Vertical Tabs

[mattbizio]

mattbizio @mattbizio last edited by leocg

In any case you can make both vertical and horizontal options( again like EDGE does ) and that´s it... every user satisfied!

[Mlipka]

Mlipka Opera last edited by

It's really cool to read such engaged discussion!

We understand what you're requesting, however vertical tabs are not a part of our current plans.

[Reitei17]

Reitei17 @Mlipka last edited by

@Mlipka hopefully in later plan. Also im hopeful for the UI similar to ios on android too.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @mattbizio last edited by

@mattbizio What I'm not convinced is that people needs to have several tabs opened all the time.

I know and agree that tabs management is important.

[Reitei17]

Reitei17 @leocg last edited by Reitei17

@leocg for me personally its only for ui aesthetic that i prefer. I like having vertical tabs cause its look prettier. Less stuff on upper part (horizontal tabs). Especially when the vertical tabs can auto hide. Its very neat. Also im easily bored. So a change will be nice.

[scrapefour]

scrapefour @leocg last edited by

@leocg So for work or just daily use you only use a single tab at a time? When your done you just close the tab and re sign in everytime?

For my use case I'm a sysadmin so it's not uncommon to have 20 - 30 portals open and going in and out of. Rmm tools, network management, inventory systems, device management systems and list goes on. As an admin I work on requests as they come in so I never know what portal I'll need till I physically get the request. All these are 2fa as well. Once you close the tab you have to 2fa back in. I couldn't imagine having to sign back in 100+ times a day using my password and 2fa code whereas I could just leave the tab open and refer back to it when needed.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @scrapefour last edited by

@scrapefour Nope, I use more than one tab. I just don't use dozen, hundreds of tabs like some people do.

[Craig6969]

Craig6969 last edited by

Yes plz make vertical tabs, almost all major browser got them as an option. Almost all sites are optimized for phones and content is dense in the midlle of the page, so vertical tabs uses vertical side space that is usualy empty and gives more real estate to the site content.

[skinnyPS]

skinnyPS @leocg last edited by

@leocg To me vertical tabs are the better option because I need more vertical screen real-estate than horizontal. Most websites waste a lot of horizontal real-estate, and having a minimized vertical bar is better because I can free up significant space on the top of the screen and the screen feel clutter free. Specifically Edge, has exactly what I need, but I am sticking to opera because of the other experiences.

Vertical tabs is just a quality of life change which will greatly improve UI of Opera!

[mtbf99]

mtbf99 last edited by mtbf99

For me Zen Browser has the best layout:

• Nothing on top and on bottom of the page
• Sidebar
  • Zone 1: Address bar
  • Zone 2: Bookmarks like button for the always in use sites
  • Zone 3: Pinned tabs
  • Zone 4: Opened Tabs
  • bottom: workspace selector

With this layout the usable page height is maximized

[SinfulSavant]

SinfulSavant @Mlipka last edited by

@Mlipka I just installed OperaGX after hearing that it was lightweight and for gamers, I Uninstalled after searching for vertical tabs and seeing this comment.
This is why we cant have nice things!

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @SinfulSavant last edited by

@SinfulSavant This area of the forum is for Opera Air.