Add horizontal Tabs

[bw8686]

This requires 1 new strings for settings (that is if you choose to keep the setting there)
zen-vertical-tabs-button which could be "Vertical Tabs"

Feel free to edit to fit zen's settings page.

[bw8686]

This is good to merge now if you are ok with the settings and stuff like that.

[bw8686]

me when the github mobile app is total garbage and sends my comment twice

[mauro-balades]

Ill merge it once it's 100% implemented, there seems to be issues with pinned tabs

[bw8686]

this can be checked out now

[Neintonine]

Hei, could you perhaps squash the commits to one commit? That would clear up the commit log, once the PR is merged. ;)

[zptan]

Hei, could you perhaps squash the commits to one commit? That would clear up the commit log, once the PR is merged. ;)

IIRC, github CI workflow can be configured to squash commits + rebase when a PR is being merged.

[mauro-balades]

You (I) can squash and merge directly from the PR

[3kh0]

Please merge this as I the vertical tabs to be the only reason that I do not main zen browser. :D

[alexjsteffen]

Yes, I am also patiently waiting for this feature!

[zptan]

this can be checked out now

@mauro-balades Friendly ping, it seems this PR is ready for review.

[mauro-balades]

Not as easy...

1. The implementation is pretty bad (it uses absolute values, it may not work if UI changes or screen size changes)
2. My current plans aren't really helping with horizontal tabs (Tree style view)
3. Some things still dont work (like scrolling pinned tabs)

[FrostedVolcano]

Yes please.
Can some one point the codes to be so that I can add to chrome.css to get horizontal tabs for myself.

[B1ack3ye]

Any updates on this?

[p0358]

Personally for the time being Sidebery with auto-hiding sidebar seems to be a really nice connection. That extension has the most features, is snappy, though sadly doesn't support some Zen-specific things like triggering tab splitting

[zptan]

Horizontal Tab gets most votes in Discussion, we hope it could happen.

[AvinashK13]

Loving the browser so far 👏🏼
Hope horizontal tabs gets implemented soon

[javaskript]

This is not planned to be implemented anytime soon, guys. Posted a few days ago on Zen's FAQ that vertical tabs are an essential part of their philosophy:

Zen Browser will not support horizontal tabs in the near future. The decision to focus on Vertical Tabs is a core design choice, with the entire Zen Browser experience built around this concept. This approach is intended to maximize screen space and improve navigation, making vertical tabs an essential part of Zen’s philosophy.

A shame, I'm not interested in using a browser that exclusively has vertical tabs, I am much too used to the standard horizontal tabs that 99% of browsers feature.

[B1ack3ye]

Zen Browser will not support horizontal tabs in the near future. The decision to focus on Vertical Tabs is a core design choice, with the entire Zen Browser experience built around this concept. This approach is intended to maximize screen space and improve navigation, making vertical tabs an essential part of Zen’s philosophy.

That's disappointing to hear. The browser really had great potential for me, and it was finally a Firefox fork that genuinely surprised me and made me consider using it as my main browser.
Now that horizontal tabs won't be implemented anytime soon, and it sounds like they likely never will due to Zen's philosophy, it's probably time for me to look elsewhere for a good browser.

[probablykasper]

For me, horizontal tabs would maximize screen space and improve navigation so I hope it could be considered

[alexjsteffen]

Please see my comment here about an alternative proposal for horizontal tabs.