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I'd love to see a feature like that. Having to use even more windows to group tabs together is IMO pretty inconvenient when you want to quickly switch between tabs in different groups. For example in my main Edge window I had a group for all Jira tabs, a group for all documentation tabs, group for all development tabs, a group for all Azure DevOps tabs, and a bunch more and kept switching between them.

Tree style tabs kind of give me a similar feature, I can just put all Jira tabs in one tree branch, but it's less... "visible"(?) so to speak compared to the bright colours of Edge tab groups.

    Marc

    I would have a dozen windows open at all times, which I'm guessing could negatively impact performance

    It does not. Every browser with native tab groups (Edge and Safari) has to have those tabs open somewhere. The fact they are not in sight does not mean they are not consuming memory and resources.

    Here is for Safari: https://eclecticlight.co/2021/11/12/how-safaris-tab-groups-consume-memory/

    Edge is of course even worse.

    And this will sound silly but with so many windows stacked on top of each other, you lose the lovely transparent background effect of the tab bar with a nice desktop wallpaper

    This is actually a valid argument, but we feel it is a small concession for keeping the browser lightweight.

        getdustedyun

        when you want to quickly switch between tabs in different groups

        Can you explain how is swtich in Orion slower? There are also keyboard shortcuts you can use.

            Vlad It's not a huge difference, but with groups in Edge I just click once to select the tab I want because I never hide the groups. in Orion it's either 3 clicks, first the switcher, then the window, then the tab, or a shortcut and a click (+ having to remember that the Jira group is number 4)

                7 months later

                I have been using Tab Groups in Edge and they are really well done for me. I realize this is a personal choice. I don't prefer to have multiple windows in Orion for groups (but will give it more of a chance).

                The Tab Group name does take up a slot, but it allows for easy seeing the whole space and context shifting quickly. The tabs to the far left are "pinned".

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                  Marc I use Microsoft Edge's tab groups in its layout with horizontal tabs a lot! They're very useful!

                       In Edge, I often use windows as groups of both stand-alone individual tabs and tab groups. The ability to have multiple tab groups (and other, ungrouped tabs) in the same window is quite nifty. Admittedly, I guess this is kind of like having some sets of nested tabs each buried only one level deep? You can use tab groups with the horizontal tab layout, though.

                       See also: https://orionfeedback.org/d/79-tab-folders

                      9 months later

                      I really like this feature in Chrome where you can compress a bunch of tabs into one tab and then color code it. It would be nice if you could do that in Orion.

                        Merged 2 posts from Group tabs and color code them like in chrome.

                          IMO most of the use cases mentioned here are covered by the planned tab folders feature, only their display behaviour in horizontal tabs mode seem to be different.

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