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Firefox 128.10.1esr (64-bit) on Linux

Hi,

I have lots of tabs open, and use the tab search thing occasionally.
I know I have a tab open to

https://www.ilovefreegle.org/myposts/

when I do a tab search for "free" it doesn't find it. In fact it doesn't
seem to find it at all, with all the search terms I've tried. So what
am I misunderstanding? What does the tab search actually do? It doesn't
appear to search the url's of the tabs you have open - which is what I
thought it did.


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Jim Jackson wrote:

I know I have a tab open to

https://www.ilovefreegle.org/myposts/

when I do a tab search for "free" it doesn't find it.

As I type in the tab search field, it filters the list of tabs down to
all of those matching any part of what I type. I'd expect "free" to
match your "freegle" example.
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On 2025-10-02, Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> wrote:

Jim Jackson wrote:

I know I have a tab open to

https://www.ilovefreegle.org/myposts/

when I do a tab search for "free" it doesn't find it.

As I type in the tab search field, it filters the list of tabs down to
all of those matching any part of what I type. I'd expect "free" to
match your "freegle" example.

Indeed. Good job you can't see my embarrassed blushes.

It appears it doesn't show the tab you are currently viewing!!!!!
Don't ask. Not a good day.
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Jim Jackson <jj@franjam.org.uk> wrote:

On 2025-10-02, Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> wrote:

Jim Jackson wrote:

I know I have a tab open to

https://www.ilovefreegle.org/myposts/

when I do a tab search for "free" it doesn't find it.

As I type in the tab search field, it filters the list of tabs down to
all of those matching any part of what I type. I'd expect "free" to
match your "freegle" example.

Indeed. Good job you can't see my embarrassed blushes.

It appears it doesn't show the tab you are currently viewing!!!!!
Don't ask. Not a good day.

The search open tabs, initiated with "% " on the address bar, asks the
user if he wishes to switch to one of the open tabs found. If the tab
you are seaking is the one already in focus, there's nothing to switch
to. Hence you weren't offered it.

If you want a laugh, I use the option for a search box separate from the address bar. But the search box is for Web searches using the default
search engine. I kept trying to put "%" in there to initiate open tab
search, and couldn't figure out why it didn't work.

We all have to put another penny into the gas meter from time to time.
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Jim Jackson wrote:

It appears it doesn't show the tab you are currently viewing!!!!!
Don't ask. Not a good day.

Odd but true.
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"Adam H. Kerman" wrote:

The search open tabs, initiated with "% " on the address bar, asks the
user if he wishes to switch to one of the open tabs found. If the tab
you are seaking is the one already in focus, there's nothing to switch
to. Hence you weren't offered it.

That assumes the only reason to search for tabs is t switch to one of
them, there are times I realise I've got too many youtube tabs open, so
want to find and close them.

And I've just realised it doesn't even show me all the youtube tabs,
just one of them, WTF?
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Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> wrote:

"Adam H. Kerman" wrote:

The search open tabs, initiated with "% " on the address bar, asks the
user if he wishes to switch to one of the open tabs found. If the tab
you are seaking is the one already in focus, there's nothing to switch
to. Hence you weren't offered it.

That assumes the only reason to search for tabs is t switch to one of
them, there are times I realise I've got too many youtube tabs open, so
want to find and close them.

And I've just realised it doesn't even show me all the youtube tabs,
just one of them, WTF?

I cannot confirm that. I have an absurd number of open tabs right now.
In a blank tab, I searched for "youtube" and it offered a choice of 10
tabs to switch to. I tried right clicking on a specific result; no
context menu was offered. I am not offered a choice to close a tab from
the search tabs result.

Sorry. You'll have to switch to the tab first then close it with that
method.
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On Thu, 2 Oct 2025 21:03:23 -0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman"
<ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> wrote:

And I've just realised it doesn't even show me all the youtube tabs,
just one of them, WTF?

I cannot confirm that. I have an absurd number of open tabs right now.

<snip>

At my peak, I had 1240 tabs open, but I spent a few afternoons and I've
got it down to just 446 at the moment. I could do more, but it's
tedious.

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Char Jackson wrote:

At my peak, I had 1240 tabs open, but I spent a few afternoons and I've
got it down to just 446 at the moment. I could do more, but it's
tedious.

I have been in a similar position, but I've realised I can generally get
back to sites I've used before.

Close multiple tabs > other tabs

YKIMS ...
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