Tab Grouping

This marks our first "Guest Post" from one of our Technology Integration Teachers, Kelsey Miller.  If you have so many tabs open that you cannot read what is on each one, check out this tip.

If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind… I’m a little worried about what that might mean about the amount of Chrome tabs I have open?!?!  Luckily, Jedd passed on a tidbit of information that was a game changer for me!  In addition to having about 20 tabs pinned because I use them on a regular basis, I often had open documents that needed grading and websites I was using for materials in class.  It was normal for me to have so many sites up that I couldn’t read the title of each tab… ENTER: Tab Groups. Tab groups allow you to link related tabs together into one workspace that can essentially be condensed when not in use.

Ok. I know… I still have too much open… but you get the idea!  So much easier to navigate!!

How to create Tab Groups:

1. Right-click (two-finger tap on a chromebook) a tab. 
2. Click “Add Tab to new group”. 
3. Click “New Group” or click the name of an existing tab group.
4. Create a Name for the new group and change the color.

There was a rumor that the tabs in groups would not save like pinned tabs.  If you are as terrified as me to restart your chromebook (and thus having to reopen everything on a restart), you can adjust your chrome settings. This way, on EVERY restart, chrome reopens everything you had up when you shutdown (planned or unplanned).

1. In an open chrome window, click the 3 dots in the top right.
2. Click “Settings”
3. Click “On Start Up”
4. Select “Continue where you left off”

This setting will remember your chrome tabs for different devices too (chromebook v. laptop)!