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Switch To Previous Active Tab & Reload All Tabs by jscher2000

Activate the last accessed tab in the same window, or any window. Right-click the toolbar button for a most recent tabs list (MRU) and options. Restores "Reload All Tabs" to the tab right-click context menu.

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Toolbar button right-click context menu provides access to recent tabs list and options.Lists of recent tabs for the current window or all windows (global).Manage whether the buttons switches immediately or shows the list, and whether it operates within the same window or globally. Change the list behavior and some aspects of its appearance. You also can enable the extension in private windows (in addition to Firefox's option).Optional dark theme for the popup.If Ctrl+Tab switches tabs in the order on the tab bar, you can enable this setting to switch in most recent order. Hold down Ctrl after releasing Tab to see a visual overlay of recent tabs.For Firefox 64+, restores a Reload All Tabs command to the tab context menu.For Firefox 64+, options for the Reload All Tabs command. When reloading tabs that were generated using a POST request (such as submitting a form), you need to confirm that Firefox should submit again. This option will take you to those tabs automatically.You can customize keyboard shortcuts on the Add-ons page using the "gear" menu item "Manage Extension Shortcuts" (https://support.mozilla.org/kb/manage-extension-shortcuts-firefox)Version 2.2 adds Container names and icons for tabs in a container (contextual identities).
About this extension
As you browse and switch tabs, this extension keeps track of the previous tab in each window so you can switch back to it with a single click. Right-click the toolbar button for more options.

Note: You must click the toolbar button; extensions cannot change the left-click behavior of tabs.

Keyboard shortcut: Alt+Shift+Left Arrow switches to the immediately previous tab in the same window; on Mac, Ctrl+Shift+Left Arrow. Users of Firefox 66 and later can modify the shortcut through the Add-ons page: Manage extension shortcuts in Firefox.

Version 2.1 adds optional "Go to Tab" shortcuts. You already have Ctrl+1, Ctrl+2, etc. (on Mac, Command+1, Command+2). If you want keyboard shortcuts that can skip pinned, hidden, and unloaded tabs, you can set those up on the Add-ons page (refer to the above article for where to do that).

Reload All Tabs: "Reload All Tabs" on the tab context menu reloads all tabs that are not currently playing media. To force a full reload bypassing the cache, hold down the Shift key while clicking the menu command. (Fifth screenshot.)

You can set the extension to always bypass cache, to reload tabs with currently playing media, or to skip the active tab, pinned tabs, or pending/discarded tabs, on the Reload All Tabs Options tab. To call that up, either Ctrl+click "Reload All Tabs" or right-click the extension's toolbar button. (Sixth screenshot.)

Permissions: "Access browser tabs" allows the extension to read the URLs, titles and site icon addresses of pages in tabs. Up to 30 URLs are kept in memory to build the list of recently accessed tabs. See: Permission request messages for Firefox extensions (scroll way down or use Find to get to Access browser tabs.

Background: Could be useful to those who miss this feature from the legacy extensions FLST (Firefox 4+) by fabianswebworld, LastTab by Timothy Humphrey, or Tab Mix Plus by onemen, Gary Reyes. However, to repeat: it's not possible to connect this extension to a click on the current tab.
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2.5
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71.58 KB
Last updated
2 years ago (Mar 1, 2023)
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Mozilla Public License 2.0
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Release notes for 2.5
Middle-clicking the toolbar button performs the opposite of your normal left-click action (switch to immediately previous tab or show a list of recent tabs).
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