Please give one of these vertical tab solutions a try. You might never go back to the old way!
If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed by a sea of browser tabs, you’re not alone. Tab overload is a common frustration, but there’s a solution you might not have tried yet: vertical tabs. By moving your tabs to the side of your browser window, you can see more of them at once, organize them more easily, and keep your workspace cleaner.
Here are five excellent ways to experience vertical tabs—no more tab chaos!
1. Arc Browser: The Best Vertical Tab Experience
Arc Browser stands out as the top choice for vertical tabs. Its sidebar-centric design lets you open new tabs and type URLs directly into them, streamlining your workflow. Arc also offers powerful workspace features, allowing you to theme and swipe between different workspaces—all within the sidebar. If you want the smoothest, most integrated vertical tab experience, Arc is hard to beat.
2. Vivaldi: Customizable and Organized
Vivaldi brings vertical tabs and workspaces together for ultimate organization. You can move your tabs to either side of the window and categorize them with workspaces. Vivaldi even themes the sidebar based on the primary color of the active site, making for a visually immersive browsing experience.
3. Microsoft Edge: Smart Grouping and Clean Design
Microsoft Edge handles vertical tabs with style. Its automatic tab organization groups related tabs together, and you can auto-hide the sidebar for a minimalist look. Revealing your tabs is as simple as hovering over the browser’s edge, making it both tidy and efficient.
4. Brave: Efficient Pinned Tabs
Brave’s vertical tabs feature is packed with thoughtful touches. Pinned tabs appear as small icons in the sidebar, saving space and keeping your unpinned tabs easy to find. It’s a smart, space-saving approach for power users.
5. Side Space Extension for Chrome: Vertical Tabs for Chrome Users
While Chrome doesn’t offer native vertical tabs, the Side Space Extension brings this functionality to Google’s browser. With Side Space, you can manage your tabs vertically, group them, and enjoy a more organized browsing experience—no need to switch browsers.
Features
🌈 Arc-like Side Panel
We’ve built an Arc-like side panel that transforms your tabs into a sleek vertical layout, making it easier than ever to navigate and manage your workspace.
🧠 Smart AI Grouping
It’s not just about organizing tabs—it’s about doing it intelligently. Our AI grouping feature clusters tabs based on content for a streamlined experience. Plus, you have control with our Group Guardian feature, letting you customize tab groupings using URL matches to set your own organizational rules.
☁️ Cloud Sync Take productivity to the next level! Save your tabs into different Spaces and we automatically sync them to the cloud. Your organized tabs are accessible across devices, so you can browse seamlessly wherever you are.
🗂️ Space Management With the space management feature, you can effortlessly reorder spaces using drag-and-drop, making organization a breeze. Additionally, you can rename each space and fully personalize it by customizing icons and themes—all conveniently managed within a single, intuitive window.
With Side Space, you get a clean design, AI-powered organization, and total flexibility in how you structure your browsing.
Conclusion
Vertical tabs represent a simple yet powerful way to transform your browsing experience. Whether you choose the intuitive workspace design of Arc, the customization options in Vivaldi, Edge's clean implementation, Brave's efficient pinning, or Chrome's Side Space extension, you'll gain better organization and visibility of your digital workspace. Making the switch could be the productivity upgrade you didn't know you needed—your overloaded tabs (and your stress levels) will thank you!