2026.1.0

Tab Tray, split-mode support, and performance improvements

Jan 31, 2026

New features

  • Tab Tray - temporarily pin tabs to a dedicated tray for quick access across your session. Tray tabs persist until you close the tab or close the session, where the tray tabs will be moved to an archive section.
    • Drag-and-drop tabs from the tab list into the Tab Tray.
    • Search within the Tab Tray to quickly find tray tabs.
    • Right-click context menus on Tab Tray items for quick actions.
  • Support for Chrome’s new split view mode. Use controls between two paired tabs to swap, separate, reload, sleep, or close paired tabs.
  • Pop-up mode - open Tab Shelf in a pop-up window in the browser toolbar instead of the side panel.
  • Auto-scroll to active tab - automatically scroll the tab list to the current active tab when switching tabs via the tab strip or keyboard shortcuts.
  • User Guide - access a built-in guide to learn about features and how to use Tab Shelf.
  • New tab reposition options in tab context menus:
    • Move tab(s) to another window; quickly move selected tabs to any other open window from the context menu.
    • Reposition ungrouped tabs; move ungrouped tabs to the start or end of the tab list.
    • Sleep/Close tabs in group; sleep or close all tabs within the same group, tabs to the left/right within the group, or other tabs in the group.
  • Search in grouping rules modal - quickly find and filter rules in large rule sets.

Improvements

  • Redesigned the Saves modal navigation with a dropdown filter menu for easier navigation between saved sessions, windows, and tab groups.
  • Consolidated filter and sort controls into the search bar for a cleaner interface.
  • Unified tooltip behavior across the entire extension for a more consistent experience.
  • Centralized grouping rule execution via service workers for improved performance and to allow rules to run when Tab Shelf is not open.
  • Improved rendering performance for tab lists and context menus.

Bug fixes

  • Fixed styling and drag-and-drop issues when dragging tabs over the window filter.
  • Fixed an issue where moving tabs to a window without grouping would incorrectly group already-grouped tabs.
  • Fixed a regression where exiting the duplicate tab filter would cause the user to be trapped in filtering mode.
  • Fixed an issue where restoring pinned tabs to a configured URL without a protocol (e.g. www.google.com) would fail to navigate.
  • Fixed an issue where accent color mappings would not initialize correctly on new installs or with empty storage.

Deprecated

  • Removed the “Reduce spacing in pinned tabs compact view” setting - the compact view now uses a consistent, optimized layout.
  • Removed the “Number of tabs per row in compact view” setting - the compact view now automatically adjusts based on available space.