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Allows tab navigation in a most recently used manner.

LastTab is a tabbed browsing extension that alters tab navigation. Primarily it modifies Ctrl-Tab to switch to recently selected tabs, rather than always going from left-to-right. While you still have the Ctrl key held down a window will appear displaying your list of tabs. Pressing tab will then navigate to different tabs in the list. When you release the Ctrl key the currently selected item will be made current. It acts very much like Alt-Tab does on Windows. If you are using Firefox 1.5 or higher it can also show a preview of each tab's contents as you navigate the menu.

Another function LastTab performs is putting a tab menu in your tab bar. This is similar to the popup window that appears when Ctrl-Tab is pressed but is geared more for mouse usage. (As a small convenience feature the tooltip for this menu displays the number of tabs you have open, in case you've ever wanted an easy way of knowing this.)

LastTab can also focus the most recently selected tab when a tab is either closed or clicked; tab flipping.

  • Install LastTab 2.2 (Previous versions available from Version History)
  • Screenshots
  • Compatibility: Firefox 1.0 - 3.6
  • Released: December 29, 2009
  • File Size: 35 KB

What's New

  • Added German, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish translations.
  • Upgraded to work in Firefox 3.6.
  • Corrected tab list menu item display issue on Windows Vista and 7.

Version History

2.2 - December 29, 2009

Install LastTab 2.2

  • Added German, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish translations.
  • Upgraded to work in Firefox 3.6.
  • Corrected tab list menu item display issue on Windows Vista and 7.
2.1.2 - June 13, 2009

Install LastTab 2.1.2

  • Added Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), French, Polish, Portuguese (Brazilian), Portuguese (Portugal), Russian, Turkish, and Ukranian translations.
  • Upgraded to work in Firefox 3.5.
  • Fixed access key not working for preferences dialog option Focus last tab on close.
2.1.1 - June 21, 2008
  • Fixed bug where focusing the most recently used tab when closing the current one would initially block clicking on a new tab. Also resolved tab order not being retained properly.
  • Fixed issue in Firefox 3 whereby clicking on the current tab to focus the last selected tab, and clicking the close button on a tab, would subsequently block creation of a new tab by double-clicking on the tab bar.
2.1 - June 16, 2008
  • The tab list and tab menu display the current url of the selected tab.
  • The up and down arrow keys may be used to navigate the tab list menu items.
  • Updated to work in Firefox 3.
  • When focusing the most recently used tab upon closing the current tab, unread tabs are no longer inadvertently focused.
  • Fixed a bug where focusing the most recently used tab upon clicking the current tab could sometimes not work properly.
  • Up and down scroll arrows no longer appear if a tab list is displayed with enough tabs to cause it to expand off the screen.
  • Setting the hidden preference "useTabMenu" to false prevents the tab menu from being hidden.
  • Increased compatibility with other tab extensions.
2.0.5 - October 17, 2006

Install LastTab 2.0.5

  • The tab history is now maintained across browser sessions, only available in Firefox 2.0+.
  • As of Firefox 2.0 the tab list now displays on Mac OS. Further resolved issues with the tab list not displaying properly.
  • Speed improvement with the display of the tab list window across all platforms.
2.0.4 - October 8, 2006
  • Updated to work in Firefox 2.0. Hidden preference useTabMenu allows native tab menu to be used.
2.0.3.1 - July 24, 2006
  • Repackaged archive to see if this eliminates reported problems with installation.
2.0.3 - July 20, 2006
  • Resolved incompatibility with TabX and the "Focus last selected tab when current tab is clicked" option. Also prevented this option from taking affect while modifier keys are held down to help prevent compatibility issues with other extensions.
2.0.2 - July 15, 2006
  • Fixed a memory leak which would occur if a window were closed.
2.0.1 - July 11, 2006
  • Fixed an issue where if multiple pages were set as home pages and the first tab is closed upon starting Firefox LastTab would stop working.
2.0 - May 31, 2006
  • Added tab previews to the tab list, only available in Firefox 1.5 or higher.
  • Added a tab menu to the tab bar.
  • Added support for tab flipping: clicking on current tab takes you to last selected tab.
  • Slightly improved the performance of the tab list display. Rapidly pressing Ctrl-Tab to switch tabs should be a little quicker when displaying the tab list.
  • New look for the tab list if showing previews or the header.
  • Removed "Use current theme" option from preferences dialog. For technical reasons it was necessary to provide a new look for the tab list when showing previews and since no theme supports it, since it's new, using the current theme has no meaning. Note, this preference still exists in about:config and is actually used when not showing previews and the header.
1.5.2 - February 3, 2006

Install LastTab 1.5.2

  • Updated version number in installer.
1.5.1 - November 9, 2005
  • Worked around a bug in Firefox for Linux which prevented LastTab from functioning properly, thanks to David de Kloet for help in identifying the problem. Firefox 1.5 is required for the workaround to be effective. Note that some aspects of LastTab still do not work properly on Linux. The implemented fix may solve MacOS X issues as well, but there are no people willing to test this so I can't be sure.
1.5 - October 26, 2005
  • A tab list window appears when Ctrl-Tab is pressed; LastTab now works more like Alt-Tab does on Windows. Mouse navigation of the tab list can be utilized as well, allowing this to serve as a menu of tabs. Options to control the tab list have been added; more in about:config, filter on "lasttab".
1.1.1 - September 16, 2005

Install LastTab 1.1.1

  • Fixed problem preventing tabs from being used correctly with the new drag and drop reordering of tabs feature in Firefox 1.5.
1.1 - December 12, 2004
  • Can now focus the last selected tab when a tab is closed.
  • An options dialog has been added to set various options, available from the Extensions Manager in the Tools -> Extensions menu.
  • A hidden option to change how tabs loaded in the background are handled has been added; hidden options can be accessed by entering "about:config" in the address bar. This option's name is lasttab.favorLeftToRightOrdering and defaults to true. This is a change from the previous behavior, which can now be had by setting this to false.
  • A bug preventing new tabs from being recognized when they were created while the control key was still pressed has been fixed.
  • Support for Firefox versions prior to 1.0 has been removed, LastTab will now only install to versions 1.0 or higher.
1.0.5 - November 5, 2004

Install LastTab 1.0.5

  • Updated installer, to work with Firefox 1.0.
1.0.4 - September 14, 2004
  • Updated code to work with Firefox 1.0.
1.0.3 - June 16, 2004
  • Updated installer to be compatible with Firefox 0.9.
1.0.2 - April 11, 2004
  • Removed tab count check when Ctrl-Tab is pressed. Allows Ctrl-Tab to work properly when there is only one tab and links are opened in background.
1.0.1 - February 23, 2004
  • Holding down control prevents the tab history from being updated even if Ctrl-Tab isn't being pressed. This allows other control-key based navigation methods to work better, like Ctrl-PageUp and Ctrl-PageDown.
1.0 - February 22, 2004
  • Initial Release