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Questions tagged [browser-tabs]

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Chrome displaying :D instead of the number of opened tabs. How to know the real number?

When the number of tabs in Chrome reaches 100, the tab counter turns into a smiley face like :D. I wish to know how many tabs are open, without doing the manual count. Is there a way?
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How can I export all my open Firefox Tabs to a text file?

I've been trying to find a method to export all my currently open tabs in the Android Firefox browser. Unfortunately this seem impossible from default browser installation and very hard to do from command line as the SQLite3 database that Firefox is…
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Disabling Chrome tab groups in Chrome v91

A while back, I asked this question about disabling tab groups in Chrome v85. And that worked. Now in Chrome version 91 they're back, with a vengeance. Trouble is, the flag that let me solve it last time is gone. The only flag that relates to tab…
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How to open links directly in Firefox full browser?

In some apps (Google News, Read - Simple RSS Reader) when I tap on a link, it won't directly open in Firefox but in a simplistic viewer, supposedly also by Firefox. From there I only have two choices, close the viewer (which brings me back into the…
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Customize Chrome to show the count of tab groups instead of tabs

When Google Chrome rolled out the tab group feature on Android, it used to show the number of tab groups. Ever since a recent update, they made it so that Chrome shows the total number of tabs instead. Is there a way to revert this?
neveragain
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Export Google chrome's tabs *by groups*

I have been following How can I export the list of open Chrome tabs? and was able to use Chrome's native method, to generate the tabs list. Not having tried the scripting tips yet, I saved it manually. But the list is disordered, and not broken by…
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How to recover open opera tabs from backup data after phone bricked?

I had more than 200 tabs open on opera and they would normally reopen again, even after reboots. My phone broke, but I have a backup of the external SD Card, internal SD Card, and a backup from TWRP which is of a size of 23.7 GB but does not have an…
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How can I close the surplus of tabs that prevents me from closing them

I have so many tabs open in Chrome that I have been literally unable to close them, and my browser has been rendered largely useless. HELP! The central problem is that the focus bounces from tab to tab so fast that I can not stay on any one tab…
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Disabling Chrome tab groups in Chrome v85

My phone (Samsung S7 running Android 8.0.0) recently updated to Chrome version 85, and with it came tab groups. I am sure this is a welcome thing for many, but I rarely have more than 8 tabs open at any time. Thus the ability to group tabs makes…
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Android Browser -Can it be set to NOT open new tabs?

I have an elderly friend that has an app - the app has a button that opens a website. When this person taps that button multiple times during the day a new browser tab opens every time. I can't teach this person how to close tabs, they just don't…
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How to stop unexpected tab interaction when using full screen web view in Chrome on Android Tablet

While using the Chrome browser application on my tablet, some pages and html based games have the ability to shift the page into 'full screen' browsing mode, which hides the tabs and such from the top of the page. However, I've discovered that said…
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How can I activate the new Chrome tab management tools tab groups & grid layout?

I make heavy use of my tablet for research & typically have 200 to 500 tabs open. So I have been looking forward to the alternate grid layout and to Chrome Tab Groups for Android, which would make my life a lot easier. However these features, which…
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How can I transfer tab data from the Chrome App to another phone - including back and forward data?

So my nexus 6p is getting on in years, and I'd like to back up my chrome tabs onto another phone. I'm aware there's a sync function, but that: Does not cover the back and forward data from each tab, and Does not seem to go past a few dozen tabs - I…
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Can't close browser tabs

I'm having an issue with an LG G pad. Chrome 87.0.4280.101 Firefox Daylight 84.1.2 (Build #2015783145) OS Android 5.1.1 LG-V940n Build/LMY47V I don't do much with it other than email, browsing and Netflix. Everything was working fine until last…
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How do I go back to the old tab switcher on Chrome?

I don't know when this happened but in the latest version of Google Chrome for Android, I can't swipe down from the 'open tabs' button to get the card UI of all open tabs and switch to or close the tab I want. What I see now when I swipe down from…
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