How to Turn On or Off Vertical Tabs in Microsoft Edge Chromium


Microsoft has adopted the Chromium open source project in the development of Microsoft Edge on the desktop to create better web compatibility. This new Microsoft Edge runs on the same Chromium web engine as the Google Chrome browser, offering you best in class web compatibility and performance.

The new Chromium based Microsoft Edge is supported on all versions of Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows Server (2016 and above), Windows Server (2008 R2 to 2012 R2), and macOS.

It's easy to end up with a ton of tabs open. The more you have open, the more difficult it becomes to find, switch between, and manage them. With vertical tabs, you can easily shift to view your tabs in a pane to the side. This allows you to easily see the titles and access controls like mute and close. It even makes it easy to reorder your tabs, with the ability to drag and drop to rearrange. When you want to focus on a specific page, you can collapse the pane. Anytime you need to switch between tabs, you can hover over the pane to see all the information you need. The new Microsoft Edge is the only browser to offer built-in vertical tab navigation allowing for a more streamlined experience.

Starting with Microsoft Edge version 90.0.810.0, you can now resize the pinned vertical tabs pane.

This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off vertical tabs in the Chromium based Microsoft Edge.

Contents

• Option One: Turn On or Off Vertical Tabs on Current Microsoft Edge window using Keyboard Shortcut
• Option Two: Turn On or Off Vertical Tabs on Current Microsoft Edge window from Vertical Tabs button
• Option Three: Turn On or Off Vertical Tabs on Current Microsoft Edge window from Title Bar
• Option Four: Turn Off Vertical Tabs on All Microsoft Edge windows from Settings

OPTION ONE

Turn On or Off Vertical Tabs on Current Microsoft Edge window using Keyboard Shortcut

This option is only available starting with Microsoft Edge Canary version 93.0.925.0.

1 Open Microsoft Edge.

2 Press the Ctrl + Shift + Comma keys to toggle vertical tabs on and off.

OPTION TWO

Turn On or Off Vertical Tabs on Current Microsoft Edge window from Vertical Tabs button

1 Open Microsoft Edge.

2 Click/tap on the tab actions menu button, and click/tap on Turn on vertical tabs or Turn off vertical tabs. (see screenshot below)

OPTION THREE

Turn On or Off Vertical Tabs on Current Microsoft Edge window from Title Bar

1 Open Microsoft Edge.

2 Right click or press and hold on the title bar of Microsoft Edge. (see screenshots below)

3 Click/tap on Turn on vertical tabs or Turn off vertical tabs.

OPTION FOUR

Turn Off Vertical Tabs on All Microsoft Edge windows from Settings

This option is only available in Microsoft Edge Canary.

1 Open Microsoft Edge.

2 Click/tap on the Settings and more (Alt+F) button (3 dots), and click/tap on Settings. (see screenshot below)

3 Click/tap on Appearance on the left side, and click/tap on the Turn on or Turn off button for what you want for Show vertical tabs for all current browser windows on the right side. (see screenshot below)

If you do not see a left pane, then either click/tap on the 3 bars menu button towards the top left OR widen the horizontal borders of the Microsoft Edge window until you do.

4 You can now close the Settings tab if you like.

That's it,
Shawn Brink

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