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I'd like the ability to use tab groups like in Safari. I used it all the time to help organize my different tabs for school and other stuff.

    TheAllegedGenius This is possible with tree tabs in vertical tab mode.

    If you're talking about spaces, that is already a planned feature.

        Vlad In tab groups, I don't have to manage the different windows. I could just have one or two windows and switch tab groups and have a new set of tabs.

            TheAllegedGenius I understand I guess what I am asking is what is the difference between switching tab groups and windows of tabs? And windows have the advantage of being able to see multiple "tab group" at the same time.

                Vlad Tab groups are conserved when closing the entire application. Windows are not and when you close them they are gone.

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                    Fortrikka Conserved in what way? Windows get restored when you repoen the app.

                        The difference is only having to manage a single window vs multiple. In my opinion/experience, it's better UX to switch tab groups in the current window than find the tab in multiple windows.

                          Jerdle i agree. Tab groups are very handy, because they keep your windows clean. I hate it when i have more than 4 windows open at a time, so the feature was the thing that solidified my choice to switch to opera from chrome a few years ago.

                            Is the scenario described below a valid use case? If so, I would also be in favor of this feature.
                            I'm working on a project in a window with 10 tabs. I'd like to be able to save the tabs in that window as a tab group - including each tab's history and maybe even the window's history (to be able to reopen closed tabs later) - so I can close the window and come back to it (restore the tab group in a new window again) in a few days when I want to continue working on the project.

                            There are, however, various Chrome or Firefox extensions such as https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/session-buddy/edacconmaakjimmfgnblocblbcdcpbko?hl=en that offer similar functionality. I just installed Tab Session Manager from the Chrome Web Store https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/tab-session-manager/iaiomicjabeggjcfkbimgmglanimpnae/ and it seems to be working fine.

                              lexeter Tab group (in Safari) works the same way as minimizing a window holding the tabs. There is no benefit to performance or memory use. Tab groups are not 'saved', they are live, and just not shown. Therefore I am trying to find a concrete benefit to implementing tab groups vs simply using windows.

                              More info here:
                              https://eclecticlight.co/2021/11/12/how-safaris-tab-groups-consume-memory/

                                  Jerdle I think what you are saying is this:

                                  • Windows currently do not have a label
                                  • You can not switch to a window based on such label (via a dropdown for example)

                                  Fixing these two could remove all the benefits of having separate tab groups?

                                      Vlad Yes I believe so, the main goal is to not have to cycle through windows to find my tab. A drop down that displays the window that my tab is in while minimizing the other windows would be a good solution.

                                          Vlad Thank you, I did not know this. Tab groups as implemented in Safari do not seem to be a desirable solution. Using an extension might be a better way to save tabs/windows. It would be convenient, however, to be able to sync saved tabs/windows with the iOS app. Not sure how this could be implemented when using third-party extensions.

                                              Here are a few of my use-cases/favorite features for tab groups.

                                              • I essentially treat my tab groups (in Safari/Chrome shudder) as bookmark suites. It's very nice to already have the webpages in a deterministic order, I can just navigate to my Jira tab group, and my team's scrum board is always in the first tab. Tab groups help keep me organized, and helps with muscle memory when using the browser.
                                              • I really like being able to search through tab groups purely through keyboard shortcuts. This is something I believe Chrome supports, however Safari doesn't inherently (though, I believe you can search from the "tab group mission control" kind of page).
                                              • One thing Safari has however, that Chrome doesn't, is if I try to open a webpage again, it will actually redirect me to the tab group. This might honestly be a bug rather than a feature, but I find it kind of nifty, and avoids me from opening the same tab redundantly and sucking up a ton of memory (very easy to do when rabbit-holing on something).

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                                                I really like being able to search through tab groups purely through keyboard shortcuts.

                                                How does this work exactly?

                                                Basically our proposal is for feature to work similar to Safari, but instead creating another feature and calling it tab groups, we would just give windows a label and ability to switch from one to another via a dropdown.

                                                    We should have v1 of this concept ready for the next beta update.

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