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Do You Know this Firefox trick ?

10

May

I discovered a new firefox trick today, which I thought will be good to share. Its very simple and I don’t know if its quite common too.

The trick is that you can drag and drop tabs and arrange them in your order of preference. Sounds cool, isn’t it?

Now I would love to know how many of you knew this and how many discovered it through this post. Wanna find out if it was too common :)

 

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  • Cameron
    // May 10th, 2008
    1

    haha I knew this trick but it’s definitely one im using all the time and if your readers didn’t know this its a good thing you posted it :)

  • Syahid A.
    // May 10th, 2008
    2

    I know that one. Cool title man. :D
    Syahid A.s last blog post..Mobysaurus - Free, Desktop Based Thesaurus

  • Ellie
    // May 10th, 2008
    3

    I knew this one - kind of learned it by accident one day. :) I have a great trick that I think I will post later. :) See you around!

    Ellies last blog post..11 Ways to Monetize Your Blog

  • Haris
    // May 10th, 2008
    4

    I already knew this one. :) But thanks a lot for posting it here because they are many people who still don’t know about this trick.

    Hariss last blog post..Petition To Stop Facebook From Deleting Profiles

  • Shankar Ganesh
    // May 10th, 2008
    5

    I knew this on the very first day of using Firefox.

  • Ajay
    // May 10th, 2008
    6

    Yes, I know this trick ;)

    It’s been there since the past several versions of Firefox. Can be extremely useful when you have ten tabs or more open.

    Though, in these situations I prefer opening a separate window for the set of urls.

    Ajays last blog post..WordPress Wednesday: WordPress Plugin Competition

  • Abhijeet
    // May 10th, 2008
    7

    It appears that this was a pretty common trick. But never mind. I have mentioned lot of uncommon things before too. ;)

  • ~ANT
    // May 10th, 2008
    8

    Once you have your “Bookmarks Toolbar” with folders for all your favorite links - I have my folders setup for different subjects… dragging and dropping the URL from the address bar to folder is even easier. If you hold the address over the folder you want to drop the URL into… the folder expands and you can drop the address where you want it inside that folder.

    ~ANTs last blog post..ANTworkstudio News

  • Amos
    // May 11th, 2008
    9

    I can’t believe people didn’t know this!

    Ctrl-Drag duplicates a tab.
    Dragging reorders a tab.
    Dragging a link or bookmark to a blank space in the tab bar opens it in a new window.
    Dargging a link or bookmark to an existing tab opens that page in that tab.
    Middle-clicking a tab closes it.
    Middle-clicking a link or bookmark (or menu item, such as ‘View Image’) opens it in a new tab.
    Ctrl-Tab flicks left-to-right between tabs.
    Ctrl-Shift-Tab flicks right-to-left between tabs.

    Also, if you like the fluidity of tabs in Firefox and you wish you could do similar stuff with the taskbar (reorder by dragging, middle-click to close, for both programs and task tray icons), check out Taksbar Shuffle:
    http://www.freewebs.com/nerdcave/taskbarshuffle.htm

    - Amos

  • Albert
    // May 11th, 2008
    10

    Hey Abhijeet ,i’m a new subscriber to your blog, find its kinda pretty handy and cool, love the “readitlater” and “hyperwords” you introduced me to, but ya i knew bout that tab thing for ages! Can’t believe you didn’t know about it until now, its a pretty basic trick compared to your other tips

  • Binny V A
    // May 11th, 2008
    11

    I used to use Tab Mix extension to get this feature. Now firefox supports this natively.

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  • Abhijeet
    // May 11th, 2008
    12

    @Albert My friend it happens. I am no genius and some tips may have skipped my eyes.

    Like previously when I wrote about Incredible Firefox Keyboard shortcuts on this blog, which also hit the Digg front page, people were amazed to find those shortcuts. Although I knew them for ages.

    Hence there will be always somethings which you will know and others won’t and vice versa. And thats where blogging comes into picture. It allows us to share what we know. This was a pretty simple and common trick and I agree I discovered it late.

    But as the saying goes- ” Its never too late” ..and in the blogging world- “Its never too late to share !” :)

  • pitt
    // May 12th, 2008
    13

    I knew this trick.I accidentally learned it one day

  • Sebastien Page
    // May 13th, 2008
    14

    Do you know this one. If you go to Firefox > File > New Tab, it opens a new tab…. haha, just messing with you. I already knew your trick but please keep posting

  • apetheman
    // May 13th, 2008
    15

    lol how do you not know this trick.. you gota be a dumb ass not to know it..

  • Ashutosh Mishra
    // May 13th, 2008
    16

    I definitely didn’t know this, although it kindda looks like a basic thing now. Thanks for sharing. :)
    Ashutosh Mishras last blog post..techroll 2 : 12th May, 2008

  • Vale
    // May 13th, 2008
    17

    I did know it (I use it all the time) but it’s nice tha you posted it for people who don’t know it :D

  • Nirmal
    // May 13th, 2008
    18

    I use this feature quite often.

    Nirmals last blog post..Get Windows Media Center in XP with Media Portal

  • Sarah
    // May 14th, 2008
    19

    Didn’t know this one but I continue to shave time off my working day (charity sector website editing) with your fantastic productivity nuggets! Please keep ‘em coming!

    Sarahs last blog post..Censored, apparently!

  • Steve Yu
    // May 14th, 2008
    20

    I accidentally knew about the trick. :D
    Steve Yus last blog post..Disable USB Port to Prevent Data Theft When You’re Away

  • Vipul Pathak
    // May 14th, 2008
    21

    knew it before

  • Tilak
    // May 16th, 2008
    22

    I knew it and use most of the times. Anyways thanks!

    Tilaks last blog post..Google Webmaster Tools Now In 4 New Languages

  • Aravind
    // May 16th, 2008
    23

    I’ve been using it for a long time..

    But, It’s always great that you shared what you discovered.

    Cheers!

    Aravinds last blog post..Be safe while using Shortened URLs

  • अविनाश वाचस्पति
    // May 26th, 2008
    24

    आप कुछ जानकारी हिन्‍दी में भी अवश्‍य दिया करें। अब आप यह मत कहना कि हिन्‍दी में कैसे टाईप करूं या पोस्‍ट करूं। आखिर हिन्‍दी वालों को भी तो जानने का हक है। है या नहीं।

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  • Eric Snyder
    // May 30th, 2008
    25

    I didn’t know this. VERY useful, simple tip.

    I like to keep Gmail as my leftmost tab. Now I easily can!

    Thanks!
    /e

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