FamousWhy Editor:
'Close other tabs' is a Firefox add-on that helps you close inactive tabs using three keyboard shortcuts. Why using the standard right click and then press on 'Close tabs', when you can easily install this add-on in no time and use a simple key combination. Plus you have the option to close the tabs on the left of the active one, or the ones from the right, or all the tabs with the same domain name.

On Windows:
- Ctrl Shift F3 closes all tabs on the left of the active one
- Ctrl Shift F4 closes all tabs except the active one
- Ctrl Shift F5 closes all tabs on the right of the active one
- Ctrl Shift F6 closes all tabs with the same domain as the active one

On Mac:
- Cmd Shift F3 closes all tabs on the left of the active one
- Cmd Shift F4 closes all tabs except the active one
- Cmd Shift F5 closes all tabs on the right of the active one
- Cmd Shift F6 closes all tabs with the same domain as the active one

You can even customize the shortcuts, but you will need to install a keyconfig extension. If you install the keyconfig, you can open the configuration window by pressing Ctrl Shift F12 and adjust the following values as you like.

- Close Tabs at Left (cot2_closeTabsAtLef)
- Close Other Tabs (cot2_closeOtherTabs)
- Close Tabs at Right (cot2_closeTabsAtRight)
- Close Tabs With This Domain

Requirements:

- 'Close other tabs' works on both Windows and Mac OS X
- Being a Firefox add-on you need Mozilla Firefox (works with versions 2.0-3.7) installed on your system.

Why is 'Close other tabs' famous?

'Close other tabs' is a very useful Firefox add-on, that comes in handy when surfing on the internet and you have lots of tabs opened and you quickly need to close all tabs but one.

Or in case you perform a search, you open a few tabs, and after you find what you were looking for in a couple of pages, you want to close all the tabs from the left of the active one, 'Close other tabs' also might prove useful.

Publisher: Florian Volk

Tags: inactive tab, customize keyboard shortcut,