Simplified view of open tabs - Brave not showing tabs with preview

Brave Browser Mobile Support
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Description of the issue:
Forced legacy tab view.

How can this issue be reproduced?
Just by simply pressing the tabs button.

Expected result:
To open tabs in Card View.

Brave Version:
Brave 1.50.114, Chromium 112.0.5615.49

Mobile Device details
Oppo A15

Additional Information:

  • In this Tab View, thumbnails are not showing, Tab Groups are not working.

  • I tried clearing Brave data, reinstalling it, and it didn’t resolve the issue.

  • The problem occurred after I updated to Brave 1.50.

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It is worth noting that Brave’s bottom bar does not disappear when you scroll down. This also happened after updating to 1.50.

I don’t know if this is a separate issue or if it is related to the main issue. Brave has become unusable, and It may not be suitable for daily use.

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@saoiray @Aman_M @rodrige do you guys know how to do this? I had asked Mattches in one of our DMs but did not get an answer. For all I know, there was an option to change this in
settings → Accessibility → Simplified view for Open tabs.

Now there simply isn’t the option in the settings to do, nor in brave://flags

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Hey, I remember that Mattches mentioned that if this is something which isn’t in chrome anymore, then that could be the reason why this happened

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Uh! So what? I don’t think I can use Brave in this condition.

  • No thumbnails
  • Tabs are hard to reach
  • You cannot know which tab you are currently on
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Thanks! You gave me the key to fix that issue. I found “Simplified view for open tabs” in rhe Accessibility settings. It returned the card view tab view.

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I’m writing this if someone accesses this page and encounters the same problem.

The solution is to go to Settings → Accessibility → Simplified view of open tabs [uncheck], Thanks to @SmartyAadi.

  • Why was this option already activated despite deleting Brave data?

In my case, this happened because I used TeamViewer/AnyDesk on my phone before, and they messed up the accessibility settings in Android, and it reflected in the accessibility settings in Brave.

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BTW, you still see that option? Cause on mine I simply don’t. Even though our brave Version numbers are the same I don’t see that option. It’s weird. @mattches do you have any idea why it might be so?

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@SmartyAadi,
He was able to see that option because he had changed accessibility settings on his Android device (as he stated, due to TeamViewer) — this option is not available otherwise.