

Multi-Account Containers started out as a Test Pilot experiment and has graduated to become a f eatured Firefox add-on. To pin a tab, right-click on the tab you want to pin and select Pin Tab from the popup menu. But this will happen for any websites on pinned tabs, even if they don't normally behave this way. When you click a link on a pinned tab, that link is opened in a new tab. For example, if you have Gmail on a pinned tab, that tab will be highlighted blue when you receive new email.Īll pinned tabs you set in a browsing session will automatically open as pinned tabs again the next time you start Firefox. Pinned tabs update automatically, and when they do, they notify you with a blue highlight. But, you can right-click on them and select Close Tab from the popup menu. This prevents them from being accidentally closed. Pinned tabs stay on the left side of the tab bar. Here's how pinned tabs differ from regular tabs:

Firefox allows you to keep those sites a click away with pinned tabs. We all have certain websites we visit every time we open our browser. Type about:config in the address bar on the current tab or on a new tab and press Enter. So, here's how you access that page and change the settings. Several of the tips we cover involve the advanced configuration settings available in Firefox.

This guide is available to download as a free PDF.
