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Tab Grouping feature in Microsoft Edge

Anonymous
2020-06-17T19:36:30+00:00

Hi,

Tab grouping is a feature that used to exist back in the older versions of Internet Explorer and was removed later on.

It's now implemented in Google Chrome, although not as it used to be in IE.

I find this feature crucial for my productivity and the lack of it is a deal breaker. Does Edge offer a similar feature?

[Original Title: Tab grouping]

Microsoft Edge | Tabs, address bar, and search | Windows 10

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-06-17T19:40:45+00:00

    Hi, Shimmy! I'm Leonardo! An Independent Advisor and also a Microsoft user for several years. I'll be more than happy to assist you today!

    Microsoft Edge allows having tab groups combining individual tabs into visually organized containers.

    To Enable Tab Groups In Microsoft Edge:

    1. Open Microsoft Edge Chromium.
    2. Type the following text in the address bar: edge://flags/#tab-groups.
    3. Select Enabled from the drop down list next to the Tab Groups option to enable this feature.
    4. Restart the browser when prompted.

    How to use Tab Groups:

    1. Right-click a tab you want to add to a new group.
    2. Select Add to new group from the context menu.
    3. Right-click another tab, and select Add to existing group to group it with the previous tab.
    4. Now, click on the Group indicator in the tab bar (the gray circle in my case). This will open a new dialog.
    5. Specify the desired Tab Group name and its color if you want.
    6. Also, you can ungroup the tabs, or close all the tabs in the group using that menu.

    To Disable Tab Groups In Microsoft Edge:

    1. Open Microsoft Edge Chromium.
    2. Type the following text in the address bar: edge://flags/#tab-groups.
    3. Select either Default or Disabled from the drop down list next to the Tab Groups option to enable this feature.
    4. Restart the browser when prompted.

    I hope this helps! Please let me know if that worked for you!

    Leonardo Mesquita

    Independent Advisor

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-10-21T10:16:43+00:00

    This is exactly my question.  In Chrome there is a way to enable this feature.  Toggling the group on and off.  IMHO it should be enabled without a flag.  What is the point of a group if you can't shrink it.  It takes up room in the bar so without the ability to shrink, they just take up real-estate.

    Please either add this flag, like Chrome, or turn it on by default

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-07-06T16:51:41+00:00

    Hello, the above is working for me, quick quesiton tho, can you shrink a Tab Group? And if not, can you save it somewhere to reopen later?

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-06-18T11:30:41+00:00

    Did it work, Shimmy?

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-11-13T20:59:08+00:00

    My work just switched my computer over to Windows 10. Our proprietary software and server requires a Microsoft product to browse.

    IE used to automatically group the tabs as they opened, and I could right-click to remove a tab from the group.

    When closing multiple tabs, I didn't have to move my mouse at all. The tabs would stretch to reach the place the last 'x' occupied.

    These were awesome time and effort saving features. Is there a way to enable this stuff in Edge?

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