topic Re: Suggestions for SplitView in Discussions

Suggestions for SplitView

romize- — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 08:24:30 GMT

I would like to see improved link handling in Firefox Split View.

Currently, Split View is useful for displaying two tabs side by side, but it would be much more useful as a workspace if links could be opened directly in a specific pane.

For example, I would like to have options such as:

“Open Link in Right Pane”
“Open Link in Left Pane”
An option to make links clicked in one pane open in the other pane
Keyboard shortcuts or Ctrl-click behavior for opening links in a specific pane
The ability to keep one pane as a “source” or “search” pane while continuously opening links in the other pane

For example, I could keep search results or reference material on the left and open the selected links on the right, without having to manually select or rearrange tabs each time.

I think this would make Split View feel less like simply displaying two tabs side by side and more like a proper two-pane browsing workspace.

I hope Mozilla will consider improving link handling and navigation within Split View in a future update.

Re: Suggestions for SplitView

orderofthetriad — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 04:40:11 GMT

and also an option to get that option out of my right click menu entirely, because I literally never have and literally never will intentionally use it, and have only clicked on it accidentally because it's in the exact space "open in new tab" used to be, and then i have the flounder to get it out of that state. It's really really annoying when it's easy to accidentally do something and much more involved to purposefully undo it, which seems to be what mozilla is now intentionally designing all aspects of their browser to do.

Re: Suggestions for SplitView

jornh — Sat, 03 Oct 2026 10:43:53 GMT

To repeat/quite this:

An option to make links clicked in one pane open in the other pane
The ability to keep one pane as a “source” or “search” pane while continuously opening links in the other pane

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Which is essentially the same as I understand it, are the crucial ones IMO

Thanks for making Firefox in the first place

Re: Suggestions for SplitView

Agentvirtuel — Sat, 03 Oct 2026 14:26:16 GMT

Bonjour

This discussion thread
https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/discussions/split-tab-is-annoying/td-p/126488

Among others

Just to see with Browser Toolbox https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/devtools-user/browser_toolbox/index.html
Style Editor https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/devtools-user/style_editor/index.html

#context-openlinkinsplitview{display:none!important;}

For illustration https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-3ConNlhxQ

A test with userChrome.css

Re: Suggestions for SplitView

benalvi — Sat, 03 Oct 2026 14:32:13 GMT

That source-pane idea sounds really useful, honestly. I do a lot of docs reading where I keep the search on one side and open results on the other, and this would make that way smoother.

Re: Suggestions for SplitView

Agentvirtuel — Sat, 03 Oct 2026 14:44:40 GMT

Suggestion for SplitView, how do you change the border/highlight color?
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1609272