The ability to organise tabs into folders regardless of whether they are active or inactive when using vertical tabs. I am referring to the same system found in Arc and Zen browsers.
Why is this useful?
Alternatively, a bookmark icon could be added to the vertical tabs bar, and clicking on it would bring up a pop-up bookmark menu.
It’s sounds like you’re describing tab “groups”?
Tab groups can contain active or inactive tabs, can be expanded (as in image 1) or collapsed (as in image 2), will persist across sessions and can even be saved to the bookmarks bar for easy access.
Groups are quite close to what I’m talking about, but they’re not quite what I want. I’ve listed the subtle differences:
-If I close the tab, it is also deleted from the group.
-If I close the browser, the group disappears from the tab bar, and I have to reopen it from my bookmarks afterwards. The reason I don’t want this in the first place is to get rid of the bookmarks tab.
-Even if I reactivate the group from the bookmarks tab, all the tabs reopen at once, which puts unnecessary strain on the system and consumes resources.
In its simplest form, I want bookmarks that work within a vertical tab bar. I want this because there is plenty of space there, and I’d rather utilize that space instead of having a dedicated bookmarks bar taking up screen real estate all the time.
That sounds like my ideal browser. Initially, I preferred organizing tabs into folders, similar to how Arc and Zen used to work. However, I eventually transitioned to using bookmarks for this purpose and discovered numerous benefits, including easy syncing and editing. Nevertheless, I believe a merger of these two features would be truly exceptional.
HI,
I agree Brave’s Tab Groups are genuinely helpful and do improve workflow, but the current UX feels incomplete in real use: it’s hard to organize at scale and too many actions are hidden/indirect.
Vertical sidebar should be the primary scalable UI for large bookmark + group collections.
Add accordion folders/groups in the vertical tabs area (collapse/expand) to manage big sets.
Provide a dedicated Groups sidebar button/panel (like Bookmarks/History) with search + pinned groups.
Per-group icon actions for discoverability: Close group, plus a clear separation between Hide/Collapse vs Close (to avoid losing state).
Command Palette (Shift+Cmd+P on desktop, equivalent on mobile) should index saved group names and support: open/restore by name, open in new window, restore with lazy-loading (don’t load all tabs at once).
Colored “shortcut keys” on the Bookmarks bar are a great idea (quick-launch console), but clicking should immediately switch/open the target view/workspace, not open a context menu. Context actions can stay behind right-click/long-press.
New: fast mouse-driven organization in the vertical bookmarks view
Add “selection + drag” workflows like in pro apps (Photoshop etc.): click/shift-click to multi-select, drag to reorder/move into folders, plus a keyboard shortcut to “Group selected into a new group/folder”.
This makes it much easier to decide mid-work: “switch to Group management now” and quickly curate the current set.
Clarify the model: Group vs Folder (use-case driven)
Group = active workspace (working desktop): used for current context, can be closed/hidden/restored.
Folder = saved archive/template: long-term structure that can be “opened as a Group” when needed.
Expected flow (UX / IA)
Open Command Palette.
Type a name; results include groups, folders, and subfolders.
Enter/click on a folder opens the list (or opens all items, depending on setting).
Context action on a folder: “Open as Group”.
Critical: when opening a folder/group, create placeholders and lazy-load tabs only on first activation (no background loading spike).
