Firefox Tip: Oops, Wrong Tab
Close a tab by accident? Don’t fret, you can recover. Just go to the History menu and select “Recent Tabs” from there select the tab you wanted. Instant restoration! You should still be careful before closing tabs, just in case. You can also use the key combo: Command-Shift-T.
May 5th, 2007 at 10:39 am
It would help if the undo closed tab actually worked. 50% of the time I need to use it, the page I just closed isn’t actually listed.
Just a small test for you: go to Google, search for ‘test’ and open the say, first 15 search results. Then ctrl-tab to the first result, and close the tabs sequentially by using alt-F4 (the next tab is selected each time). Then try to look undo the closing of the last tab. It’s not in the list. And the tab you closed FIRST is on top of the list, while it should have dropped off the list.
p.s. a ‘Command’ key? I think that’s a Mac-specific key or something, because I don’t know it.
May 5th, 2007 at 10:45 am
Sorry, of course I meant by using ctrl-f4, not alt-f4.
May 7th, 2007 at 6:20 am
Command for the Mac, Control for Windows and Linux, and Alt for BeOS.
May 10th, 2007 at 11:16 am
Unfortunately, my ctrl-shift-T was hijacked by the Web Developer toolbar. Is there a way to redefine keyboard shortcuts?