A proper Split View implementation
I know Firefox has a Split View feature; however, it’s not as convenient as Vivaldi or the Arc browser. I love how The browser company implemented the Split View screen. Firefox Split View is pretty limited, and I’m unsure if it has improved since its release.
What does the community think about that?
Here is an example of Arc browser split view:
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Why not use your window manager / compositor for this feature?
For one thing, you don't have to struggle with a shrunken top toolbar.
There's a good reason a significant and increasing number of browsers (including Floorp, a Firefox fork) and other applications include view-splitting within them.
There's a reason Mozilla made Side View for Firefox.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/side-view/
Yeah, just drag the tab out and create a new window. This post reads more like an ad for the Arc browser and isn't related to Firefox. I don't even know how to create Split View.
I'm using Firefox Nightly along with Arc Browser, and I think there's room for improvement in Firefox. It's just a suggestion, nothing more.
How do I use Split View in Firefox?
There’s an official add-on by Firefox
I have this addon. This is not Split View.
Even Floorp (Firefox fork) has a built-in split view, however it pretty limited. https://file.coffee/u/oEGzVEe8jr2N8Z6gtqL1F.gif
This is just the Firefox addon you have linked previously that is called "Side View". They just changed the limitation of the sideview panel. You can remove the restriction too, but need to edit files and create folder in your Firefox user folder. Obviously this is not something most people do, but I am used to it and edited a lot in the past.
Here is a screenshot where I drag the size of the Side View / Split View to half of window (it can take entire size, normal tab is on the left and side view on the right):
https://superuser.com/questions/1276800/customize-the-maximum-width-of-the-firefox-sidebar
That makes sense. I’m using Floorp, which already has many CSS tweaks built-in; however, it is pretty limited, as you saw in the gif. With Arc, you can have as many Split/side Views. It’s one of their main selling features.
I would have a look into it (just out of curiosity, I'm happy with Firefox), but it's proprietary and not open source.
Floorp is just using Side View? I didn't realize.
Wait a minute, I didn't mean it literally just uses the exact same extension. They may even. But I meant functional the same as Side View. Sorry for the confusion, I wasn't clear about that.
I was just curious because I'm pretty sure Sidebery is used in their implementation of a sidebar, in a not-so-under-the-hood way.
That’s what I was referring to as Firefox “Split View”
For the Split View function, how do you activate it in Firefox? And why not just use a second Firefox window instead splitting a tab? I mean what would improve it if doing the split and what exactly is limited in the Firefox implementation of Split View in your opinion? If you have suggestions to improve, then you need to be more specific.
I kind of feel this way about tabs, but everyone loves tabs so much I'm often too embarrassed to say anything.
Plasma (KDE) and Windows can both stack lots of windows just fine, so, why not let the window manager handle this and keep the browser more focused on browser tasks?
Wait, so instead of using tabs in your browser you just... put separate windows on top of each other, and use your taskbar/keyboard shortcut to switch between them?