# Tile Tabs WE

> Take tabs from parent windows and arrange them in layouts of tiled sub-windows, using the toolbar button, context menu or keyboard shortcuts. Makes it easy to browse, compare or monitor multiple pages. Synchronize scroll. Save and re-open layouts.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/tile-tabs-we](https://chrome-stats.com/d/tile-tabs-we)

## Overview

- **ID:** `tile-tabs-we`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** DW-dev
- **Category:** appearance,tabs
- **Daily users:** 8,979
- **Weekly downloads:** 74
- **Rating:** 2.85 / 5 (336 ratings)
- **Version:** 15.5
- **Last updated:** 2023-03-17
- **First published:** 2016-08-21
- **Size:** 76 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/tile-tabs-we/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/tile-tabs-we/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/tile-tabs-we/privacy/)

## Description

## Overview
Tile Tabs WE is a powerful Chrome extension designed to enhance browser multitasking by allowing users to tile multiple tabs within a single window. It lets you arrange tabs in horizontal, vertical, or grid layouts, making it easy to browse, compare, or monitor several web pages simultaneously.

## Key Features
- Create tiled layouts via toolbar, context menu, or keyboard shortcuts.
- Synchronize scrolling across tiled tabs for efficient comparison.
- Save, open, and delete custom tab layouts.
- Drag to resize tiled sub-windows dynamically.
- Flexible assignment of tabs to tiles including from highlighted tabs.
- Quick access commands through a convenient Quick Menu icon.
- Customizable keyboard shortcuts for common actions.
- Open links in adjacent tiles via special clicks.
- Options to hide/show toolbars within tiles for a cleaner interface.
- Import and export layouts as JSON files.

This extension significantly improves browsing productivity by consolidating multiple tabs into manageable, tiled sub-windows with synchronized interactions. Compatible with both Chrome and Firefox, it emulates 'split browser' functionality seamlessly within your existing browsing environment.

## Rankings

- #818 — Overall
- #54 — Tabs
- #123 — Appearance
- #16 — new tabs
- #51 — layout
- #69 — new tab

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `http://-tile-tabs-we-/*`
- `tabs`
- `webNavigation`
- `webRequest`
- `webRequestBlocking`
- `bookmarks`
- `contextMenus`
- `notifications`
- `storage`

### Content script matches

- `*`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Very high risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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## Review summary

Users generally see Tile Tabs WE as a great tiling concept with potential, and some praise it as a must-have. However, recurring issues across reviews include it not tiling within one window (instead creating multiple windows), lack of updates and reliability problems with saved layouts, conflicts with other extensions, and platform-specific UX quirks on Linux/KDE. Overall, the idea is valued, but maintenance and consistent behavior are major drawbacks.

### Pros

- Great tiling concept; widely praised as a must-have by multiple reviewers.
- Useful for multi-monitor/workspace setups to manage browser windows.
- Viewed as a valuable long-awaited tiling idea that users appreciate.

### Cons

- Does not tile within a single Firefox window; it creates and arranges multiple windows instead.
- Not updated / seems abandoned, leading to reliability concerns.
- Layout saving/loading is flaky and can result in lost or empty layouts when restoring sessions.
- Conflicts with other extensions (e.g., Simple Tab Groups) causing name/ tab-order issues.
- Platform-specific quirks (notably on Linux/KDE) and general UX/usability problems.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/tile-tabs-we)