Tablet & Mobile UI - tab bar for Android

[dantheclamman]

Firefox Fennec had a great tabbed interface on tablets. When Fenix came, we regressed to a stretched out phone UI. After years of stagnation, Android tablets are rising again, thanks to foldables and new initiatives from Google. Firefox is missing out by not including a tabbed interface for Android tablet users, particularly because FF has best in class syncing abilities. Android power users are enthusiastic recommenders of their favorite browsers, so it would be huge advantage over Chromium based competitors!   

[seekified]

Delighted to see this being worked on. I tested the nightly version on my Galaxy Tab S7 and it's very promising. This does reveal another omission, though - support for keyboard shortcuts such as Ctrl+T, Ctrl+W, Ctrl+L/Alt+D, Ctrl+F, etc. in the Firefox Android. This is a huge QoL consideration when using tablets with physical keyboard attachments.

I found these ideas related to this:
https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/discussions/about-android-firefox-keyboard-shortcuts-and-input-device...
https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/discussions/keyboard-shortcuts-for-android/m-p/26896
https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/ideas/need-more-physical-keyboard-support-for-firefox-mobile-on/idi-p...
https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/ideas/new-tab-with-ctrl-t-in-android/idi-p/18199

Could we maybe get these merged for better visibility?

[Kaoxt]

I wish the whole home / tab part would be cleaned up. It makes no sense why when you hit Home button or New Tab, they have the same function. When you click New Tab button, a New Tab should be added immediately, not having to select a site first.

[jxduran]

@JonI had the tab strip available in Nightly secret settings up until the last few days of v127. The past 2 weeks, the option is now no longer there.

My device is a Galaxy Fold 5. This option be enabled for foldables again, not just tablets. Should use device screen width to know whether to show the tabs strip or not.

[Kaoxt]

@jxduranIt's enabled by default on Nightly now for Android tablets. I believe they discussed it won't be coming to foldables in the bug tracking discussions.

[Jeillie]

Hello, it seens it doesn't work on Huawei Matepad 11.5. I could not find it in normal nightly settings and when I enabled secret settings, the option to change was not there.

[ypYlolvlLm]

Tried it (127) on GrapheneOS on a Pixel Tablet. It works great. A very welcome QoL-improvment.

[ypYlolvlLm]

I meant 128

[seekified]

@KaoxtI agree about the new tab behaviour, and it applies to the standard mobile version as well. When I press New Tab, I expect an actual tab to be created immediately, but for some incomprehensible reason that's not what Firefox Android does. I wonder if this is related to the issue of it opening new tabs whenever you press the URL bar and hit one of your shortcuts. When I do that, I'd expect it to load the shortcut in the existing tab, else I would've created a new tab first... this stuff is just maddening.

Is there a registered idea for changing this stuff?

[cheseona]

when stable

[Jon]

Hey all! This feature has landed in Firefox Nightly - check it out and keep on sharing your great feedback. Feel free to drop comments here or in this thread:

Tab strip for Firefox Android now available in Firefox Nightly - check it out and share your feedbac... 

Feedback will be shared directly with the team working on the feature 💪

[Contantchangesa]

There should bbso e obvious way to disable it for users who domt want it taking up screen space.

[Jon]

@Contantchangesa also very important feedback, thanks! Let me bring that to the team and follow up here.

[Gatocan2099]

Show tabs in a row at the top in firefox android the same as in firefox for windows.

I miss that in Firefox android the tabs are not seen in the same way as in Windows.

In Firefox android to change tabs you have to click on a button with a number that indicates the open tabs, which is a bit cumbersome.

It would be nice if the option to see the tabs in a row in Firefox for Android was added in the same way that they can be seen in Firefox for Windows.

[Gatocan2099]

I use Firefox and I use Opera on both my mobile phone and my tablet.

On the tablet, for example with the image I show in Opera, you only need to do + to open a tab or X to close it.

In Firefox you have to go through the number and look for the miniature tabs and on the tablet they can still be seen but on a mobile phone they sometimes close all at once because the closing x is very small and can be easily given to several at a time.

[shahrozewajid]

Yes I want a tabs bar for android tablets in Firefox