How can I duplicate a tab in Firefox by clicking on the tab?
If you are ok with switching to the tab first, this simple key combination will work wonderfully.
CtrlL orAltD (sets focus to the address bar) then AltEnter to open the address in a new tab.
The other solution to duplicate a tab without first opening it is to Ctrl drag the tab to a new spot (granted that switches tabs while you drag it).
Without an extension, there are 2 easy ways to duplicate a tab in Firefox:
- Right-click a tab, and select Duplicate Tab.
- Ctrl+Drag a tab, and drop it just to the right of itself. It will automatically duplicate the tab. This technique also allows you to position the duplicate tab anywhere within your open tabs that you desire. (Note: If you ctrl+drag a tab downwards, the tab will be moved to a new window (as of FF 67). I view this as a UI bug, as the tab should be duplicated to the new window.)
Here is the list of methods of duplicating the current Firefox tab without using an add-on:
- Ctrl-click or middle-click the Reload button to open the current page in a new tab.
- Ctrl-click or middle-click items in the history of the Back and Forward buttons to open a page from that list in a new tab.
- Duplicate a tab with its history by pressing CTRL and dragging the tab to a new position on the tab bar.
- Dragging a tab in the browser window will detach the tab and move it to a new window, this is called tab tearing.
- Drag a tab back to the tab bar in the original or another window to undo a detach or move a tab to a specific window. If a window gets empty (you tear off the last tab) then that window will be closed automatically.
Below are two Firefox add-ons that will duplicate current tab when their icon is clicked:
- Duplicate tab by Skeletonxf
- Clone the Tab by anonymous Firefox user