Feature Idea: Grouping Open PDF tabs

rgettys · 2026-05-07T17:42:38+00:00

Hi, I am a PhD student and often have many pdfs open at once for my many classes each week. It would be nice to have a feature that works like chrome tabs, where I can group tabs together and name them. That way, I could be preparing for one class session and have all my readings together and marked for discussion. Alternatively, if I am simultaneously working on separate projects, I could have them grouped together and clearly marked in the tabs to navigate between discussions with different groups of coauthors.

Thanks

adamsmith · 2026-05-07T17:54:59+00:00

Tab groups are planned, though as with all Zotero features, no ETA

rafaelsilvaoliveira · 2026-05-08T08:24:08+00:00

The closest we can find in terms of plugins is the following: https://github.com/ppavlidis/group-tabs-by-collection

sunilel · 2026-05-08T21:42:17+00:00

@adamsmith so "no ETA" means "no Estimated Time of Arrival"?

@rafaelsilvaoliveira thank you for this recommendation for group-tabs-by-collection. Great plugin, wanted something like this for longer. Just wish I could name and create my own groups without auto-assigning. But still an awesome feature with that add on now.

adamsmith · 2026-05-08T22:34:44+00:00

Yup, exactly

agam2222 · 2026-05-09T10:53:19+00:00

@sunilel
@rgettys
@adamsmith

Alongside group-tabs-by-collection that can create auto-grouping of tabs according to their collections,

https://github.com/ppavlidis/group-tabs-by-collection

you can also use and install Zotero-tab-enhance plug-in to create vertical tabs with custom groups. You need to activate the option of vertical tab in the plugin preferences.

https://github.com/Rphone/zotero-tab-enhance

You can use both plugins as they provide different options and functions.

Thanks for Zotero and Plugin developers for all their efforts.

sunilel · 2026-05-09T19:59:42+00:00

Thank you for that tip, sounds great as well!