Chrome 145 adds Experimental Support for Vertical Tabs

Chrome 145 with the tabs shown to the side (vertical tabs) and a collapsed tab bar

Vertical Tabs are available behind a flag in Chrome 145 (current beta)

The feature is available in preview behind a feature flag. First you need to flip the flag (to enable the feature) and then choose the vertical tabs layout (to apply the feature):

Navigate to chrome://flags/#vertical-tabs
Set the dropdown to enabled
Relaunch Chrome
Right click the tabbar and choose “Move Tabs To The Side”

Here’s screenshots:

Chrome 145 with the flag enabled and showing the context menu to move the tabs to the side

Chrome 145 with the tabs shown to the side (vertical tabs)

If you want, you can collapse the tabs bar to a minimal form, as shown at the top of this post.

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