Tabbed browsing has changed the way we all consume Internet content and facilitates our ADHD deficiencies. It doesn’t take long into my browser session before I have 7 tabs across the top of my Firefox window. By now you are likely aware that clicking on a link with the middle mouse button – usually your scroll wheel – will open that link in a new tab within the same Firefox session. But what if you wanted to open a copy of the current tab, into a new tab? If you are a keyboard junky here are the series of steps to accomplish this:
- CTRL+L to select the address bar.
- CTRL+C to copy the current address in the now selected address bar.
- CTRL+T to open a new tab to a blank window.
- CTRL+V to paste the copied address from Step 2.
- ENTER to load the address.
Complicated? Yeah, just a bit! Were you aware that you can accomplish the same thing in a fraction of the effort using the mouse and the Firefox interface? This is one of the few times that the keyboard shortcut method fails the efficiency test.
- While holding CTRL, click and hold the left mouse button on an existing tab. Drag and drop the now translucent new tab into a new location on the tab bar.
- Release the mouse button and the selected tab should now be dropped into the new location.
