# Panorama View

> Easily group and organize tabs visually, like the old Panorama feature.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/panorama-view](https://chrome-stats.com/d/panorama-view)

## Overview

- **ID:** `panorama-view`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** photodiode
- **Category:** tabs
- **Daily users:** 1,741
- **Weekly downloads:** 12
- **Rating:** 4.31 / 5 (219 ratings)
- **Version:** 0.9.11
- **Last updated:** 2026-04-14
- **First published:** 2017-11-26
- **Size:** 65 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-11
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/panorama-view/)

## Description

Panorama View is a powerful Chrome extension designed to help you visually group and organize your browser tabs, reminiscent of the classic Panorama feature. It allows you to create customizable tab groups, making multitasking and tab management effortless.

Key features include drag-and-drop support to rearrange tabs within or between groups and windows, keyboard shortcuts for quick actions, and light and dark mode themes for comfortable usage. Panorama View also supports saving and loading backups manually or automatically to secure your tab configurations. Additionally, it offers multilingual support to cater to a global audience. After installing, pin the add-on button to your toolbar via the Extensions menu to access these features conveniently.

## Rankings

- #2,365 — Overall
- #206 — Tabs
- #84 — organization
- #103 — features
- #120 — group
- #208 — puzzle

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `<all_urls>`
- `cookies`
- `tabs`
- `tabHide`
- `storage`
- `sessions`
- `contextualIdentities`
- `downloads`
- `menus`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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## Review summary

Users praise Panorama View for a convenient panoramic overview and solid tab-grouping, calling it essential for heavy tab users. However, reliability issues are common: tabs can vanish or a blank view appears; saving backups often fail; certain Firefox versions trigger data loss; groups rarely sync across browsers; and UI elements like the icon can be hard to see in dark mode.

### Pros

- Provides a clear panoramic visual overview of open tabs.
- Tab grouping works well and is effective, often outperforming alternatives.
- Considered an essential add-on for users who work with many tabs.
- Helps quickly navigate and organize tabs by grouping.

### Cons

- Tabs frequently disappear or the Panorama view goes blank, indicating reliability issues.
- Save/Backup feature sometimes does nothing, making recovery impossible.
- Version-specific bugs can delete tabs on certain Firefox versions (e.g., 0.9.8 with Firefox 137.0.2).
- Groups don't sync across browsers or devices, hindering cross-browser workflows.
- Icon/UI visibility issues in dark mode, with the icon not adapting to themes.

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