Oct 27 2020 09:47 AM - last edited on Oct 27 2020 02:08 PM by Deleted
Tomorrow, we’re releasing an early preview of vertical tabs in Microsoft Edge. This feature, which is now available in the Canary and Dev channels, allows you to find and manage large numbers of tabs quicker and easier than ever before.
Many of you we’ve spoken with have expressed difficulties with managing more than a few open tabs. It’s easy to open dozens of tabs while shopping or researching online, and it’s not uncommon to leave tabs open as a reminder for later—sometimes for days or weeks at a time. As more tabs are opened, it can become difficult to see which tab is which. And eventually you run out of room for new tabs altogether.
If this sounds familiar, we suggest trying out vertical tabs. This layout preserves space for all your tabs, so that you can easily see and scan the tab titles. Managing them from this layout is also easier, with a more intuitive interface for things like drag and drop.
Wide screens have become the norm over the last decade or so, but most websites are still designed with a narrower width that leaves unused space on either side of the content. Vertical tabs takes advantage of this unused space to show you more of your tabs without sacrificing how much content you can see at once. And with the ability to scroll through your tabs, you’re free to open as many as you want.
Getting started is easy. Just click the vertical tabs icon in the top-left corner of the browser. You can switch back to horizontal tabs at any time by clicking on the vertical tabs icon again.
Vertical tabs also makes it easier than ever to manage your tabs. Here’s a few things you can try:
Of course, sometimes you need to focus on just the tab in front of you. Or maybe you’re on a device with a smaller screen. Simply click the collapse icon to shrink the size of the vertical tabs pane and instantly see more of the web. The favicons of your tabs will remain visible on the left, so your tabs are still always at your fingertips.
Click on one of the tab previews to instantly switch tabs, or hover your mouse over the collapsed pane to see the full tab info. Of course, you can always pin the pane open again at any time by hovering over the sidebar and selecting the pin button .
This is just the beginning of vertical tabs, and we’d love to hear what you think of the new experience. Please send us feedback if something isn’t working right. And if there’s a feature you’d like to see added to vertical tabs, we’re excited to hear that too.
Thanks for being part of this early preview! We look forward to hearing your feedback.
— William Devereux, Senior Program Manager, Microsoft Edge
— Jerin Schneider, Principal Program Manager, Microsoft Edge
Oct 29 2020 09:44 AM
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Oct 29 2020 09:55 AM
@Kam If your Laptop Support Precision Touchpad you can enable Three Finger Gesture for Middle Button.
For More Info on this go to How to simulate a middle button on a touchpad
Oct 29 2020 09:56 AM
Oct 29 2020 10:00 AM
Oct 29 2020 01:42 PM
it's a great feature to be honest, I love using it.
One important thing is that, in order to view more and get more out of websites when using vertical tabs, the top area that was previously the place to show tabs, should be removed.
so, when the tab strip is vertically displayed on the left, the top area needs to be removed to have more free area for website contents.
Either the close/minimize/maximize buttons should come down and place next to the "..." ellipsis button, Or the address bar and the rest of Edge toolbar should go up next to close/max/min buttons (and the long address bar can shrink in size a little bit).
these 2 horizontal bars need to be merged because there is clearly a lot of space being wasted up there.
Oct 29 2020 04:09 PM
@kevin urquhart I don't either. I am using Linux so maybe that is it?
Oct 29 2020 04:21 PM
Oct 29 2020 04:29 PM
Oct 30 2020 12:29 AM
I really like virtual tabs I can now keep tabs open for longer, like all day if I am watching something.
Thank you
Oct 30 2020 12:34 AM
@William Devereux When it will be available for Linux build?
Oct 30 2020 01:20 AM
I like the vertical tabs... but please include the option to reverse the order. I have so many tabs open that I keep having to scroll down to get to the latest ones. If the tab list could be reversed, then my most recent and frequently used tabs would automatically be at the top and the older and less frequently used tabs would be tucked down at the bottom.
Oct 30 2020 03:42 AM
@William Devereux tabs are awesome, collapsed state is what I was missing, it is perfect.
If used with tab groups group name disappears while one of tabs is loading. I know tab groups is experimental flag, but maybe it is easy to fix?
Oct 30 2020 03:43 AM
Oct 30 2020 05:09 AM
@William Devereux hi im running edge dev i am searching for access to vert tabs nothing showing. it is friday morning when can i involke these flags>?
anxious excited :_)
Oct 30 2020 05:20 AM
Oct 30 2020 05:47 AM
Hi
This is a feature rollout which means not everyone will get it at the same time as mentioned Here . There are "NO" flags to turn on. You will just get it. You will start edge at some point in time and poof there they will be. Give it time and you will get it.
Dennis5mile
Oct 30 2020 06:56 AM
@William Devereux no they are not yet for me edge dev
whatsupp
very sincerely
im all up to date win update and browser update 88
where is the vertical tabs for me??????????????
Oct 30 2020 06:57 AM
Oct 30 2020 07:15 AM
@William Devereux It's an awesome feature but seems like it does not work when the browser is in Full Screen (on Mac). Will it work in full screen in future?