Browser tabs offer a convenient way to work with multiple sites at once without cluttering up your screen. All the tabs are contained within a single browser window, making it easier to switch between sites as well. If you need to work with multiple sites, tabs make it easier to keep track of everything. Browsers such as Chrome, Opera and Firefox use the same keyboard shortcuts for opening and closing tabs. Internet Explorer 10, which launched alongside Windows 8, requires slightly different actions for opening and closing tabs.
Internet Explorer 10
1. Launch Internet Explorer 10 to open your default homepage.
2. Right-click anywhere on the open Web page to display the Tabs bar at the top of the page. Alternatively, swipe down from the top of the screen to open the Tabs bar.
3. Click or tap the "New Tab" icon, represented by a "+" sign within a circle on the Tabs bar.
4. Click or tap the "X" button at the top-right corner of any tabs shown on the Tabs bar to close the selected tabs.
1. Launch your preferred browser to open your default home page.
2. Click the "New Tab" icon at the top of the browser window next to the last open tab. In Opera and Mozilla Firefox this is represented by a "+" icon while Chrome and older versions of Internet Explorer display it as a smaller, blank tab. Alternatively, press the "Ctrl-"T" keyboard shortcut keys simultaneously to open a new tab.
3. Click the "X" icon in the top right-hand corner of the tab to close it. Alternatively, press the "Ctrl-W" keyboard shortcut to close the tab that is currently open.
- Google: Use the New Tab Page
- Mozilla: Get started with Firefox - An Overview of the Main Features
- Opera: Tabs
- Microsoft: Use Tabs in Internet Explorer
- Windows 8: All-In-One For Dummies; Woody Leonhard