alt-tab shows all tabs separately

[ggracia]

I recently migrated from edge to Firefox.

I use windows 11.

One of the features I miss a lot, is to be able to press ALT-TAB to switch between programs, in edge, each tab shows separately and I am able to change tabs that way.

With Firefox, I can only switch between windows but not tabs.

Thank you!

[Jon]

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[PacsoT]

I've been searching for this feature for hours now, and now I see that this is in the "feature request" state of development.

[emvaized]

I belive this kind of integration is available only with Windows + Edge combination, as both are developed by Microsoft. As far as I know, you couldn't achive it with any other browser on Windows (Chrome, Firefox, Vivaldi, Brave, etc), as well as with Edge on any other operating system (MacOS, Linux, etc).

That's what they promote as a "seamless integration with Windows" in their browser. It makes me think such a request should be better adressed to Microsoft, in order to make task switcher integration API available for other browsers – but I highly doubt they will ever do it. It's in their spirit to promote a new product using the huge market share of another.

[seeker7]

Chrome does this as well. At least it used to.

A "similar" feature can be done with ctrl+tab. You have to go into the about:config to change the settings, but basically while you're in the firefox program, and enabled the setting, you can use ctrl+tab to "tab through" firefox pages..

[NLspartan117]

@seeker7Yes, but this wouldn't be the same as integrating it with already existing windows that appear when you use alt tab. The point is that often when working on a project, the user keeps switching between for example 4 different screens, of which two are 2 apps you're using, and the other 2 are two tabs you're using inside the browser.

So what you are saying isn't as convenient because you would have to use alt tab first to switch back from another app to your browser, and then use ctrl tab to switch to the right tab within the browser.

[NLspartan117]

@seeker7This is not the same. This would result in one having to use both alt tab and ctrl tab. The point is that users want to use only alt tab to switch between different apps AND different tabs within different apps, all in one alt tab function