464386 – Place tabs above toolbar
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Place tabs above toolbar
Last modified: 2025-09-08 13:36:42 UTC
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Bug 464386<br>- Place tabs above toolbar
Summary:
Place tabs above toolbar
Status:
CONFIRMED
Alias:
None
Product:
dolphin
Classification:
Applications
Component:
general
(other bugs)
Version First Reported In:
22.12.0
Platform:
openSUSE<br>Linux
Importance:
NOR<br>wishlist
Target Milestone:
Assignee:
Dolphin Bug Assignee
URL:
Keywords:
Depends on:
Blocks:
Reported:
2023-01-16 20:58 UTC by John Veness
Modified:
2025-09-08 13:36 UTC<br>(History)
CC List:
users
(show)
ad.liu.jin<br>dolphin-bugs-null<br>folador.diogo<br>johnmaverick74<br>kdedev<br>lukinbogdan79<br>newton<br>p.r.worrall
See Also:
Latest Commit:
Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Attachments
Old Firefox layout
(56.20 KB,<br>image/png)
2023-01-16 20:58 UTC,
John Veness
Details
New Firefox layout
(56.02 KB,<br>image/png)
2023-01-16 20:58 UTC,
John Veness
Details
Current dolphin layout
(17.57 KB,<br>image/png)
2023-01-16 20:59 UTC,
John Veness
Details
Showcase behavior when switching tabs in split view mode
(219.29 KB,<br>video/webm)
2025-05-13 21:10 UTC,
Tobias Zwick
Details
Dolphin layout if you remove the address bar from the toolbar
(113.66 KB,<br>image/png)
2025-05-15 18:58 UTC,
John Veness
Details
Dolphin with Tabs on Top - Mockup
(35.44 KB,<br>image/png)
2025-05-16 10:51 UTC,
John
Details
Tabs above Location
(27.78 KB,<br>image/png)
2025-06-24 15:33 UTC,
John
Details
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Description
John Veness
2023-01-16 20:58:07 UTC
Created attachment 155360 [details]<br>Old Firefox layout
About a decade ago, Firefox changed from having its tab bar *below* the main toolbar/URL bar, to having the tab bar *above* the toolbar/URL bar. Currently dolphin uses the old Firefox layout - I would prefer it if it used the new layout (or at least an option).
Please see image attachments.
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS<br>Operating System: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20230115<br>KDE Plasma Version: 5.26.5<br>KDE Frameworks Version: 5.101.0<br>Qt Version: 5.15.8<br>Kernel Version: 6.1.4-1-default (64-bit)<br>Graphics Platform: X11<br>Processors: 4 × Intel® Core™ i5-7200U CPU @ 2.50GHz<br>Memory: 15.5 GiB of RAM<br>Graphics Processor: Mesa Intel® HD Graphics 620<br>Manufacturer: HP<br>Product Name: HP ProBook 450 G4
Comment 1
John Veness
2023-01-16 20:58:38 UTC
Created attachment 155361 [details]<br>New Firefox layout
Comment 2
John Veness
2023-01-16 20:59:05 UTC
Created attachment 155362 [details]<br>Current dolphin layout
Comment 3
John
2025-05-06 11:30:14 UTC
I also think this makes sense!
Instead of having a toolbar showing up under the URL bar, having it showing over it would make a lot more sense because all the actions on the toolbar take effect on the selected tab.
Having it at least as an option would do the thing
Comment 4
folador.diogo
2025-05-06 18:48:21 UTC
I agree.<br>Tabs could be placed above the toolbar or let configure it in this way.<br>Discussion about this is here: https://discuss.kde.org/t/dolphin-move-tabbar-above-the-main-toolbar/9047/17<br>Other software example do the same, for example:
Browsers:<br>- Fire fox: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/?xv=refresh-new&v=b<br>- Google Chrome: https://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/<br>- MS Edge: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/edge/download?form=MA13FJ&cs=1233195646<br>- Opera: https://www.opera.com/
File explorer (for Windows):<br>- File explorer in Windows 11: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/tips/file-explorer<br>- Files: https://files.community/docs<br>- File Explorer: https://github.com/omeryanar/FileExplorer?tab=readme-ov-file#file-explorer
Comment 5
Tobias Zwick
2025-05-13 21:09:40 UTC
And I was about to report this as a bug.
The current placement of the tabs *below* the file path bar makes it look like the tabs are - in split view - for each tab individually.
It is confusing to switch to a different tab and then the split view is gone (because the other tab is not a split view tab) when the tabs are not at the very top.
Comment 6
Tobias Zwick
2025-05-13 21:10:15 UTC
Created attachment 181259 [details]<br>Showcase behavior when switching tabs in split view mode
Comment 7
Tobias Zwick
2025-05-13 21:12:47 UTC
Related: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=470928
A request to make it so that tabs are for each split view individually. It is related because the current placement of the tabs makes it appear that this would be the desired behavior.
Comment 8
folador.diogo
2025-05-15 17:29:00 UTC
Tobias Zwick, if you remove the "Location Bar" (file/address path) from the "main tool bar", then it goes to below the tabs, i.e., the tabs will be placed above the "Location Bar". Is that what you desired?
Comment 9
Tobias Zwick
2025-05-15 18:43:46...