tab [ctrl-right-arrow]
* Last Tab [ctrl-shift-end]

16. modified Bookmarks menu
* open any folder as Group

17. modified Tools menu
* the 'Web Development' popup menu has aextra menu item 'Validate This Page'

18. modified Window menu
* extra menu item 'MultiZilla [Ctrl+0] (for near future use)

19. modified Help menu
* 'Release Notes' is linked to the MultiZilla webpage by default
* extra menu item 'About Cache' (opens two new tabs with information about Mem/Disk Cache)
* extra menu item 'About Config' (displays all active preference settings)

20. New Icon for URL location bar clearing

21. The Throbber URL changed to the MultiZilla website (tooltip changed accordingly)

22. Five Custom Preference Panels
* Tabs (screenshot)
o Tab Position
+ Top of window/Bottom of window (selection)
o Tab Look and Feel
+ Show LED load indicators on tabs (enable/disable)
+ Show Favicons on tab (enable/disable)
+ Show Site Icon on tab (enable/disable)
o Tab Label
+ Use page Title as Tab Label (enable/disable)
+ Use page URL as Tab Label (enable/disable)
+ Maximum Tab Width [75 - 250] pixels (selection)
o Miscellaneous
+ Hide the last tab automatically (enable/disable)
* Links (screenshot)
o Duplicate Link (disabled in this version)
+ Open a new tab for the link (enable/disable)
+ Switch to the existing tab with that link (enable/disable)
o New Tabs (enable/disable)
+ Bookmarks (enable/disable)
+ Personal Toolbar (enable/disable)
+ Location Bar (enable/disable)
+ target blank (enable/disable)
+ Middle click (enable/disable)
+ Future use (disabled in this version)
o Preferred Location [ctrl-shift-n]
+ User selection (edit)
+ Home Page (button)
+ Current page (button)
* Mouse (screenshot)
o Links (when clicking the middle mouse button on a link)
+ Open new Tab (enable/disable)
+ Open new Window (enable/disable)
o Miscellaneous
+ Middle mouse click on tab closed it (enable/disable)
+ Middle Mouse click on link opens slave tab (enable/disable)
* Icons (screenshot)
o Tab buttons
+ New Tab (check/uncheck)
+ Tab Position (check/uncheck)
+ ShowHide Tabs (check/uncheck)
+ Open new Window (check/uncheck)
o Tool buttons
+ Quick Pref Menu (check/uncheck)
+ MultiZilla Update (check/uncheck)
+ JavaScript Console (check/uncheck)
+ DOM Inspector (check/uncheck)
o Close buttons
+ Close Tab (check/uncheck)
+ Close Other Tabs (check/uncheck)
+ Close All Tabs (check/uncheck)
+ Close Tab Dialog (check/uncheck)
o In a future version of MultiZilla, you will be able to have all the above buttons on the Mozilla Personal Toolbar as well
* Advanced (screenshot)
o Bookmark Folders
+ Reuse existing tabs (selection)
+ Force use of new tabs (selection)
o Start Group
+ Load the Start Group on startup (enable/disable)
+ Save Tabs as Start Group on exit (enable/disable)
o Confirm closing of last Tab, Windows and Session
+ Close last Tab (enable/disable)
+ File Menu 'Close Window' and [ctrl-shift-w] (enable/disable)
+ File Menu 'Exit' and [ctrl-q] (enable/disable)
+ Window X button (enable/disable)