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Try streamlined tab menu in Nightly Firefox Labs 154

asafko — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 18:44:48 GMT

Hi folks,

We’re working on some early improvements to the Firefox tab context menu, and we’d love feedback from those of you using Nightly.

The current menu is familiar, but it has grown over time. It can be hard to scan, frequently used actions are mixed in with less common ones. We’ve also heard that some of the current grouping and ordering can feel unintuitive, especially for people newer to Firefox.

This week, a streamlined tab context menu will become available in Firefox Labs in Nightly for folks who have their browser language set to English (regardless of the region / country). We're working on localization to bring more locales into testing shortly! Our first pass focuses on:

making frequently used actions easier to find,
improving scannability through clearer grouping,
minimizing disruption to existing muscle memory.

These changes are still early, and we don’t take changes to familiar browser surfaces lightly, so we'll be iterating based on your feedback before considering offering the updated menu in the Labs Release.

We’d be grateful if you gave it a try once it goes live and shared your thoughts. You can turn the menu on by navigating to Firefox Settings > Labs section, and checking the checkbox near Streamlined tab menu option.

Re: Try streamlined tab menu in Nightly Firefox Labs 154

Synchro — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 14:54:24 GMT

One can't change a preferred language in Nightly?

Re: Try streamlined tab menu in Nightly Firefox Labs 154

s_hentzschel — Sun, 12 Jul 2026 07:50:32 GMT

I like the streamlined context menu because the context menu had really gotten a bit long by now.

I wonder if the option to add to a tab group isn't a bit buried in the Move menu. For me personally, it's fine because I know where to look, and I don't use tab groups that much anyway. But for others, it might be a bit hidden.

I briefly wondered whether "Send to Device" could also be part of the Share menu if we wanted to streamline it even further. But I'm undecided myself, because that might make the submenu a little too long.

All in all, I think it's an improvement.

Re: Try streamlined tab menu in Nightly Firefox Labs 154

asafko — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 17:44:04 GMT

@Synchro unfortunately, Nightly and Dev Edition do not support switching languages like other channels (here's a link with more details). The easiest way to test would likely be to download a version in another language from Mozilla org.

Re: Try streamlined tab menu in Nightly Firefox Labs 154

asafko — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 16:41:20 GMT

Thank you for your feedback!
Most tab group actions are taken via drag-and-drop and many folks reported reaching for Move menu when trying to Add a tab to a group.
So after much deliberation, we decided to try this approach, and see whether it has any negative impact on tab-groups-related actions.

Re: Try streamlined tab menu in Nightly Firefox Labs 154

denyshon — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 00:17:51 GMT

Love the simplified menu! The only thing looking a bit off is "Open in a New Container Tab": it's now the longest entry and IMO can be easily shortened to something like "Open in a Container" / "Duplicate in Container".