Try streamlined tab menu in Nightly Firefox Labs 154

[asafko]

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 – as of Thursday, July 16th, it is available in all locales / countries. 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.

[Synchro]

One can't change a preferred language in Nightly?

[s_hentzschel]

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.

[asafko]

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.

[asafko]

@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. 

[denyshon]

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".

[asafko]

Thank you, @denyshon. I think it's a great idea, I added it to the list of tweaks we'd want to consider for the post-feedback round of updates to this menu.

[Kvin]

Привіт Asafko, я дуже прошу, розгляньте цю можливість, чи продвиньте її, мені потрібна можливість переміщення панелі горизонтальних вкладок вниз в мобільній версії Firefox🙏

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2012357
https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/discussions/tab-access-from-the-bottom-of-the-phone-screen-firefox-an...

[myspace]

Agreed that it's much better more being precise, it's gotten a bit messy. 

[bjherbison]

I like the shortened menu.

One suggestion: Why is New Tab to Right at the top? Is is really used significantly with the current menu? There are two easier ways to create a new tab, Control-T and clicking the + at the end of the tabs.

[s_hentzschel]

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@bjherbison wrote:

There are two easier ways to create a new tab, Control-T and clicking the + at the end of the tabs.

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I don't know how many people use it. But as you already said: at the end of the tabs. It's not the same as right of the selected tab.

[TechHorse]

I am not a user of Nightly.

Wondering if anyone can confirm whether "Bookmark Tab" and the "Close Multiple Tabs" options are staying on the top level of the menu?

[bjherbison]

Yes, both stay at the top level.

[geofflawrence]

It looks and feels much better, so will be nice to see this rolled out.

One observation, I still have "Summarise Page (New)" but it is top level, and "Choose an AI Chatbot" and "Remove an AI Chatbot" are missing. Putting the missing items to one side, I preferred the summarise option being under a menu with AI in the title, makes to clearer what it is/does.

[Agentvirtuel]

Hello

To see, about:config, I enabled, the preference, browser.tabs.contextmenu.altstructure.enabled, value, true

[Agentvirtuel]

Sorry, i see in Firefox Labs, Streamlined tab menu, i have this option. I hadn't had it recently.

[Agentvirtuel]

I like, Move Tab to -> Move to Profile.

[4rzachy]

I find the "Move tab to > Select all tabs" option a bit strange.

Once multiple tabs are selected, the entire context menu changes when you reopen it, not just the "Move tabs to" entry. So, why place this item in that submenu?

[wellington1993]

Awesome! Could you do something similar to page context menu?
There is a lot of add-on entries, will be welcome new ways to hidden ou manage that. 

 Thanks!

[wellington1993]

Hi,

In that tab menu, could the add-ons itens be collapsed by default? Like the windows right click menu. 

Thanks!