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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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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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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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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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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How do I recover my firefox tabs?

I reinstalled my Ubuntu, I saved my profile that resides in ~/.mozilla/firefox/PROFILE. I assumed it would restore my tabs after I copied the profile back. History and such is available, but no tabs ...
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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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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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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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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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Midori stopped displaying tabs bar on Lubuntu 16.04.1 and 14.04.4

I installed midori on Lubuntu 14.04.4 32 bit because it's relatively faster than other browsers and it stopped displaying the tabs bar soon after installing it. I have two accounts and the problem ...
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How to tab a window to another via command line?

I have a program that opens a number of windows, which I want to attach as tabs to a main window. The program doesn't understand the KDE window tabs concept, so I would like to tab the windows ...
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Open new tabs in main gmome-terminal window from main gmome-panel?

When you open a terminal from the panel in gnome-session-fallback you get a new gnome-terminal window. My goal is to have every subsequent gnome-terminal open from the panel to open as a tab in the ...
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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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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 GPU2: AMD Radeon R7 M445 ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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: +++++ beg Tab Monitoring Threshold for continuous silence +++++ end Please, what does mean: 1. Tab Monitoring 2. &...
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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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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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I'm running Ubuntu 12.4 how do I move a window from the top right corner

So I am running Ubuntu 12.4 and sometimes when I click on an Icon it puts the window in the top right/left hand corner and I can't figure out how to move it so I can close out of it or move it or put ...
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Google chrome bookmarks

I have follow the instructions from Webex on Ubuntu and after that i have problems when i use the Chrome and i have monitor via HDMI in use, when i click on the Folder bookmark it opens on the other ...
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