GoKawiilChrome testing horizontally scrollable tab bar in Canary build
Google is trialing a new tab strip in Chrome Canary that lets users scroll horizontally through open tabs using a mouse wheel or dedicated arrow buttons, while pinned tabs stay fixed to the left. The feature is enabled via an experimental flag and has no confirmed stable release date.
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The addition suggests Google is catching up to browsers like Firefox and Vivaldi, which have offered similar tab-management tools for years. For heavy multitaskers who keep dozens or hundreds of tabs open, this could meaningfully reduce the friction of locating hidden tabs, though it remains unclear when or if it reaches the stable channel.
- Chrome Canary now supports a horizontally scrollable tab bar via an experimental flag.
- Users can navigate tabs with a mouse wheel or arrow buttons, with pinned tabs staying fixed.
- No stable release date has been announced for the feature.
Source: androidauthority.com, 2026-11-03
Published there as: “Chrome could soon make tab overload a lot easier to manage”
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