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a feature that I've loved about Vivaldi (and vimium on chrome) is the spotlight like search for tabs. When you run a lot (~30-40) of tabs, that's an killer feat

a feature that I've loved about Vivaldi (and vimium on chrome) is the spotlight like search for tabs. When you run a lot (~30-40) of tabs, that's an killer feature right away!

replax 10y ago
Pentadactyl for Firefox also allows that (press 'b') and it's absolutely amazing. Way quicker than searching for the tab visually and manoeuvring the mouse to it on a notebook.
- kuschku 10y ago
  Actually, Firefox has it natively since 48. Just enter the title in the URL bar, and it'll suggest going to that tab.
  - TheDong 10y ago
    Firefox has had it native since firefox 4. See this article: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Location_Bar_search#Location_Bar_search_.28internal_-_Auto_Complete.29 http://kb.mozillazine.org/Location_Bar_search#Location_Bar_s... You can enter "% string" into the location bar, and it will suggest switches to open tabs which contain that string either in their title or URL. I've been using this little-known location bar feature for a long long time.
    - kuschku 10y ago
      Hm, then 48 just changed the way it works, because I've never seen it before that one.
Manishearth 10y ago
Aside from the fact that the regular URL bar in Firefox does this, Tab Center (https://github.com/bwinton/TabCenter https://github.com/bwinton/TabCenter) puts tabs on the side with a filter-search at the top.
- scriptdevil 10y ago
  This is brilliant! I wasn't aware of tab center. The best part is that it works really well with tabgroups too. However, I am unable to use it through the keyboard. The undocumented C-S-l seems to trigger a search over there. But there is no way of navigating to a matching tab without the mouse. Any tips?
  - Manishearth 10y ago
    Ctrl-tab seems to work for me.
- nevex 10y ago
  The search and hide/unhide function seemed interesting to me, but in my opinion the Tree Style Tab add-on is superior. Perhaps that is because TabCenter is aimed at a less technical audience [1]. Hierarchical tab structures are more valuable in my opinion, because it implicitly groups related tabs together. The structure in which tabs are opened reflects my workflow while opening them and allows me to e.g. close all tabs that were related to a certain problem. It does however lack a search function and some sort of versioning, as I find my tab-bar clutter over time. Perhaps a aging approach could be helpful for me, but I have yet to come across something better than Tree Style Tab. [1] https://github.com/bwinton/TabCenter/issues/498#issuecomment-238127406 https://github.com/bwinton/TabCenter/issues/498#issuecomment...
  - Manishearth 10y ago
    Oh, yeah, I'm not pitching this as an alternative to Tree Style. I like Tree Style too.
- flukus 10y ago
  With that filter I wonder if we could combine tabs and bookmarks?
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a feature that I've loved about Vivaldi (and vimium on chrome) is the spotlight like search for tabs. When you run a lot (~30-40) of tabs, that's an killer feature right away!

replax 10y ago

Pentadactyl for Firefox also allows that (press 'b') and it's absolutely amazing. Way quicker than searching for the tab visually and manoeuvring the mouse to it on a notebook.

kuschku 10y ago
Actually, Firefox has it natively since 48. Just enter the title in the URL bar, and it'll suggest going to that tab.
- TheDong 10y ago
  Firefox has had it native since firefox 4. See this article: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Location_Bar_search#Location_Bar_search_.28internal_-_Auto_Complete.29 http://kb.mozillazine.org/Location_Bar_search#Location_Bar_s... You can enter "% string" into the location bar, and it will suggest switches to open tabs which contain that string either in their title or URL. I've been using this little-known location bar feature for a long long time.
  - kuschku 10y ago
    Hm, then 48 just changed the way it works, because I've never seen it before that one.

Manishearth 10y ago

Aside from the fact that the regular URL bar in Firefox does this, Tab Center (https://github.com/bwinton/TabCenter https://github.com/bwinton/TabCenter) puts tabs on the side with a filter-search at the top.

scriptdevil 10y ago
This is brilliant! I wasn't aware of tab center. The best part is that it works really well with tabgroups too. However, I am unable to use it through the keyboard. The undocumented C-S-l seems to trigger a search over there. But there is no way of navigating to a matching tab without the mouse. Any tips?
- Manishearth 10y ago
  Ctrl-tab seems to work for me.
nevex 10y ago
The search and hide/unhide function seemed interesting to me, but in my opinion the Tree Style Tab add-on is superior. Perhaps that is because TabCenter is aimed at a less technical audience [1]. Hierarchical tab structures are more valuable in my opinion, because it implicitly groups related tabs together. The structure in which tabs are opened reflects my workflow while opening them and allows me to e.g. close all tabs that were related to a certain problem. It does however lack a search function and some sort of versioning, as I find my tab-bar clutter over time. Perhaps a aging approach could be helpful for me, but I have yet to come across something better than Tree Style Tab. [1] https://github.com/bwinton/TabCenter/issues/498#issuecomment-238127406 https://github.com/bwinton/TabCenter/issues/498#issuecomment...
- Manishearth 10y ago
  Oh, yeah, I'm not pitching this as an alternative to Tree Style. I like Tree Style too.
flukus 10y ago
With that filter I wonder if we could combine tabs and bookmarks?

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