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Feature request: Add vertical tabs support

Open user858753257 opened this issue 2 years ago • 10 comments

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MS edge and Vivaldi have the feature of displaying tabs vertically .

Could also be implemented as a plug-in where there is no patch already

user858753257 avatar Apr 13 '23 00:04 user858753257

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. A clear and concise description of what the problem is. Ex. I'm always frustrated when [...]

Describe the solution you'd like, including relevant patches or source

MS edge and Vivaldi have the feature of displaying tabs vertically .

Could also be implemented as a plug-in where there is no patch already

@F3000

Vertical tabs seem to require a significant change to the interface logic, and I don't think it should be introduced in Thorium.

gz83 avatar Apr 13 '23 00:04 gz83

@gz83 @F3000 It would be cool to add this as a flag. However, unlike WebUI, this would have to be implemented in native views, with seperate code for each platform. It would require a significant reworking of the code. Also, I am too dumb to know how to do something like that lol. I would be happy to try it out if there was a patch available, but currently, the only browsers that have this feature are closed source, and it took them many months or years to build it with a whole team of developers (Im talking about naver whale, vivaldi, edge). I just don't think it would be feasible to do unless someone can provide me a source code or .patch that I could rework into the Thorium source.

Alex313031 avatar Apr 29 '23 03:04 Alex313031

@gz83 @F3000 It would be cool to add this as a flag. However, unlike WebUI, this would have to be implemented in native views, with seperate code for each platform. It would require a significant reworking of the code. Also, I am too dumb to know how to do something like that lol. I would be happy to try it out if there was a patch available, but currently, the only browsers that have this feature are closed source, and it took them many months or years to build it with a whole team of developers (Im talking about naver whale, vivaldi, edge). I just don't think it would be feasible to do unless someone can provide me a source code or .patch that I could rework into the Thorium source.

HI Alex Brave have just introduced Vertical Tabs so not sure if that would help. Would be really great if you could add this functionality as most browsers are adding this.

thorrrr avatar Oct 17 '23 15:10 thorrrr

Hey @Alex313031. Thanks for this great project! As @thorrrr mentioned this feature is already included in Brave. If I'm not mistaken their code is open, maybe this can help you to add it to Thorium in the future. Vertical tab lovers are waiting for it!

heyitsazar avatar Oct 17 '23 20:10 heyitsazar

Thank you for your advice.

gz83 avatar Oct 18 '23 03:10 gz83

same as https://github.com/Alex313031/thorium/issues/419

zodman avatar Aug 23 '24 15:08 zodman

Hi,

I want this so bad, I'm seriously considering digging into this.

But as a web dev, I have zero experience working on huge codebases, especially C++.

I would be really grateful for any guidance on building the C++ on Linux, editing the native UI, and most importantly, preserving Manifest V2.

Also, if you don't know these things but know people in the community who know these things, I would be very grateful to be introduced.

Thank you

KaKi87 avatar May 29 '25 14:05 KaKi87

We really need to get this implimented, Brave, Zen, Vivaldi, Edge. I have used all these browsers previously, but since finding the speed and simplicity of Thorium I absolutely love it, its my one bugbear.

manchbox avatar Aug 17 '25 06:08 manchbox

It looks like Google is trying to introduce vertical tabs in Chrome/Chromium, but it is still in the development stage and has not yet been made public as an experimental feature or an official feature.

https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/q/hashtag:%22vertical-tabs%22+(status:open%20OR%20status:merged)

gz83 avatar Sep 24 '25 14:09 gz83

done? https://windowsreport.com/first-look-we-tried-chromes-hidden-vertical-tabs-feature/

mengrank avatar Nov 22 '25 15:11 mengrank