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Tabbed browsing
Tabbed browsing lets you open tabs, each displaying a web page, within a single Firefox window. You can open links in new tabs, where they will load while you read the current page. You don't have to use tabbed browsing, but if you do you might find tabbed browsing is a better, faster way to browse the Web.

Firefox 1.5 Web Browser Tabbed Browsing

Creating and Loading Tabs
To open a new tab, press Ctrl/Cmd+T, select File >> New Tab, or double-click an empty space in the Tab Bar. Or right click in the tab bar and select new tab from the context menu.
Firefox 1.5 Web Browser Tabs menu

To load a link in a tab, you can do one of the following:

• Middle-click the link. (If you have a mouse wheel, clicking the wheel is
  equivalent to middle-clicking.)
• Drag the link and drop it on an empty space in the Tab Bar. If only one web page is open, the Tab Bar may be hidden.
• Drag and drop the link onto a tab to open the link in that tab.
• Right-clickPress Ctrl, click on the link and choose Open Link in New Tab from the context menu.

To open a URL in the Location Bar in a new tab, enter the URL and press AltOpt+Enter Return.

Moving Tabs Within a Window
Tabs are displayed in the order you open them, which may not always be what you want. To move a tab to a different location within a Firefox 1.5 window, simply drag it there using your mouse. While you are dragging the tab, Firefox 1.5 displays a small indicator to show where the tab will be moved. Alternately, you can use keyboard shortcuts to move tabs within a window if desired.

Firefox 1.5 Web Browser Moving Tabs

Closing Tabs
To close the current tab, press Ctrl/Cmd+W, click the Close Tab button, middle-click the tab, or select File >> Close Tab. To close all tabs other than the current one, right-clickpress Ctrl, click on the tab and choose Close Other Tabs.

Customising Tabbed Browsing
To change tabbed browsing options preferences select Tools >> Optionsand open the Tabs panel.

Tips and Tricks
Bookmarks and Tabbed Browsing

To bookmark a set of tabs:

1. Press Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+D or select Select Bookmarks >> Bookmark All Tabs to add all the tabs in the current window to a new bookmark folder.
2. To open bookmarks in tabs, open a bookmark folder menu and choose Open in Tabs. You can also middle-click on the folder to open its contents in tabs. The bookmarks will open in existing tabs, not new ones.

Home Page as Tabs
Instead of using only one web page as your homepage, you can make your home page a set of tabs. Select your favourite web sites and open them in tabs in a single window. Select Tools >> Options and open the General panel. Under Home Page, press the Use Current Pages button. Now when you press the Home button, your favourite web sites will load with just a click.

Adding a New Tab Toolbar Button
You can add a New Tab button on the toolbar to easily open new tabs by customising your
toolbars.

Keyboard shortcuts
Firefox 1.5 has an extensive set of shortcuts related to tabbed browsing; see the full list in Keyboard Shortcuts.

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