Split-screen/Tab-in-Tab feature (view more than one tab at once)

[KERR]

Currently I'm doing research on a heap of products, and collating into an online spreadsheet. I'm wearing out the Ctrl+Tab keys flicking back and forth, copying/pasting etc!

It would be awesome to "pop-out" a tab and have it "float" on top like what Picture-in-Picture does. I know you can the tab in a new window, resize it, move it etc but it still doesn't stick on-top and has borders that take up space.

I've seen extensions that try to do split screen for tabs but they don't seem to work very well. Thanks!

[Jon]

Hey all,

One of our Firefox Product Managers recently commented in another thread about split view, and I wanted to share the response here as well to keep you all updated. 

@asafko said:

"Split view is at the top of our backlog as we've seen multiple signals (user research, extensions use, feature requests) that it's a massive enhancer of cross-referencing in the browser. Anyone who has ever tried to copy anything from a google doc to another web application would testify to this 🙂

The very small group of folks (myself included) tasked with productivity improvements in Firefox are currently working on the implementation of the sidebar and vertical tabs. We need to get this work to the minimal lovable state and go through a few rounds of polish-feedback before moving on to other work. We also hope to provide easy-to-discover entry points via both (right-click> Tile tabs in Vivaldi is quite handy but has limited discoverability), as when we advocate for new feature development it is crucial for us to have a vision of how this feature might receive (hopefully) deserved engagement, so it's not removed once only a small fraction of Firefox users find it helpful."

We'll share more updates as they are available - thanks everyone!

[Jacho]

Just echoing that this is a vital feature that makes me regularly try to switch to other browsers (edge, arc) before ultimately coming back for other reasons.

I just spent a morning setting up Floorp only to discover its split view is a total misfire, so I want to emphasize: DO NOT DO IT THAT WAY! Floorp's split view essentially pins a tab to one side of the browser while the other tab changes, this is achieveable already on the current Firefox side bar.

To my mind this is useless as it's essentially the same as having two windows side by side only with visual confusion as to which tab is in which pane at a glance, since both tabs still exists independently in the tab bar.

What we need is the Edge and Arc style, where two tabs are combined into one tab that behaves intuitively like a single tab in every way you'd expect. This lets you keep side-by-side and normal browsing workflows simultaneously active, without having to keep toggling it or messing around with individual windows.

[fuseteam]

i would love to have split view, it makes easier to cross reference pages, but also to open links in a split rather than opening a new tab/window

this extension has a nice demonstration for the usefulness: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/efficiency-split-screen/?utm_source=addons.mozilla.or...

[paustin68]

Multiple tabs open in one Firefox window

It would be great if two websites could be opened in the same Firefox window instead of having to open two Firefox window and place them side by side on the screen.

[Jon]

Thanks for submitting an idea to the Mozilla Connect community! Your idea is now open to votes (aka kudos) and comments.

[yoti]

sounds like you're looking for Zen Browser.

https://zen-browser.app/

*it's Firefox based

[ny]

very good initiative.

[Claidhim]

At first I wasn't sure what you meant. So you want to be able to view two tabs side by side will assigned tot he same window. Out of curiosity what advantage does this provide over window groups or virtual desktops?

[lofi]

Split screen updates!

[seddu1]

In June, Opera introduced this feature and it is currently available in Brave's nightly version.  As a result, Chrome and Firefox are the only major browsers that do not yet have this feature. The remaining major browsers either have it or are in the process of implementing it.

[paustin68]

I could open another window but do find it more convenient to be able to open more that one site in a single Firefox window.  For example, when I am managing my financial transactions across different bank accounts.  Just personal preference.

[tja-pop]

it is named tiling and it is already managed by operating systems like Pop!_OS or many already existing apps that will always be much more efficient than Firefox getting fat trying to do it

[Ramouz]

I'm shocked that Firefox doesn't have tab tiling (split screen). It has become the least customizable browser while it was the at the top about 10 years ago.

Same window/tab split screen of course. Don't make it 2 windows or other nonsense that some suggest.

Make it like Edge (up to 2 in one tab) or like Vivaldi (up to 4 in one tab).

[asafko]

Hi folks,

This is certainly on our backlog. We are currently getting vertical tabs and sidebar work to a polished enough state to offer it in the release version of Firefox - and will hopefully be able to work on this shortly after. Please keep in mind that we are a very small team, so while I agree it's frustrating to not have the functionality available and rely on Sideview extension, there's only so much work that we can take on at any given moment. 

[fuseteam]

ooh sideview this is much better than the efficiently split i was using. i'll rely on this untill proper split view can be worked on 😄