Pin Unpin Tab
Pin Unpin Tab can pin or unpin a tab by:
- a long left mouse click anywhere on the webpage (an arguably more efficient alternative to the no longer possible double-click on tab)
- a keyboard shortcut
- a click on the pin icon on browser toolbar
What is Pin Unpin Tab?
Pin Unpin Tab is a Firefox WebExtension designed to pin/unpin tabs through various methods including: a long left click on the webpage, a keyboard shortcut (Alt-P/Ctrl-Shift-P on macOS), or clicking on the pin icon in the toolbar. Please note that certain limitations apply and this is due to WebExtensions technology, not the add-on itself.
Add-on stats
By: Jayesh Bhoot
Rating: 4.36
(50)
Creation date: 2013-05-17
Weekly download count: 12
Firefox on Android: No
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
- storage
Size: 43.78K
Email: ja*****@bhoot.sh
URLs: Website
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Add-on summary
Note that double-click on a tab (active or not) to pin/unpin is not going to be possible due to the limitations of the WebExtensions technology. Only Mozilla can fix it, not me. Look here and here for more details. Instead, use the (arguably) more efficient alternative - a long left click anywhere on the webpage, which is also customizable in the add-on preferences.
Pin Unpin Tab is a Firefox WebExtension to pin or unpin a tab by
- a long left mouse click anywhere on the webpage (an arguably more efficient alternative to the no longer possible double-click on tab). This option can be enabled or disabled on the add-on's preferences page. The minimum duration to hold down the click also can be set. This approach will not work on AMO webpages and the Firefox pages (eg., about:addons).
- a keyboard shortcut Alt-P (Ctrl-Shift-P on macOS), which Firefox allows to customize. See the guide at: https://github.com/jyshb/pin-unpin-tab/issues/17
- a click on the pin icon on browser toolbar. The icon gels well with the default light and dark themes
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User reviews
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Pros
- Simple and helpful
- Convenient
- Quick and easy to use
- Works as intended
- Stable
Cons
- Long click doesn't work on all sites
- Double clicking anywhere on the webpage pins the tab
- Icon in the list of Add-ons is invisible
- Issues with touchpad users
Most mentioned
- Long click to pin is an elegant solution
- Does not work in YouTube
- Icon in list of Add-ons is invisible
- Works as expected
Recent reviews
Such a simple concept. Let me map a keyboard shortcut to pin the current tab. Should be easy? Yet for some reason the developer has also decided to include long pressing for eight tenths of a second as another trigger to pin the current tab. The problem? Before long, perhaps with any Firefox update, this behavior has been turned on again, no matter how many times I have turned it off before. I'm constantly losing track of something I was just looking at and finding a ton of irrelevant tabs grouped with my pinned tab all because of this idiotic opt-in default.
by Firefox user 13904840, 2024-08-02
by Firefox user 14227035, 2024-03-04
Add-on safety
Risk impact
Pin Unpin Tab may not be safe to use and it requires some risky permissions. Exercise caution when installing this add-on. Review carefully before installing.
Risk likelihood
Pin Unpin Tab has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.
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