
Smart Tab Groups by mong8se
Automatically group tabs opened from links in existing tabs that aren't pinned or grouped already.
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About this extension
Smart Tab Groups
An extension to create an automatic shallow tree of tab groups as you
open new tabs from existing ones. Especially useful for vertical tabs.
New in v1.2.0: It keeps track of the groups it creates and if the smart group gets down to one tab, it removes the group.
The Problem
In Firefox, if you create a tab group, and open a tab in that group,
and then open a link in a new tab, the new tab is automatically joined to the
group that spawned the tab.
However you have to remember to create that group beforehand. This extension
takes care of that part for you.
The Solution
When: you open a new tab from an existing tab, and the existing tab is not pinned, nor is it already in a group.
Then: this extension creates a new group, and joins the parent and child tabs to that group.
When: you close a tab, if any smart groups have only one tab left
Then: they're ungrouped.
The Details
The name of the group is set to the title of the parent tab, if it has
one, otherwise the domain name is used. Only in Firefox v139 and above.
The Permissions
An extension to create an automatic shallow tree of tab groups as you
open new tabs from existing ones. Especially useful for vertical tabs.
New in v1.2.0: It keeps track of the groups it creates and if the smart group gets down to one tab, it removes the group.
The Problem
In Firefox, if you create a tab group, and open a tab in that group,
and then open a link in a new tab, the new tab is automatically joined to the
group that spawned the tab.
However you have to remember to create that group beforehand. This extension
takes care of that part for you.
The Solution
When: you open a new tab from an existing tab, and the existing tab is not pinned, nor is it already in a group.
Then: this extension creates a new group, and joins the parent and child tabs to that group.
When: you close a tab, if any smart groups have only one tab left
Then: they're ungrouped.
The Details
The name of the group is set to the title of the parent tab, if it has
one, otherwise the domain name is used. Only in Firefox v139 and above.
The Permissions
tabs
: to access the tab title and URL for naming the grouptabGroups
: to set the group namesessions
: to keep track of the smart groups created, so they can be auto removed when back down to one tab
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Required permissions:
- Access recently closed tabs
- Access browser tabs
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- Version
- 1.2.0
- Size
- 9.03 kB
- Last updated
- a day ago (21 Jun 2025)
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- Licence
- Mozilla Public Licence 2.0
- Version History
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Release notes for 1.2.0
New feature thanks to Dan's suggestion.
Now it keeps track of the smart groups it creates and if the smart group gets down to one tab, it removes the group.
Now it keeps track of the smart groups it creates and if the smart group gets down to one tab, it removes the group.
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