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Learn how to customize tab settings in Firefox to enhance your browsing experience.

Tabs are an essential part of your browsing experience in Firefox, allowing you to keep multiple websites open in a single window. Firefox provides several options to customize how tabs work to suit your preferences. This article will guide you through these settings. =Review and change tab settings= #[[T:optionspreferences]] #Select the {menu General} panel and go to the '''Tabs''' section. ;{for fx129}{for not win}[[Image:Tab settings simplified]]{/for}{for win}[[Image:Fx129TabSettings-win]]{/for}{/for}{for not fx129}{for mac}[[Image:Confirm_MactabModal]]{/for}{for linux}[[Image:Confirm_LinuxtabModal]]{/for}{for win}[[Image:Fx94settingsTabs-Win]]{/for}{/for} *'''Ctrl+Tab cycles through tabs in recently used order:''' Select this setting if you want to use the {for win,linux}{key Ctrl+Tab}{/for}{for mac}{key Control+Tab}{/for} keyboard shortcut to switch through open tabs in the order you viewed them rather than in the order they appear in the Firefox window.{note}'''Note:''' If you want to use {for win,linux}{key Ctrl+Tab}{/for}{for mac}{key Control+Tab}{/for} to switch to the tab next to the current tab and {for win,linux}{key Ctrl+Shift+Tab}{/for}{for mac}{key Control+Shift+Tab}{/for} to switch to the previous tab, deselect this setting (clear the checkbox).{/note} *'''Open links in tabs instead of new windows:''' This setting controls whether links from other applications or from web pages which request to open them in new windows are opened in a new window or a new tab in the most recent window.{note}'''Note:''' If you have chosen to open pages in new tabs, Firefox will ignore this {for win}option{/for}{for mac,linux}preference{/for} and will open a new window from a link if the page author specified that the new window should have a specific size, because some pages can only be displayed correctly at a specific size.{/note} *'''When you open a link, image or media in a new tab, switch to it immediately:''' When you middle-click on a Web link (or hold down {for win,linux}{key Ctrl}{/for}{for mac}{key Command}{/for} while clicking with the left mouse button), the page will be opened in a new tab. That new tab will be in the background (the selected tab will not change). The same thing happens when opening a web link, image or video in a new tab using the context menu. Check this setting to load and display the page in a new foreground tab instead. *'''Confirm before closing multiple tabs:''' Select this setting to enable a warning dialog to confirm your choice to close a window with multiple tabs (shown below) to prevent accidentally closing the entire window when you only intend to close the current tab. To learn more, see [[How to configure Close Tab warnings in Firefox]]. ;[[Image:fx89-warn-on-close]] {for mac} *'''Confirm before quitting with ⌘Q:''' On macOS, you can also exit Firefox using the {key Command ⌘+Q} keyboard shortcut. If you want to disable close multiple tabs warnings for when you use this shortcut, uncheck this setting. {/for} {for linux} *'''Confirm before quitting with Ctrl+Q:''' On Linux, you can also exit Firefox using the {key Ctrl+Q} keyboard shortcut. Deselect this setting if you want to disable close multiple tabs warnings when you use this shortcut. {/for} *''(If applicable)'' '''Warn you when opening multiple tabs might slow down Firefox:''' This setting is only shown if you disabled the warning dialog Firefox displays to confirm your choice to open multiple tabs at once (shown below). Check this setting to re-enable the warning, to prevent accidentally slowing down Firefox while loading a large number of tabs. ;[[Image:fx89-warn-on-open]] {for win} * '''Show tab previews in the Windows taskbar:''' When you move your pointer over the Firefox icon in the Windows taskbar, Windows will show you a preview of the Firefox window. With this option check marked, Windows will show you a separate preview for each tab. {/for} {for fx129} *'''Show an image preview when you hover on a tab:''' When you move your pointer over a tab, Firefox will show a thumbnail preview image. To disable the preview images, uncheck this setting. ;[[Image:tab hover over preview|width=500]] {/for} =Related articles= *[[Use tabs to organize lots of websites in a single window]] *[[Tab overview menu]] *[[Tab context menu]]