Questions tagged [tabs]
Tabs allow you to view multiple pages in a web browser or other program at the same time, while being able to switch between them quickly and and efficently.
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Opening Browser keeps adding more tabs
I'm using Kubuntu (Ubuntu using KDE), and have run into an odd issue. For work I have to use Microsoft OneNote. As there is no native Linux app, I run it in the browser. I'm one of those people ...
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can't select multiple tabs in Chrome
I am unable to select multiple tabs in Chrome by either the ctrl- or shift-click. Is this feature not supported on Linux? Is there a way to enable it? Thanks
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UBUNTU 22.04 LTS tabbed activities
The "Activities" button on the top left of my UBUNTU screen always shows a tab next to it with the current window that is in focus.
Is there a way that I can make ALL windows or specific ...
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Where is the restore.js file located in Ubuntu?
I was using Mozilla Firefox and I had around 600 tabs on Onetab but suddenly all the tabs got lost and only tabs of yesterday were there. Through some links I found that backup is stored in restore.js ...
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Ubuntu Firefox windows seizing
Machine: Dell Inspiron 5567
CPU: Intel i7200U @ 2.5 GHz
RAM: 16 GB
Virtual RAM: 12.6 GB
Monitor (External): 1920 pixels x 1080 pixels
GPU1: Intel Integrated HD 620 @ 33 MHz
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change title for tabs in Terminator
I connect to many servers using Terminator and the tabs will display username@host
This is fine when I have a few tabs but once I get many tabs all I see is username...
Is there a way to display the ...
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Ubuntu 22.04: Dolphin always starts with two tabs open
when I start Dolphin it always starts with two tabs open. I once had Dolphin open in one window with these two tabs but I don't know why it would put these into its "lexical scope" and from ...
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Is there a theme with a short or transparent title bar?
Is there any theme, under any ubuntu desktop or window manager,
that has the feature illustrated in the image below, where the title bar doesn't occupy the whole width, but is instead as short as the ...
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My desktop doesnt work, i cant close windows the windows look scuffed
Ok so i started my pc today and i think it installed an update(the shut down and restart symbols for example look different) and i cant really use my desktop. Windows like ms teams or firefox or any ...
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How to close all instances of a program instantly?
I accidentally opened 32 "Archive Manager" tabs. How can I close them all instantly, as if using Alt+F4 on all of them at once.
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Are MacOS window tabs possible on Ubuntu?
I would like to use some apps (other than terminal) with tabs, like in MacOS, allowing easy navigation, instead of the need to click a ton of buttons to go from window to window. Not alt+tab, just ...
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Okular not opening PDFs in tabs in Ubuntu 22.04
Been using Okular as my PDF reader for a long time as I like many of its features. Recently I switched from Xubuntu 20.04 to Ubuntu 22.04 and now I cannot make Okular to open the PDFs in new tabs ...
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Different hotkeys for pinned tabs
Chromium has a Pin Tab feature that keeps certain pages open constantly. It also has a keyboard shortcut, control + 1-8, which can select a specific tab from the tab list. Could I set different ...
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Re-attach detached Terminal Tabs
Is there a way in Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS that once a tab of "Terminal" window is detached from that window, to re-attach that tab to the another already opened Terminal window (with other tabs) again?
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Ubuntu 18.04, terminal has no option to use tabs
From everything I've read, I SHOULD have an option under preferences to open new terminals in Tabs, and ctrl-alt-t should open a new tab, not a new terminal - but I'm missing that option :(
When I ...
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Firefox 105 renders only gray after moving/changing tabs in Cinnamon 5.2.7
I am running Firefox 105 in the Cinnamon desktop environment version 5.2.7, on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.
I have had a recurring problem where if I am changing my open tab or dragging a tab in the tab bar, ...
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Ubuntu 22 Firefox tab color
My computer upgraded from Ubuntu 20 to 22 last night. now the tabs are all the same color when i go on the internet, the color scheme barely highlights the active tab, they are all just gray with ...
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how to change google chrome colors from a gtk theme
I am currently using the dracula theme in gnome, but it has the problem that the active google chrome tab is the same color as the rest
There are other gtk themes that manage to change the title bar ...
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Kate: windows (instances) with different tabs, drag tabs to new window
I want Kate's tabs to behave as in almost all other tabbed programs I use:
When I open a new window, it opens in a new instance, without duplicating tabs from other open windows
When I close a tab in ...
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How do I remove the "X" button on the tabs in terminator?
I really like terminator, but it has one big drawback: Sometimes when I try to switch to another tab, I accidentally hit the "X" button on the right of the tab. Then that tab closes, and I ...
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Some fast way to save and restore tabs of Terminal?
I have a Terminal window with a dozen named tabs open.
I would like to save the current configuration and have it restored with names and directories.
Is there a way to do this?
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Gedit tabs preference
As these two questions show:
Use no tabs in Gedit
gedit - open files in new tabs
there is a need to control gedit tabs behavior when opening a file.
For example, always force to open in new window ...
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In Kubuntu, in settings Konsole-tabs: what means "Threshold for continuous silence"
In Kubuntu 20.01 in
Settings -> Edit Current Profile -> Tabs
there is the item:
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Tab Monitoring
Threshold for continuous silence
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Please, what does mean:
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Tab Monitoring
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Use no tabs in Gedit
How to force Gedit always, any time, in any place open new doc in a new window?
And never, nowhere open it in a new tab?
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Open terminal with multiple tabs and execute application which uniquely modifies PS1 variable for each tab
What I'm trying to do:
Write a script to open 3 tabs.
cd into a different folder in each tab (ie: run a unique command).
get each tab to have a unique title by modifying its local PS1 variable
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How to transfer opened pages in filrefox?
I have recently been forced to reinstall Ubuntu due to my ssd card problem. I had opened several pages in firefox and I want to know how it is possible to transfer those pages to newly installed ...
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Is there a way to reopen Nautilus tabs (directories path) after reboot?
I am looking for a solution to reopen multiple directory tabs opened in nautilus window after system reboot automatically (possibly via an extension in Nautilus if there is any).
Here is the situation:...
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Incognito tab is not working properly
since recently i have problem using Incognito tab. Every time i try to type something on address bar the letters does not appearing. The cursor at the address bar(not from the mouse) is there few ...
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Changing Konsole tab bar colours
Using the doc page Using Style Sheet for the Tab Bar, I've made a .css file to change the background colours of Konsole's tabs depending on which one is selected (the default colours are barely ...
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Output URL of open firefox tabs in terminal
I would like to find out the URLs of the currently opened firefox tabs with a terminal command. Is there any possibility?
This way I would be able to write them into a text file and look at them ...
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Confirmation prompt for thunar before closing all tabs?
I frequently use thunar with multiple tabs, however sometimes I accidentally press Alt+f4 and close the entire window when I only mean to close the tab.
I realize the keybind Ctrl+w only closes the ...
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toggle over tabs in terminal with mouse wheel in 20.04
I just upgraded to Ubuntu 20.04 and I am unable to toggle between the tabs in the terminal with the mouse wheel, which was fine in 18.04. I can't find where this feature is enabled. Is it possible ...
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How to move between Nautilus panes?
I believe Nautilus is the file system in Ubuntu.
When I have two tabs open, in say my home directory, how do I move between them easily?
Is there a shortcut key?
For example:
In Firefox, Ctrl + Tab ...
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Open Nautilus as a new tab in an existing window
Currently, if I click a launcher, shortcut icon, etc., I will get a new Nautilus window. If there is already a Nautilus window open, I would rather it open up in a new tab in the existing window (as ...
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Tabs in fullscreen Chrome/Chromium
I love Chrome and Chromium, but when I go full screen, I can't get to my other tabs anymore, which I can with Firefox. So my questions are:
Am I alone or is this universal?
Is there a fix?
Is ...
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Ubuntu terminal ssh and use session to auto create tabs and open defined log files
I have created a keyboard shortcut that initiates an SSH session to my server which works as expected and there is no issue with that.
However, to enable faster access to multiple log files I have ...
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gnome-terminal --tab opens a window in Xubuntu 16.04
On my laptop (Xubuntu 18.04) in the gnome-terminal the commands
gnome-terminal
gnome-terminal --tab
both open a new tab.
On my desktop (Xubuntu 16.04) they both open a new window. Changing the ...
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Chrome tabs too small to view their respective icons
I have more than 50 tabs opened on Chrome and their width is soo small I cannot even view their respective icons.
EDIT : I tried :
checked the chrome://flags for HiDPI but there is none.
disabled ...
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GNOME Terminal - identical I/O among multiple tabs
So I've got this problem (?) - whenever I open multiple tabs whithin the GNOME Terminal window I get the very same view on every each of them (e.g. I open man pages on the 1st one - I've got man pages ...
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Set Bookmarks Page to open in a New Tab in Opera Browser
How do I set New Tab to open the Bookmarks page by default instead of Speed Dial in Opera Desktop version?
I am using the latest Opera version 43.
I am able to change the startup behavior which is ...
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Is it possible to open mails in tabs for evolution?
Is it possible to make evolution open messages in tabs, like thunderbird does?
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Configure Gedit to always open documents in new tab
Prior to updating to Ubuntu 17.04, opening new text documents always opened them in a new tab. But since updating, new text documents are always opening in a new window (even when a gedit window is ...
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How to change quick key for next tab in Firefox from Ctrl+PgDown to Ctrl+End
I would like to change the quick keys for switching tabs in Firefox from
Ctrl+PgUp and Ctrl+PgDown to Ctrl+Home and Ctrl+End.
I think I can do it somewhere in about:config, but I can't find where.
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rename tabs in ubuntu 18.04 terminal [duplicate]
Is there a way to change the name of individual tabs in the default gnome terminal? ie one tab is "tab1", the next tab is "another_tab"
To be clear, I don't want to change the prompt, just the name ...
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How to switch tabs Terminal using Ctrl + Tab? [duplicate]
Ubuntu 14.04
I know that Ctrl + Pagedown/Pageup is used for tab switching
Also we can change it in Edit > Keyboard shortcuts.
I want to change the shortcut to Ctrl + Tab (forward) and Ctrl + Shift + ...
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Kubuntu 15.10 window tabbing
Until Kubuntu 15.04, there was a very usefull function which let you adding multiple windows as tabs.
In Kubuntu 15.04 and 15.10 I didn't find this option anymore.
Is it removed or hidden?
How can I ...
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Give a specific name to a terminal tab instance [duplicate]
Edit : other answer talked about change the title of the terminal, not a tab, but effectively they answer to my question too. Everything is great.
I'm a newbie and I wonder how give a specific name ...
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How to open one (or more) gnome-terminal window with few tabs, each with different profile, when start/reboot the computer?
I have several profile for terminal. I can open all profiles on boot but they open in different windows with this cmd in startup applications:
gnome-terminal --window-with-profile=ablack && ...
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Mozilla Firefox middle mouse button does not work
I use Mozilla Firefox 55.0.2, Ubuntu 17.04. Earlier, I used middle mouse button for opening a link in a new tab. However, in this version, it does not work.
After reading older questions, I checked ...
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How to duplicate a tab in Firefox?
Is it possible to clone/duplicate tab in Firefox?
Basicaly, the other new tab should contain the same history of the tab I'm trying to clone.
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