Change tab titles easily!
+ Persists through sessions
+ Domain level re-titling
+ Regex replacements
and much more!
Tab ReTitle - Change and Customize Your Firefox Tab Titles
"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
Weekly download count: 27
Firefox on Android: No
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
Size: 183.50K
URLs: Website
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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
$0
inserts 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
Pros
- Allows users to rename tabs for better organization.
- Option to permanently change a title for a specific URL.
- Simple to use and works as expected for most functions.
Cons
- Does not work reliably for all tab types, especially PDF tabs.
- Changes do not persist across sessions for some users.
- Flashing tab names reported as distracting.
Most mentioned
- Cannot rename PDF tabs.
- Title changes do not stay between browsing sessions.
- Flashing tab names are distracting.
User reviews
It would be awesome to allow to set title by just double clicking on the tab name, or within the tab context menu.
Don't work, tab title don't change.
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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