I just don't use tab grouping (yet) and I don't want this particular auto-group feature which I keep triggering by accident
browser.tabs.groups.smart.enabled
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yes that works !
I think that it is browser.tabs.groups.smart.enabled to false
If you want to disable this shitty feature completely then also set browser.tabs.groups.enabled to false
Thanks ! browser.tabs.groups.smart.enabled=false works! group tabs still work, but auto-grouping no longer works
What OS is this? The Taskbar looks crazy, I want to check it out.
Not my taskbar, that's my firefox bar
Here is my taskbar
That's Openshell plus translucentTB plus everythingtoolbar plus the greyeve theme
As for firefox, here are my addons
List of Extensions (Wed Sep 17 2025):
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Copy image as Base64 1.0
Allows you to copy an image to clipboard in Base64 format in the right-click menu.
UMiBO 2.4.2 Turns your new tab into a virtual desktop to manage bookmarks. http://zarch.fr/
Profile Switcher for Firefox 1.3.1 Create, manage and switch between browser profiles seamlessly. https://github.com/null-dev/firefox-profile-switcher
Go to Sound Tab 0.0.1 Takes you to the tab that is generating sound
Redirect YouTube Shorts to YouTube 1.0 Redirect YouTube Shorts to YouTube
Save Page WE 28.11 (Disabled) Save a complete web page (as curently displayed) as a single HTML file that can be opened in any browser.
Tile Tabs WE 15.5 (Disabled) Take tabs from parent windows and arrange them in layouts of tiled sub-windows.
Zoom Page WE 19.13 (Disabled) Zoom web pages (either per-site or per-tab) using full-page zoom, text-only zoom, automatic fit-to-width and minimum font size.
Containers On The Go 1.17 Open new tabs in new containers. The containers are automatically removed when the tabs are closed.
I still don't care about cookies 1.1.4 Community version of the popular extension "I don't care about cookies" https://github.com/OhMyGuus/I-Dont-Care-About-Cookies https://github.com/OhMyGuus/I-Dont-Care-About-Cookies
Don't Accept image/webp 0.9 Strip image/webp from Accept: headers, which should discourage servers from replacing JPEG and PNG images with WebP images. https://github.com/jscher2000/dont-accept-webp
Shortkeys (Custom Keyboard Shortcuts) 4.0.2 Custom keyboard shortcuts for your browser https://github.com/mikecrittenden/shortkeys
Add-on List-o-matic 9000 1.5 Helps create a list of all add-ons.
Instance Assistant for Lemmy & Kbin 1.2.6 Simplify your Lemmy & Kbin experience with tools for your instance and communities https://github.com/cynber/lemmy-instance-assistant
Close Tabs to the Right 1.2.4 Add a context menu to tabs menus that closes all tabs to the right of the selected tab. https://github.com/mkopec/close-tabs-to-the-right
Cookie AutoDelete 3.8.2 Control your cookies! Automatically delete unwanted cookies from your closed tabs while keeping the ones you want. https://github.com/Cookie-AutoDelete/Cookie-AutoDelete
Cookie Quick Manager 0.5rc2 An addon to manage (view, search, create, edit, delete, backup, restore) cookies. https://github.com/ysard/cookie-quick-manager
Extension source viewer 1.7.0 (Disabled) View source code of Firefox addons and Chrome extensions (crx/nex/xpi) from addons.mozilla.org, the Chrome Webstore and elsewhere. https://github.com/Rob--W/crxviewer
Bring back Youtube Download 1.5 (Disabled)
Video Downloader for reddit - Redditsave 2.0 (Disabled) A powerful reddit video downloader with sound powered by redditsave.com https://redditsave.com/
LoadTabOnSelect3 1.2023.812.0 (Disabled) Load backgrounded tabs on selection. Prevent background tabs from loading content until the tabs are activated. https://join.slack.com/t/loadtabonselect3/shared_invite/zt-2ttvt3v5z-aRRq735hLe5zJCRFZcw86g
Window Merger 0.6.0 Options to merge browser windows into one https://vanderven.se/martijn/
Select After Closing Current 5.3 Configure which tab to select after closing the current tab.
YouTube Comment Search 2.5.0 (Disabled) Extension for searching youtube video comments. https://github.com/pancevac/ytsc-extension
ScrollAnywhere 9.2 Drag scrollbar with your middle mouse button anywhere on the page. Supports also "grab and drag" style. https://fastaddons.com/
Tabs to Bookmark Groups 0.2b1 (Disabled) Save the tabs to a bookmark group and switch between different groups.
ShareX 2.1.0 (Disabled) Adds 'Upload with ShareX' button to image, video, audio and text selection context menu. https://getsharex.com/
Bypass Paywalls Clean 3.6.1.0 (Disabled) Bypass Paywalls of news sites https://gitlab.com/magnolia1234/bypass-paywalls-firefox-clean
QR Code 1.3 Adds a button to the address bar to get the current url as a qr code
Bypass Paywalls Clean (D) 3.6.1.0 (Disabled) Bypass Paywalls of news sites https://gitlab.com/magnolia1234/bypass-paywalls-firefox-clean
Tabs Aside 3.6.0 (Disabled) Set your tabs aside and store them in your bookmarks. https://github.com/tim-we/tabs-aside
URLs List 0.6.0 (Disabled) List the URLs of all tabs from the current window as copyable plaintext. https://github.com/moritz-h/urls-list
Merge Windows 1.0.3resigned1 Merge multiple windows together https://github.com/jonathanKingston/merge-windows
DelugeAddTorrent 1.1.4resigned1 (Disabled) Send the magnet link to download. https://github.com/muriloportugal/DelugeAddTorrent
Order Tabs by Domain 0.2.4resigned1 (Disabled) Tabs ordered by domain, as god intended. https://github.com/doriantaylor/w3x-taborder
Tab List Button 1.4resigned1 (Disabled) When you have lots of tabs open, it is good to have another way of selecting one. https://codefisher.org/toolbar_button/
Drag-Select Link Text 1.5.5resigned1 Select link text with easy mouse gestures. https://github.com/nkestrel/dragselectlinktext
Stop All Button 1.5resigned1 Stop all tabs from loading when you have mass opened tabs and found the one you really wanted. https://codefisher.org/toolbar_button/
Reading List 2.4.10 (Disabled) This extension saves a list of links to pages to read later. http://github.com/alexpdraper/reading-list/
Disable YouTube Seek by Number 1.4 Disables the YouTube 0-9, Home and End keyboard shortcuts which seek to different times on a video
Ambient Mode Blocker 2.1 Turn off ambient mode automatically in youtube videos.
Cookie Manager 1.8 An efficient cookie manager. View, edit, delete and search for cookies. Designed for privacy aware users. Automatically opens the Cookie Manager upon extension startup (this can be configured via the UI). https://github.com/Rob--W/cookie-manager
DilterBilter - ChatGPT Conversation Search 1.0.4 (Disabled) DilterBilter, a History Conversation Filter, quickly searches and filters your chatGPT chats history http://yatsiv.com/
Tab Manager Plus for Firefox 5.2.4 Quickly find open tabs, see all windows in one view, find duplicates and limit tabs per window. The best Tab Manager for Firefox. https://stefanxo.com/
YouTube Enhancer 1.27.0 (Disabled) YouTube Enhancer is a simple extension that adds some useful features to YouTube. https://github.com/YouTube-Enhancer/extension
Remove YouTube End Cards & End Screen Videos 1.0.4 Remove YouTube end cards and end screen recommendation videowall. https://unhook.app/
DownThemAll! 4.13.1 The Mass Downloader for your browser https://downthemall.org/
Discard Tab 1.0.4resigned1 Adds Discard action to tab right-click https://github.com/freddyb/webext-discard-tab
Return YouTube Dislike 3.0.0.18 Returns ability to see dislikes
Transcript Downloader - Evo 0.7 Copy transcripts from youtube videos to clipboard and developer console
Auto Save HTML 2.0.3 Auto Save HTML is a small extension which can be used to automatically download the HTML document(s) of a specified website when browsing that same website. https://github.com/nunoarruda/auto-save-html
CanvasBlocker 1.11 (Disabled) Alters some JS APIs to prevent fingerprinting. https://github.com/kkapsner/CanvasBlocker/
Bookmark Tab Here 1.1.1 Adds context menu item 'Bookmark Tab Here' to Bookmarks Menus as an alternative bookmarking method. https://github.com/tawnC0DE/BTH
Reddit Enhancement Suite 5.24.8 A suite of modules that enhance your Reddit browsing experience https://redditenhancementsuite.com/
Tab Kraken 0.3.0 (Disabled) Helps sort your tabs
IPFS Companion 3.2.0 Harness the power of IPFS in your browser https://github.com/ipfs-shipyard/ipfs-companion
Tab Vault 1.8.6 (Disabled) Simplify the management of your tabs and URLs with this extension
TWP - Translate Web Pages 10.1.1.1 Translate your page in real time using Google or Yandex. https://github.com/FilipePS/Traduzir-paginas-web
Tab Session Manager 7.1.1 Save and restore the state of windows and tabs. It also supports automatic saving. https://tab-session-manager.sienori.com/
Close Duplicate Tabs 1.0.27 Shows the total amount of duplicate tabs and allows to quickly and easily close them - Same URLs in different containers are not treated as duplicates https://github.com/igorlogius
Form History Control (II) 2.5.11.0 (Disabled) Manage form history entries (search, view, edit, cleanup, export/import) and easy formfiller. https://stephanmahieu.github.io/fhc-home/
Panorama View 0.9.8 (Disabled) Easily group and organize tabs visually https://github.com/photodiode/panorama-view
Print Edit WE 29.7 (Disabled) Edit web pages prior to printing. Delete, hide and format elements. Edit text. Remove adverts and sidebars.
Copy Tabs 1.16.57 Copy tabs as hyperlinks or text URLs https://github.com/igorlogius/copy-tabs
Spoof Geolocation 0.2.7 This extension alters browser Geolocation latitude and longitude to user-defined values https://webextension.org/listing/spoof-geolocation.html
Firefox Multi-Account Containers 8.3.0 Multi-Account Containers helps you keep all the parts of your online life contained in different tabs. Custom labels and colour-coded tabs help keep different activities — like online shopping, travel planning, or checking work email — separate. https://github.com/mozilla/multi-account-containers#readme
Gather from Tabs 1.3.22 (Disabled) Easily run javascript snippets (aka. userscripts) in multiple tabs and gather any desired output https://github.com/igorlogius/gather-from-tabs
remainder of addons
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Undo Close Tab 8.1.0
Reopens the last closed tab.
https://github.com/M-Reimer/undoclosetab
Select Tabs 4.1.1 (Disabled) Select multiple tabs: same site, duplicates, descendants, to the left, to the right, seen today, seen yesterday... and many more.
Old Reddit Redirect 2.0.9 Ensure Reddit always loads the old design https://github.com/tom-james-watson/old-reddit-redirect
Bitwarden Password Manager 2025.6.1 At home, at work, or on the go, Bitwarden easily secures all your passwords, passkeys, and sensitive information https://bitwarden.com/
Dark Reader 4.9.110 Dark mode for every website. Take care of your eyes, use dark theme for night and daily browsing. https://darkreader.org/
SponsorBlock for YouTube - Skip Sponsorships 5.14 Skip sponsorships, subscription begging and more on YouTube videos. Report sponsors on videos you watch to save others' time. https://sponsor.ajay.app/
Switch To Previous Active Tab 2.6 (Disabled) Flips to the last accessed tab in the same window, or in any window. https://github.com/jscher2000/switch-to-previous-active-tab
Augmented Steam 4.2.3 Augments your Steam Experience https://augmentedsteam.com/
Import URLs 1.0.17 Import URLs from clipboard or a text file as tabs or bookmarks https://github.com/igorlogius/webextensions/tree/main/import-urls
Gesturefy 3.2.15 Navigate, operate, and browse faster with mouse gestures! A customizable mouse gesture add-on with a variety of different commands. https://github.com/Robbendebiene/Gesturefy
Order Tabs by Domain 2.0 2.0.0 Tabs ordered by domain, as the Flying Spaghetti Monster intended. Ramen. https://github.com/jpfleischer/w3x-taborder
'Improve YouTube!' 🎧 (for YouTube & Videos) 4.1325 (Disabled) YouTube, tidy & smart? Supercharge YouTube! Give it strong features, filter only the videos you want & exactly the look you like https://github.com/code4charity/YouTube-Extension/
Download Statusbar 0.1.2resigned1 Easily manage your downloads in status-bar. http://eccorem.com/apps/download-statusbar.html
Hide shorts for Youtube™ 1.8.6 Hides shorts from YouTube™ from home page, subscriptions and search results. https://github.com/Vulpelo/hide-youtube-shorts
uBlacklist 9.2.0 Blocks sites you specify from appearing in Google search results https://ublacklist.github.io/
uBlock Origin 1.66.0 Finally, an efficient blocker. Easy on CPU and memory. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock#ublock-origin
Very clean, and I really appreciate you sharing like this. <3
Going to dive in.
o7 good hunt
They should just put an alt key before dragging to enable it. It's more annoying than useful atm
It's annoying.
There's an about:config setting. browser.tabs.groups.enabled.
That works but that disable the entire system doesn't ?
I will take that, but now I'm never going to use it.
I would rather just turn off the auto-grouping and not the entire thing !
Oh well, at least it CAN be disabled unlike those super annoying tab buttons like playmute and close !
By "auto-grouping" you mean that it groups when you drag and drop, but you still want it available in the context menu? You could set browser.tabs.dragDrop.createGroup.delayMS in about:config to a very high number - then you'll have to hold one tab over the other for a long time before it actually offers to group them.
Thanks that would be fine as well, it was just a little too short that I was triggering it by accident A value of browser.tabs.dragDrop.createGroup.delayMS=1000 doesn't get in the way
Found this annoying too but didn't think to do anything about it until I read this post...
~~Anyway looking it up, maybe try~~
~~about:config > tabs.group > browser.tabs.group.dragOverThresholdPercent~~
~~I guess turn it to 0?~~
Edit: nevermind this isnt an option anymore on my end.
Could also disable via browser.tabs.groups.enabled
Trigger it by accident? Isn't that like saying, that you can't control your mouse? Or what is it that happens... I have many tabs open, all the time, I use groups too - and I have not once triggered it by accident. You have to hover over a tab, bit another tab, to activate it... and then, it is clearly visible, if you to - and then all you have to do, is move the tab a little away, to to remove the suggested group.
Isn’t that like saying, that you can’t control your mouse?
That's a bit ableist. Some people have issues with motor skills, or just a bad mouse that jumps all over the place. You have to make unnecessary stuff like this at least opt-out.
I don't object to opt out of a function. And yes - I guess I expect this to be a problem, only if you use a mouse - and if you can't handle that, maybe it's not the right tool for you... Take that in what way you want.
I had the issue too. I rearrange my tabs quite often and I'm used to being far more unrestrained in where I place them.
It wasn't an issue until they forced me to be more precise than I ever needed to be so I don't accidentally trigger a feature I don't want or need.
I handle thousands of tabs per day, the other suggestions have resolved it, the 240ms delay is just a tiny bit too short that the function gets triggered occasionally.
Thousand of tabs per day? Let's just say 2000 tabs a day, now we are in the thousands of them... Let's say you sleep 8 hours and visit the toilet, eat and so forth, for 2 hours a day. That's 14 hours left... That's about 2,4 tabs you use a minute, constantly... I wonder how you manage that, and what you use them for - I'd burn my brain out, trying to relate to the content of 2000 tabs a day... And you might be managing way more... But good that you resolved it...
I can easily open 100 tabs in a minute, for instance, from a list of search result, pickup up promising leads, then flipping through them, I bound the next tab/previous tab actions to my 4th and 5th mouse buttons and if I press both together, it closes the current tab so I can move through them faster. I also select large groups of tabs to make a new window out of it. The moment this issue arises is when I pick one tab out of somewhere and put it in a particular place a particular order in the list of tabs, if you didn't put it exactly in the gap between two tabs and hesitate for 240ms, then it would autogroup it, often without realizing what had happenned.
It's more than 2000 some particularly busy days, no I don't read them all thoroughly, just at a glance I can often tell if it contains what I'm searching for. I wish there where better ways to search all that crap locally, locally save all the tab contents without having to do any more clicks than I already do.