Enjoy working in the tabbed environment of Firefox ? Then here are some lesser known but immensely useful Firefox tricks for you.
Treat any Plain Text URL as a Standard Hyperlink
We frequently come across webpages that have URLs in plain text format (like google.com instead of google.com) - if you have to visit such non-clickable URLs without the slow copy paste method, simply select the URL text and drag-n-drop it over any existing Firefox tabs. [Watch Video Tutorial]
Reduce Clutter - Move Tabs Across Firefox Windows
Say you have a couple Firefox windows open on your desktop and there are several websites open in each instance. If it is getting tough for you to manage so many Firefox windows, here's a trick to bring all those websites into one Firefox window.
First select the Firefox tab that you wish to shift to another window. Like the trick above, just drag-n-drop this tab to the target Firefox window - you can either drop it over existing tabs or between any two tabs.
Will come in very handy if you wish to bookmark all open Firefox Tabs in one go.
Reader Comments
Hmmm, the world is indeed round. I thought I knew about the dragging of tabs. I've somehow forgotten where I read that or was that something I never blogged. However, here is another - How to merge tabs
http://ojustme.com/2006/07/merge-windows-in-firefox/
Written on 22/12/06 12:57 PM
What theme is that ? i love it :)
Written on 24/12/06 12:40 AM
C`mon that's something I've tried to do a long time ago and I couldn't. Damn it was easy.
Thanks so much.
Alex
Written on 24/12/06 4:36 PM
Amit,
Firstly, my opinion of your blog being the most useful in my subscriptions, stays strong as always.
Two observations:
1) These tricks might not work in Firefox2.
2) In Firefox 1.x, taking tabs across windows would result in the tab reopening, not migrating. Could be a pain for serious surfers to go back to the original window and close the tab.
Written on 29/12/06 3:40 PM
Alap - I created the above screencast inside Firefox 2 only and it definitely works.
I am using Firefox 2.0.0.1 but that should not matter I guess.
Written on 29/12/06 11:30 PM