Version 2.17

VertiTab v2.17 introduces comprehensive search functionality supporting multiple sources (tabs, history, bookmarks) and search engines. Search bar integrates AI chat with ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek support. Adds auto-activate tab grouping and unified window menus.

v2.17Contains 8 version updates

v2.17.8

2025-03-23

Changed

  • Adjusted grouping style to be closer to Edge style, adding indents and borders to tabs in groups to better distinguish whether tabs are grouped or ungrouped.

Fixed

  • Keepalive tabs would still be discarded by the browser even if set not to be discarded automatically. Modified to automatically reload when discard is detected.

v2.17.7

2025-03-19

Added

  • Added window header display option. When enabled, shows window header with tab and group counts for the current window.
  • Added F2 keyboard shortcut to rename tab titles.

Changed

  • Disabled tab preview functionality when hover menu appears during drag and drop operations.
  • Modified page sidebar tab management to be fully functional.

Fixed

  • Fixed white background flash issue when opening side panel in dark mode.
  • Fixed tab title rename dialog to show modified title instead of original title.
  • Fixed incorrect tab positioning when using Move Tab option from hover menu.

v2.17.6

2025-03-17

Added

  • Added many new keyboard shortcuts.
  • Added a setting for drag-hover menu delay, allowing users to adjust the delay of the drag-hover menu. Setting it to 0 disables the drag-hover menu.
  • Added "Discard All Tabs" and "Reload All Tabs" menu options for tab groups.

Improved

  • Refactored drag-and-drop sorting, adding indicators and background colors.
  • Improved snapshot restoration process with detailed progress notifications.
  • Tab groups no longer update in real-time but refresh after completion.
  • Enhanced tab tree closing functionality and improved tooltips.
  • Batch operation menu prompts now allow users to opt out of future prompts.

Fixed

  • Fixed the collapse behavior of tab groups when the "Disabled" setting is enabled.
  • Fixed an issue where automatic tab discard was not working.

Removed

  • Removed translations for en-US, en-GB, and en-AU, keeping only en.
  • Removed translation for es-419, keeping only es.
  • Removed translations for pt-BR and pt-PT, keeping only pt.
  • Removed translations for ar, fi, hi, hr, and sl.

v2.17.5

2025-03-10

Added

  • Enhanced tab selection functionality: Added Shift+W shortcut to close all selected tabs.
  • Options page - Tree-style tabs: Added new option [Close entire tree when closing parent tab].
  • When display mode is tree-style tabs, click close button to close single tab, right-click to close tab tree.
  • Added settings dialog to toggle box selection, allowing users to disable box selection feature.

Changed

  • Optimized tab grouping functionality: Added option to ignore www prefix, improved domain grouping format options, enhanced group preview display.
  • Optimized bottom navigation - More - Group by website menu: Supports more options (Full domain, Main domain, Domain without suffix, Custom combinations), supports quick launch of [Auto Activate Tab Grouping], supports preview of different grouping options.
  • Optimized menu [Add tab to group]: Added [Group by website] (premium feature).
  • Added dotted border to discarded tab icons (consistent with browser behavior).
  • Refactored page sidebar related code and introduced sidebar trigger area and position settings.
  • Updated localization files: Improved translation consistency across all supported languages.

Fixed

  • Fixed visual flickering issue caused by conflict between tab switching and selection mode.
  • Added compatibility testing and optimization for Opera browser.

v2.17.4

2025-03-06

Improved

  • Refactored tab auto-discard/close management and timer mechanism to optimize memory and performance. Provides more granular tab timer control and optimized tab discard and close strategies.
  • Added more compatibility testing and optimization for Opera browser.

Fixed

  • Fixed issue with copying tab tree information.
  • Fixed dialog loss when adding multiple tabs to bookmarks.
  • Fixed tab lens not displaying when page contains iframes.
  • Fixed incorrect tab switching when clicking sidebar tabs in Opera GX workspaces.

v2.17.3

2025-03-01

Added

  • Support AI-powered intelligent grouping for selected tabs. select tabs ai grouping

Fixed

  • Search results page adjustments: Adjusted background and text styles.
  • Added missing translations for Auto Activate Tab Grouping Name.

v2.17.1

2025-02-27

Added

  • Enhanced unified window menu for tab operations:
    • Added "Copy Tab" menu, supporting copying tabs to current window, new window, private window, other existing windows (with active tab preview).
    • Added "Batch Copy Tabs" feature, supporting the same window options.
    • Added "Move Tab to Other Window" menu, supporting moving tabs to new window, private window, other existing windows (with active tab preview).
    • Added "Batch Move Tabs to Other Window" feature, supporting the same window options.
    • Added right-click menu for search result items.
  • Enhanced bookmark functionality:
    • Added single tab bookmark option in tab right-click menu.
    • Added ability to create new bookmark folders directly in bookmark dialog.
    • Added options to add multiple tabs as subfolders or directly to folders (premium feature).
    • Added ability to bookmark tab groups, using group name as folder name by default (premium feature).

Improved

  • Preloading of recently closed tabs.
  • Optimized multi-line display in search box.
  • Optimized tab menu display in Vivaldi browser.

Fixed

  • Fixed issue where tab history was not updating correctly.
  • Fixed incorrect tab avatar display when URL changes.
  • Fixed non-functional right-click menu for search result tabs.

Removed

  • Removed "Move Tab to Other Window" menu (merged into "Move Tab to New Window").

v2.17.0

2025-02-26

Added

  • Comprehensive Search Functionality:
    • Supports multi-source searching (open tabs, recently closed tabs, history, bookmarks, reading list)
    • Supports multiple search engines (Google, Bing, Yahoo, Baidu, Yandex, DuckDuckGo, Ask)
    • Supports @ commands for quick search source switching
    • Supports custom management and sorting of search sources
  • AI Chat Integration in Search Bar:
    • After entering content in the search bar, can open target website and automatically fill chat dialog and submit query
    • Default support for mainstream AI conversation models including ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek
    • Supports adding, editing, deleting, and sorting model selections new search
  • Automatic Tab Grouping: Introduces flexible domain name format options: main domain, subdomain, domain prefix, domain without suffix, and custom combinations.

Changed

  • Tab Tree Processing Optimization: Adds circular reference detection and automatic repair mechanism, optimizes parent-child tab relationship processing.
  • Recently Closed Tabs Improvements: Changes default retention time from 1 day to 30 days, increases count limit from 100 to 5000, optimizes history synchronization mechanism, restores tab history records when restoring from recently closed tabs.
  • TabLens Functionality Optimization: Optimizes monitored elements performance, allows free users to save configurations (with limit of 1 per site).

Fixed

  • Fixed issue where current tab's close button doesn't display on hover.
  • Fixed issue where icons can't display normally due to faviconkit rate limiting.
  • Fixed duplicate UUID issue in quick access list.
  • Improved empty title tab handling logic.
  • Resolved circular reference issue in tab tree.
  • Fixed tab metadata cache synchronization issue.

Removed

  • Removed auto-create/join same domain name group feature (replaced by automatic tab grouping).

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