When using Orion on mobile, I noticed there is no option to manually sort the tabs. When I’m in “sidebar” or “grid” view, I always long-press on an open tab, thinking it will allow me to drag-n-drop arrange the tabs. It currently doesn’t work this way. And I think this could be helpful in situations where I have a number of tabs listed next to each other that don’t really have anything in common. Which creates a visual disconnect as I glance over.
Keep up the great work!
I believe we have requested reordering now, can any one confirm this can be marked as done?
You can reorder tabs on desktop, but there is no way to do it on mobile! This is especially useful in Tab Tree view where you can see lots of tabs at once.
App version: 1.0.3.125 (WebKit 8613.2.7.0.7)
System version: 15.5.0
Device type: iPhone 13 Pro
Native bounds: (1170.0, 2532.0)
Scale: 3.0
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prediscover How do you do this in Safari?
iOS safari only has grid view, but uses drag and drop. This could be implemented easily for both list and grid view on Orion. (Press and hold to activates, drag to rearrange)
Here is mock-up/example:
Being able to reorder the tab bar/toolbar is a bigger issue for me, but I figured an idea of how the hold-drag would work in Orion with its gridded tab view (far superior to Safari)
njohnathan Can you clarify what the mockup illustrates? Orion does not have a grid view mode that looks like this?
Vlad it looks pretty similar when using gridded tabs for me on iOS… the mock-up was just supposed to illustrate how holding for a few counts let’s you reorder tabs like in safari. I know this isn’t default Safari view, but I thought it could show how drag-and-drop to reorder tabs when in gridded tab view could look. Not sure if I misunderstood the thread topic…
It's possible to reorder tabs in iOS Safari without dropping into grid view, too. If you drag-and-drop tags on the tag bar during normal browsing, that works too, no dropping-into-grid-view required. (And I'd be in favor of Orion supporting this too; this is the tab-reordering method I tend to use, in practice, when using Safari.)
Brief Summary
Orion should support drag and drop to move/arrange tabs in Grid Tab View.
Details:
Safari on iOS supports this feature. Currently, holding on a tab card and moving it does nothing in Orion. This feature should help Orion feel more fluid and intuitive.
Image/Video:
Similar suggestion for Orion desktop: https://orionfeedback.org/d/4892-allow-arranging-order-of-tabs-in-tab-overview
On the iOS app for both iPad and iPhones, you can't reorder the tabs. You can't drag them to a different order in the standard view on iPads, nor in the Tab View for either device.
I'm currently on version 1.3.7 (15) on iOS 17.3 on an iPhone 15 Pro Max and iPadOS 17.3 on an iPad Pro (12.-inch) (5th generation). But this have never worked to my knowledge so maybe it's a feature request and not a bug?
A user would use this feature to change the order of the tabs by doing a long touch on the tab and dragging it into a new place in the tab order, either in the tab bar on iPads or in tab view in either an iPad or iPhone.
Safari, Firefox, Brave, and Chrome all include this feature on iOS/iPadOS. I think it only works in tab view on iPhones.
The tab view on ipad works now!
working for me as well on iOS, seems to only be for the grid tab switcher though, not sidebar
