Tabbed Browsing Tips

Tabbed Browsing Tips


  • With the introduction of Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 all major browsers now support tabbed browsing.

  • Below are various tips to improve your browsing using tabs.

    Open any link in a new tab

  • Clicking on any link with your middle mouse button or wheel opens that link in a new tab.

  • Alternatively, you can hold down your Ctrl key in IE and Firefox and click a link to open that link in a new tab.

    Closing tabs

  • Clicking on an open tab with your middle mouse button closes that tab.

    Open previous page in a new tab

  • Middle-click the back button to open a previous page in a new tab.

    Open a new empty tab

  • Pressing Ctrl+T opens a new tab in all browsers.

    Undo any closed tab

  • Pressing Ctrl+Shift+T will undo the closed tab. Alternatively, right-clicking on a portion of the tab bar also displays this option.

    Tip

  • You can press Ctrl+Shift+T multiple times to undo all last closed tabs.

    Quickly switch between open tabs

  • Hold down Ctrl and press 1 through 0 on their keyboard to open that respected tab.

    Tip

  • You can also press Ctrl+Tab to switch between tabs left to right or press Ctrl+Shift+Tab to switch between tabs right to left.

    View tab options

  • Right-clicking the active tab gives you an option to close all other non-active tabs.


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