+1 for native vertical tabs.
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It seems to be the only thing I miss to move from Edge. Please implement soon. Thank you.
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I just want to understand: is this a difficult thing to do? Will there be something soon? Just this feature request is almost a year old at this point.
I have gotten WAY too used to Edge vertical tabs (and the tab grouping!) to not have this.
Please add!?
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Having tree style tabs natively in the browser feels better and presents less risk (trust Brave to do it well / not sell my data slightly more than an arbitrary extension developer, more likely to remain supported through updates once a feature, etc.).
A vertical layout for tabs allows for scrolling in a comfortable way (Firefox’s side-scrolling tab row is very frustrating to interact with), and takes advantage of the ever-wider screen format to eat some horizontal space (potentially saving vertical) where most sites are just displaying a blank stretch of color, while also displaying more information about a given site than just the favicon.
A tree layout is also useful. You could think of it as automated lazy tab groups, depending on the implementation.
“Just use the new tab search” kind of misses the point, I think. It kind of performs some of the functions that vertical tabs should, while taking extra time to interact with every time.
It probably is a bit difficult to add, not in the sense that the vertical layout is a hard problem to solve in code, but rather that Chromium (like everything else) makes some assumptions about what will and won’t be modified. I’ve heard of issues with trying to manipulate the base component layout for Chromium going back to its initial launch, and Firefox has had a tree-style vertical tabs plugin effectively forever (even in Mozilla itself) but has never been willing to take on the task of cracking open their layout code and making it native.
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I really like this feature on its own terms (not just as a substitute for some feature present in some other browser.
Edge is Chromium and it has vertical tabs. It’s basically the only reason I used Edge instead of Brave.
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It seems to be the only thing I miss to move from Edge. To be honest, Edge has implemented this feature very well, by removing the tabs from the top. Hope to see it soon at Brave and i will come back without 2nd thought.
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This feature is similar, but in no way hits the same mark that true vertical tabs would. Tab Search leaves horizontal tabs present, you need to click or hotkey to show, it overlaps content, and there isn’t an option to show only icons until hover.
Edge’s implementation is a good key to go off of. Tab Search is just too clunky for most to actually implement in their browsing habits in my eyes. Similar, yes, but two different use cases altogether.
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I kno, you’re right, but it works for me. Even though, the team could impelment vertical tabs in the blank space of “reading list” along side Bookmarks. Brave becoming Vivaldi…
+1 for native vertical tabs.
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Vertical tabs is a must! I love what Brave is going to do. Me and my whole family will switch purely to Brave as soon as we get our vertical tabs.
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Verticals tabs would really be appreciated. That is one thing I really miss since coming from Edge to Brave and has almost been a cause for me to go back to Edge.
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What about using the reading list side panel to move the “tab search” feature in? Would it be too messy in terms of coding?
Any chance you will fix this issue. It’s been a year now since the request. Can’t understand that it would be so difficult to implement.
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to priority on Brave browser is privacy/security, so everything else goes second. I agree, lots of people would love it, but Brave is not Edge or Vivaldi.
Too buggy to use:
① obscures web content — covers the REPLY button below this form!
② fails to remove the top tab bar — why swap scarce vertical space for ample horizontal space if the top tab bar is still there?
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I vote for all four sides, user customizable.
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That’s called “Vivaldi.”
Vivaldi? No thanks. I’d consider Brave if it had FireFox’s lovely Tree-Style Tabs extension, with “unsupported” tweaks which reclaim much-needed vertical space wasted by the top tab bar. Will check back next year.
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