Questions tagged [tabs]
A style of window management most commonly seen in web browsers, whereby multiple pages can be contained within one tabbed window.
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Firefox: opening PDF from desktop as new tab, not new window
Not sure if this is an Apple problem per se, but every time I open a PDF from my computer it opens in Firefox as a new window. I'd like it to be open in a new tab which is what Chrome does for example....
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AppleScript : next/Previous tab in safari
I'm trying to change the focus on safari for the next tab (and the previous tab)
I wrote this which is not working :
tell application "Safari Technology Preview"
tell window 1
set ...
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macOS: Safari: Full screen mode: bringing focus to address bar in a new window
When we open a new tab in Safari, it automatically brings focus to the address bar. But in full screen mode, after pressing alt-cmd-N(or the private mode counterpart), the new window that opens is ...
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macOS: Safari hide Toolbar but show tab bar in full screen mode
In full screen mode, I want to see tab bar which helps me to decide x in cmd-x shortcut for changing web pages. The existing method in the linked questions is to "Always show Toolbar in full screen ...
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Can I permanently lock certain chrome-tabs to the same desktop on Mac?
I am working on five different projects and use one desktop for each of the projects. Is there a way to permanently lock certain chrome-tabs to the same desktop on Mac? I swipe between 5 desktops and ...
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Bookmark all open tabs in mobile safari [duplicate]
I've got an iPhone with ~500 open tabs (500 is the limit). I'd like to bookmark all of the tabs so I can review/read them later on other non Apple devices and potentially in non-apple browsers.
Is ...
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In macOS 10.14 (Mojave), can Finder remember previously opened tabs like Safari pin tabs?
First of all, I am not asking to re-open Finder tabs on OS reboot, we all know it works.
I am asking for a solution when I accidentally clicked on the red-cross (aka close window button) on Finder ...
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Can't Turn off Finder Tabs on Mojave
MacBook Air with Mojave (14.2) and the option in Finder > Preferences > General NOT Checked: "Open folders in tabs instead of new windows."
Yet Finder stubbornly opens all new windows in tabs.
For ...
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Close all tabs in Safari except for one
I spend an awful lot of time in Safari conducting research. As you can imagine this often results in me having lots of tabs open. So I find myself settling on one tab and wanting to close all the ...
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Are tabs broken in macOS Mojave?
Let's say you have two tabs in a Terminal window. One of the things with the bug is, if I tap on the left tab, it opens the right one. If I tap on the right tab, it opens the left tab.
Same problem ...
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Blank Safari Tabs [closed]
All of the tabs on Safari are blank. I have tried settings, closing and re-opening, re-booting the computer, etc. I can no longer use Safari because it's too difficult without being able to see what'...
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Text to PDF without losing/destroying the set tabs
I tried to print out a huge text file to a PDF file (DIN A4 landscape or A3 landscape). Unfortunately, every way I try, I always lose the formatting of the tabs I used for tabbing some tables with the ...
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Can I “put” an open tab/page on my iPhone from my Mac?
I recently, stupidly, deleted all my Safari data on my iPhone and in the process lost all my open tabs (191 in total, yes, that's how I do things).
Anyway, I managed to get to my Mac before it ...
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Keyboard shortcut or AppleScript to move current tab into a new window
Recent versions of macOS bring tabs to applications that didn’t seem to support tabs before (e.g. Anki flashcards), via the Dock preference to always prefer opening things in tabs.
Stock apps and ...
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AppleScript : searching for a tab on chrome and saving the tab as a variable
I'm using this script which is finding the tab I want, then bring the tab to focus.
set searchString to "Tab I'm Looking FOR"
tell application "Google Chrome"
set win_List to every window
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How do I get Safari to search all tabs from all Safari windows in the Tab Overview, instead of only those in the current window?
When I press the shiftcommand\ keyboard shortcut, it goes into 'expose' mode and allows to search thru only the tabs in the current window, not all windows.
It would be super handy to be able to ...
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Browsers open all links in a new tab
Suddenly all the browsers begin to open all links in a new tab. Even when the link is deliberately intended to leave me at the same page (say, uncollapsing some text).
I tried Safari, Chrome and ...
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Safari opening similar tab on 2nd iPad?
Whenever I open a new tab in Safari on one of my iPads, it automatically opens the same tab on another iPad. How do I stop this?
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How to select multiple tabs in Mac Safari
Having used Google Chrome for a long time, I've previously taken it for granted that multiple tabs in a given browser window can be selected, either one at a time (Ctrl-click) or in a contiguous range ...
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How to easily save all open Safari tabs on iOS?
On macOS, I can choose Add Bookmarks for These 108 Tabs... which let's me save all open tabs to a bookmarks folder.
Is there an equivalent on iOS?
My workaround is to use iCloud tabs to copy the ...
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AppleScript move tab
Is there a way to move tab using the tab number in Google Chrome ?
something like this :
tell application "Google Chrome"
set activeIndex to get active tab index of window 1
tell window 1
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Applescript / Google Chrome : open a link in a new tab
I use this to open a link (the url is unknown):
tell application "Google Chrome"
tell tab 1 of window 1 to set OpenfirstTab to execute javascript "document.getElementById('TransactionHistory')....
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AppleScript: Open URL in specific tab (Google Chrome)
I can no longer open a URL in a specific tab using AppleScript.
I tried the following code without success:
set URL of tab 1 to "https://"
and
set myLink to "https://"
tell application "Google ...
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How to quit all Finder tabs
I've configured OSX to force all Finder windows to open in tabs - because this really takes care of all the clutter.
The thing is, there's a shortcut to close all Finder windows, CMD+OPTION+W - and ...
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See history for a specific tab in Safari with right click
Like in Chrome or Firefox, I wish to right click on the navigation arrows on the left to display the pages visited before in the current tab in Safari. Is it possible to configure this? I did not find ...
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MacOS High Sierra: disable tabs for all apps?
I want to turn off tabs for Preview especially. Following these instructions, I went to Dock and set “Prefer tabs when opening documents” to Manually - yet PDF documents keep opening up in new tabs in ...
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Prevent duplicate tabs in Xcode editor
In Xcode editor, is there a way to open files in a new tab only if one is not already present, and if it is, then switch to that tab. If it isn't possible to do so via the preference settings, can it ...
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Opening New Terminal Tab Moves Window Above Dock
This is difficult to explain, so please bear with me.
When I open a new tab in Terminal, the Terminal window moves. This only happens when the window is at the bottom of the screen. The window moves ...
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Safari iCloud Tabs: iOS does not show macOS Safari tabs
I had a problem where both my Mac OSX and iPhone iOS10 stopped sharing iCloud tabs. So I logged out from both iCloud accounts and signed in again.
Now my Mac shows iPhone tabs but not vice versa. How ...
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Keyboard shortcut to switch between Application tabs
Applications typically have tabs like so:
Is there a way to make a keyboard shortcut that switches between them? I'm hoping for a shortcut that spans all apps, not just a specific one (like iTerm ...
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How do I open two tabs in a split pane in iTerm?
I have a split pane iTerm window
I would like to have two tabs in the right "pane", but cannot figure out how to do this. I did it yesterday, for the first time ever and loved it, but can't seem to ...
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Open farthest right tab in Safari
In Chrome, one can press cmd+1 to open the first tab, cmd+3 to open the third tab, etc... Safari has replicated this behavior now but has not replicated cmd+9 which takes the user to the far right ...
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Preventing Safari background tabs disconnecting from server
Safari puts background (i.e., currently not selected) tabs to sleep. If that tab is on a website that requires an active connection to its server, such as chat apps (Slack, Google Talk, etc.), then ...
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Safari Switch to Last Active Tab
OS: Sierra
Safari: 10.0.3
It looks like the functionality to switch to the last active tab is not supported natively. Are there any extensions that can be used for this purpose? Furthermore, is ...
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Spotlight for Safari tabs
Is there a way to commandspace (i.e. bring up Spotlight), type the name of an already open tab and bring it to the foreground?
Or an app that does it outside of spotlight?
I spend far too long ...
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Multiple tabs don't buffer videos in the background on Safari
some have touched this issue but not in a way to solve my problem.
Im running Safari 10.0.3 on Sierra 10.12.3 and i usually load multiple sites and try to buffer videos while working on something else,...
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Is it possible to maintain Chrome's ⌘-shortcut for background tab, while using AppleScript to automate the creation of a new tab?
I have a custom system Service on my Mac, entitled Google Search, that places the selected text within a defined URL and then opens the URL in a new tab (adjacent to the current tab) in Google Chrome.
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How to quickly move a single tab of a fullscreen app to a second screen?
There already is a question about moving an app running in fullscreen between physical devices:
Move a full screen app to second monitor – Mission Control can do that. However, is there also a way to ...
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How did a user manage to get my multi-window app to run in “Tabbed Windows Mode”?
Today one of my users sent me some screenshots showing my application running in "Tabbed Windows" mode, i.e. with all the usually-separate windows showing up as tabs inside a single window, like this:
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Open many links at once in Safari
Can several links be opened at once in Safari?
Imagine you are on a page with a lot of links:
Would it be possible to select all the links and open them all in one single Command-click? As such:
I ...
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AppleScript to find a tab by its name in Google Chrome
I'v forgotten how to find a tab by its name and return the value (e.g tab 2) and eventually set the tab as the active tab too.
I've tried the following, but it's not working:
set titleString to "
"
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AppleScript: How to open a link in Google Chrome in a new, adjacent tab?
The following AppleScript code will open the link in a new tab, at the location of the very end of the current tabs:
set myLink to "https://www.google.com/"
tell application "Google Chrome"
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Open all iCloud tabs from iPhone on Mac
TLDR; Is there a way to simultaneously open all iCloud tabs saved on iPhone, on a Mac?
I use my iPhone for browsing and as a means of "read it later" I just leave the open tabs there with the purpose ...
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A shortcut for Merge all Windows on macOS Sierra
Are there any shortcut for the command merge all windows feature that comes with macOS Sierra? I did not encounter about an shortcut for this command and I did not see any property in Automator app. ...
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How can I use tabs in Mac Mail?
One of the new featuers in macOS Sierra are tabs in more apps, including Mail.
How do I use tabs in Mac Mail? Clicking "View", "Show tab bar" displays a bar with one tab, but I can't find a way to ...
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Icons in Safari's pinned tabs
Pinned tabs are very useful feature in Safari and I'm using it all the time.
But, I'm having some experience problem with it.
When I pin several tabs from the same domain but different subdomains, I'm ...
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How do make a link open in a specific Safari window in macOS?
I have multiple Safari windows for tab organization. I usually have multiple tabs in each window.
When I click on a link from an app other than Safari, it opens the link in a new tab in Safari, as ...
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Combine Safari Tabs with Multitask View
A recent version of Google Chrome on Android included a feature where the browser tabs were each shown as a separate pane in the task switcher view, which was really convenient for my usage. So much ...
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Tabs don't open in the background any longer in Safari
Whenever I right click on a link in Safari and click "Open Link In New Tab" it leads me directly to it/ immediatley takes me to the new tab. Before, ever since I got my macbook, whenever I opened a ...
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How to navigate a lot of tabs in Google Chrome on iOS (iPad)
I have an unknown enormous number of browser tabs open in Google Chrome on iOS (iPad). The number of tabs has quietly grown over time, primarily through following links in Gmail that then opens a new ...
