The New Tab button with vertical tabs should be below the last tab, as in Edge, or fixed at the top of the tab sidebar, or configurable to choose the placement. Also, double clicking an empty space in the vertical tab sidebar should open a new tab.

I came to the community today to make the identical recommendation.

Amazing that such a small thing - as an option in the settings - is “so hard” to implement. You can do better, just be brave enough. Cheers.

Yes, I saw the request from 2021, request again every year and they still haven’t implement it yet. No idea why it’s so hard for a very easy change.

PLEASE let us turn off the “new tab” tab. It is now placed on the bottom, and really messes up drag and drop. It has to go! Make a preference to disable or move it.

If it’s too hard to choose the placement (top or bottom), I would like to see it go back the way it was. It just worked before the last update. Dragging tabs and links is a real problem now, daily, and it’s frustrating. Another option, how about hide/remove it? We don’t really need it, there’s CMD-T…

It would be appropriate, expected to support right-clicking in the area for actions, including new tab.

Just wanna add my voice to the “revert this change or make it a setting” crowd. I much preferred the old UX. To add to that, I think the change actually brought up two separate issues: I agree with everyone who dislikes the change visually and the fact that it’s not a user-setting separate from th…

[image] hoosadam: The New Tab button with vertical tabs should be below the last tab Just no! You are on of the people how just has destroyed Braves “new tabs” Its annoying as all hell to have it be after the last tab!

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UserNameUser June 11, 2023, 3:06pm 2

Came here to say exactly that.
Also, when in auto-minimized mode, have the “x” to close the tab somehow remain visible without having to hover and wait for the expanded version.

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