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Anonymous
Not applicable
Status: New idea

Tab groups and sync extensions has already been suggested but yet to be implemented.

With Firefox it is possible to send (copies of) Tabs to other device as well as open up (a new copy) of tabs from other devices with the Synced Tabs feature. Using these are tedious and gets arduous. Plus now you have the same website(S) open on different devices and will show up in the "Synced Tabs" as separate tabs making the Sync Tabs list bulky and inefficiently redundant.

I work in one window, multiple tabs, (its easy to loose tabs when working in multiple windows).

I want when I close a tab on one device, it closes on all my devices. Open, change URL, etc. While this may not be good for classic browsing on multiple devices, using separate spaces/groups that sync together turns multiple devices into a single seamless continuity.

tab groups are organized by user preference and not device and by Syncing tab groups it will feel like working on a single device instead of multiple devices. Closing a tab in a group will mean that the tab is closed on all devices, etc. Separate devices can have different active groups.

Extensions exist that can group tabs, backup, and restore, but they cannot be synced live which is something I believe Firefox can and should implement themselves if they are not willing to sync all extension settings/data.

 

88 Comments
strixy
New member

No news on this yet?

 

How many votes does it need to get some attention of the Devs?

hrochodyl
Strollin' around

Please take a look at this feature. I have lost my saved tab groups multiple times because, as I understand it, they are saved only locally. If the browser crashes, they disappear, which is extremely frustrating.

Dilloid
Making moves

It's a little odd that this isnt a thing yet. I am a programmer who works on two machines:, my laptop and a more powerful PC at home. I do the same work on both machines and being able to pull up my tab groups on either device was integral to my workflow on Chrome before I switched. I am begging for this feature

myspace
Familiar face

need to be able to sync tab groups 

ashokri
New member

+1

Burnus
Strollin' around

I support this as well. Saving and Closing a tab group enables a workflow where you have a tab group that is relevant only in certain contexts. I use this a lot for TTRPG games, where each campaign is its own tab group. I should only have to have those tabs open whenever I am currently doing something about this campaign, therefore all other groups are closed. When I open Firefox on any synced Firefox, I want to be able to open any closed tab group, work in it, and Save and Close it again. When I move to another device, my changes should be visible there. Currently this is not possible—only open tabs are synced, so I need to at least have all tab groups open and collapsed (which takes up a lot of screen estate, since I can't even group the tab groups) and Sync only covers the tabs themselves, not their grouping info.

CrazyWolf13
Making moves

For anyone in desperate search of this, I found this extension: https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/tab-group-syncer/

however it's a shame that this is not implemented, I bet it wouldn't be that much work to sny tab groups as well, as tabs are basically synced anyway.

v_706
Strollin' around

I just want my tabs synced across devices. Now I can atleast access open tab group urls in other devices, but "Saved and closed" tab groups are local to device. Requesting "Saved and closed" tab groups to sync across all devices.

Kurineko
New member

I really want this feature! I wonder why it hasn't been implemented!

brennae226
New member

Sync

okay_okay
Making moves

any updates on this (synced tab groups)?

mts75
New member

+1

Jon
Community Manager
Community Manager

(Note: similar ideas have been merged into this thread)