146. Browse with Tabbed Windows  BEFORE YOU BEGIN 142 Navigate the Web
 SEE ALSO 143 Search the Web 152 Customize the Browser
As you browse the Internet, you might encounter some pages you'd like to keep open so that you can refer to them again, even as you continue to look around. Firefox allows you to display a linked web page in a tabbed window, and to switch from window to window by clicking the window's tab. In this task, you'll learn several different ways in which you can open a web page in a tabbed window. You can customize whether a tabbed window is opened automatically in certain instances by choosing Tools, Options and displaying the Tabbed Browsing pane. For example, you can have Firefox display a page in a new tab if you type its address in the Location bar, or if you initiate a search from the Search bar. See 152 Customize the Browser . | 1. | Right-Click and Choose Open Link in New Tab One way you can open a link in a tabbed window is to right-click the link and then choose Open Link in New Tab from the context menu. A tab for the current window and for the new window appear on the Tab bar at the top of the browser window. Click the tab of the window you want to view.  TIPS Scroll between tabbed windows with the keyboard by pressing Ctrl+Page Up (or Ctrl+Tab ), Ctrl+Page Down (or Ctrl+Shift+Tab) . You can open a set of tabbed windows and save the collection in a bookmark folder so that you can easily open those same windows (with current data) at a later time. See 148 Bookmark a Favorite Page . You can also set a series of tabbed windows to your Home "page," and have them open all automatically when you start Firefox. See 147 Set Your Home Page . 146. Browse with Tabbed Windows  | | 2. | OR Ctrl+Click or Middle-Click a Link
Another way to open a link in a tabbed window is to press Ctrl and click the link.
Assuming that you've enabled the Load middle-clicked URLs in new tabs option on the Tabbed Browsing pane (choose Tools, Options and display the Tabbed Browsing pane to see the options available for tabbed browsing), you can also click a link with the middle button of your mouse (even if the "middle button" is a scroll button) to open that link in a tabbed window.
| | 3. | OR Drag a Link to Tab Bar
If the Tab bar is visible (in other words, you have at least two tabbed windows open), you can drag a link and drop it on an open area of the bar to open that link in a new tabbed window. If you drop the link on an existing tab, the contents of that tabbed window is replaced by the linked page.
| | 4. | Close a Tabbed Window
To close a tabbed window, click its Close button (the X ), or right-click the tab you want to close and choose Close Tab from the context menu. To close all tabs but one, right-click the tab you want to keep open and choose Close Other Tabs from the context menu.
When you close multiple tabbed windows, you might see a warning reminding you of what you are doing. Click Close Tabs to continue.
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