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Can chrome or Firefox do an "exit but save all my tabs"? I find myself force closing Chrome because I can use the recover tabs when I come back.

cortesoft 8y ago
You can do "restore previous session" from the hamburger menu the next time you start up, even if you don't force close.
kbenson 8y ago
If you close Chrome normally and on reopening attempt to undo closing a tab (Ctrl-Shift-t on Windows) it will reopen all the closed, and even separate windows with their own tabs (maybe that takes a second Ctrl-Alt-t, I can't recall). Firefox just opens with all the same tabs by default (at least it does for me. I don't recall if it's a setting I selected).
- goodcanadian 8y ago
  Firefox just opens with all the same tabs by default (at least it does for me. I don't recall if it's a setting I selected). It's a setting. In your preferences, under start-up, check restore previous session. IIRC, you can also restore the previous session from the history menu even if you don't have that option checked.
throwawaymath 8y ago
Yes, both have a setting for that. You can find it in preferences under default pages to open upon startup. It'll leave you where you left off if you quit. Likewise, Chrome in particular will also allow you to recover closed tabs if you accidentally close the window. I'm not sure if Firefox has the setting but I would assume it does.
- kbenson 8y ago
  Firefox has the same capability, with the same key-combo to do so (on Windows, at least, where it's Ctrl-Alt-t).
est31 8y ago
Usually I want all tabs to be closed when closing Firefox. Sometimes though I don't, and then I do ctrl+alt+esc and click onto Firefox. Works in X11 at least. It will kill the process and the next time Firefox starts it'll recover the closed tabs because it thought it crashed or something.
6nf 8y ago
Chrome is easy. Just hit X to close it normally, and then on re-launching: menu -> history -> recently closed -> XX tabs It will open all the tabs you had going when you closed.
- masonic 8y ago
  Unless incognito mode was used.
joshwa 8y ago
I use an extension called "onetab"[0] that saves (and closes) all my tabs in one click. [0] https://www.one-tab.com/ https://www.one-tab.com/
TeMPOraL 8y ago
I just do `killall firefox` in the shell. On the next start, you'll get a session restore page. I learned to treat browsers like this because of Chrome, actually, and its resident processes that still eat my RAM even after I close all browser windows.
donkeyd 8y ago
I personally use this, which also does what you want: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/tabs-outliner/eggkanocgddhmamlbiijnphhppkpkmkl?hl=en https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/tabs-outliner/eggk... Also, on the subject, it helps me by being able to store a window, or a group of windows for later. And when I've opened a bunch of tabs for a specific task, I can easily pop them out into a separate window to focus on them, or to have less distraction when showing stuff to a colleague. I've used this plugin for years and it's been great.

cortesoft 8y ago

You can do "restore previous session" from the hamburger menu the next time you start up, even if you don't force close.

kbenson 8y ago

If you close Chrome normally and on reopening attempt to undo closing a tab (Ctrl-Shift-t on Windows) it will reopen all the closed, and even separate windows with their own tabs (maybe that takes a second Ctrl-Alt-t, I can't recall). Firefox just opens with all the same tabs by default (at least it does for me. I don't recall if it's a setting I selected).

goodcanadian 8y ago
Firefox just opens with all the same tabs by default (at least it does for me. I don't recall if it's a setting I selected). It's a setting. In your preferences, under start-up, check restore previous session. IIRC, you can also restore the previous session from the history menu even if you don't have that option checked.

throwawaymath 8y ago

Yes, both have a setting for that. You can find it in preferences under default pages to open upon startup. It'll leave you where you left off if you quit. Likewise, Chrome in particular will also allow you to recover closed tabs if you accidentally close the window. I'm not sure if Firefox has the setting but I would assume it does.

kbenson 8y ago
Firefox has the same capability, with the same key-combo to do so (on Windows, at least, where it's Ctrl-Alt-t).

est31 8y ago

Usually I want all tabs to be closed when closing Firefox. Sometimes though I don't, and then I do ctrl+alt+esc and click onto Firefox. Works in X11 at least. It will kill the process and the next time Firefox starts it'll recover the closed tabs because it thought it crashed or something.

6nf 8y ago

Chrome is easy. Just hit X to close it normally, and then on re-launching: menu -> history -> recently closed -> XX tabs It will open all the tabs you had going when you closed.

masonic 8y ago
Unless incognito mode was used.

joshwa 8y ago

I use an extension called "onetab"[0] that saves (and closes) all my tabs in one click. [0] https://www.one-tab.com/ https://www.one-tab.com/

TeMPOraL 8y ago

I just do `killall firefox` in the shell. On the next start, you'll get a session restore page. I learned to treat browsers like this because of Chrome, actually, and its resident processes that still eat my RAM even after I close all browser windows.

donkeyd 8y ago

I personally use this, which also does what you want: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/tabs-outliner/eggkanocgddhmamlbiijnphhppkpkmkl?hl=en https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/tabs-outliner/eggk... Also, on the subject, it helps me by being able to store a window, or a group of windows for later. And when I've opened a bunch of tabs for a specific task, I can easily pop them out into a separate window to focus on them, or to have less distraction when showing stuff to a colleague. I've used this plugin for years and it's been great.