Tab ReTitle
Change tab titles easily!
+ Persists through sessions
+ Domain level re-titling
+ Regex replacements
and much more!
What is Tab ReTitle?
"Tab ReTitle" is a user-friendly Firefox add-on designed to provide users with complete control over their tab titles. This versatile tool allows renaming of titles, saving these changes across multiple sessions and devices, setting temporary or domain-level titles and much more. With Tab ReTitle, manage your open tabs more effectively by customizing each one's title to suit your needs.
Add-on stats
By: Lazyuki
Rating: 4.30
(84)
Creation date: 2018-03-11
Weekly download count: 45
Firefox on Android: No
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
- activeTab
- tabs
- storage
- <all_urls>
- contextMenus
- bookmarks
Size: 183.50K
URLs: Website
Ranking
# 1506 ▼ 4
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Add-on summary
Simply click on the icon to rename the tab title. Features:
- Persistent throughout multiple sessions!
- Titles saved across devices (under the same account)!
- Domain-level titles!
- Option to set a temporary title!
- Option to lock the title to a tab! As long as you don't close the tab, the title remains the same.
- Keyboard shortcut with
Alt + SHIFT + X - Context menu option!
- Use saved bookmarks' titles!
- Prefix the original titles! (Using
$0inserts the old title)
- Regex capture & replacements
- Regex URL matching and captures
Known Issues:
- The old title replacement $0 breaks when the title is changed by the website. e.g. Getting a message on Facebook. Temporary Fix: Don't use $0 for websites that updates titles.
- [Windows] The popup won't auto focus when clicked. This is a Firefox bug. Temporary fix: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1324255
- [For FF60 and up] PDF pages cannot change titles, due to firefox not allowing add-ons to interact with the PDF viewer. Temporary fix:Use FF 59 or lower, or use Google Chrome as it can still change PDF pages.
User reviews
These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews.
Firefox Browser Add-ons does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate,
spammy, or outdated. Pros
- Allows renaming tabs for organization
- Option to rename for a single browsing session or permanently for a specific URL
- Easy to use and doesn't randomly break
- Helpful in managing open tabs, particularly for certain websites
Cons
- Changes to tab titles do not persist between sessions
- Limited functionality with specific types of tabs, like PDFs
- Recent issues with titles flashing back to original names
- Some users report it not working at all on certain Firefox versions
Most mentioned
- Inability to retain tab title changes after browser restarts
- Problems renaming PDF tabs
- Flashing tab names causing distractions
Recent reviews
by LeoAn, 2024-10-19
by GollyJer, 2024-10-05
Did it with "This time only" but this Add-on is not able to that for a specific url!! It just renames other tabs as well and then having several Tabs with the same name!
by hfrmobile, 2024-10-04
Add-on safety
Risk impact
Tab ReTitle requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.
Risk likelihood
Tab ReTitle has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.
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