Rename Tab Title

Rename Tab Title

Renames the Tab Title (Persistent across the sessions). Renaming to add custom words in tab titles makes it easy to search for tabs in the address bar.

What is Rename Tab Title?
"Rename Tab Title" is a useful and versatile Firefox add-on designed to improve user convenience. It lets users alter and save tab titles, providing a customizable browsing experience. Users give their tabs unique titles, making it more straightforward than ever to find specific tabs in their address bar. The changes this add-on makes to title names persist across browser sessions. Users can easily manage titles via pop-up or use regex for more advanced renaming. Works best with Firefox 52 or later versions.
Merlin
Stats
Rating: 3.67 (103)
Version: 1.3resigned1 (Last updated: 2024-04-25)
Creation date: 2015-02-18
Weekly download count: 35
Firefox on Android: Yes
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Moderate risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • storage
  • activeTab
Size: 95.72K
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Summary

Renames the Tab Title (Firefox 52+)

Click the icon on the ToolBar (or) use the shortcut Cmd/Ctrl + Shift+ E (instructions to customize are mentioned at bottom) You'll get a popup, enter the new title a)Click on Save (or) Press Enter to Save or Esc to close the popup without saving title (closing the Popup without saving makes the title non persistent)

b) Click on "Edit All" in the popup to manage saved titles or use regex feature

In Urls section, select the URL from dropdown located at the bottom of the page Edit the Title in textbox Click on save (or) Press Enter to save the title. Click on delete to delete the title.

In Regex section, add/update regex and the corresponding title and press "Save"

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User reviews
User reviews summary
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Pros
  • Works perfectly with a keyboard shortcut
  • Simple and easy to use
  • Powerful thanks to the regex feature
  • Useful for organizing multiple tabs from the same domain
Cons
  • Doesn't rename across the domain or persist after page reload
  • No right-click menu option to rename tabs
  • Doesn't work for PDF files
  • UI can be confusing and lacks usability
  • No poll feature to cope with changing titles
Most mentioned
  • Lack of persistence/reverting back to default names
  • Ease of use and simplicity
  • No feature to rename tabs from right-click context menu
  • Issue with renaming PDF tabs
  • Comparisons with other add-on 'Tab ReTitle'
Recent reviews
by lyoon, 2024-02-09
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Safety
Risk impact

Rename Tab Title 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

Rename Tab Title is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.

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