How to show browser open tabs in Application switcher in KDE

Desktop Environments Plasma
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Currently if I have multiple tabs that are open in a browser, say Firefox or a fork of firefox, then those do not show up in the application switcher, i.e. when keyboard combination ALT+TAB or when META+TAB or SUPER+TAB keys are pressed. I have the plasma-browser-integration installed. Also in the Firefox browser Plasma Integration extension is installed. The details of KDE are given below

KDE Plasma Ver: 6.5.5
KDE Framework Ver:6.23.0
QT Version: 6.10.2
Graphics: Wayland
Display Manager:SDDM

Is there a way to get the open tabs listed in the application switcher, like Windows does with open tabs in Edge?

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I don’t think that is supported, unless it is a new feature. Have you read somewhere that it is possible?

The Plasma Integration extension will show the tabs in krunner and search.

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No I have not read somewhere that is supported. I wanted to know if could be possible. And if yes then how?

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As far as I know it isn’t currently possible. That switches between windows/applications, not tabs.

As someone who usually has over 100 tabs open between various browsers that sounds like chaos to me but you could always make a feature request to KDE to add support for that.

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What if only active tabs are shown? i.e. sleeping or inactive or unloaded tabs are not listed when using the application switcher.

I get it, to have 100 tabs open and then to switch between them and open applications would be a pain in the neck.

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over a hundred Tabs?! Blimey I thought I had a lot with ten or so!

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100 is more like a minimum number for me. :slight_smile:

It isn’t uncommon for me to be over 200.

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:laughing: When @dalto opens his browser the street lights go dim.

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217 cough cough cough…. BTW about KDE and browsers: it seems that when logging out, KDE closes window-by-window rather than application-by-application, so if I have e.g. several browser windows open, I just lose all of them but the last closed. Anyone else with the same experience?