Safari Vertical Tabs?

[Ethosik]

Does the new Safari have Vertical Tabs? I have dropped every other browser that does not support vertical tabs. Brave, Edge, Arc, etc. I only use these for the pure vertical tabs.

Tab groups in Safari are not the same because you still have loads of tabs horizontally if you have loads of tabs in the tab group.

 

[Slartibart]

is this a question related specifically for the macOS 26 beta? Or in general? Safari provides this functionality via the side bar (at least in macOS 15, probably long before).
In the top you see the an indicator with the number of currently open tabs. <- that is ABOVE the tab groups. Click the triangle on the right to it to expand, then navigate vertically.

I do not run macOS26 beta, but it is there in iPadOS26 and functional…and as written in Safari 18.5 it is available… someone running the macOS beta might check 🙃 (?)

 

[StevenRCE0]

The Tab Group in sidebar does provide functionalities like vertical tabs, but the lame address bar still takes up space on the right––and OS 26's decision to remove the merged tabs makes this use case feel worse.

 

[Joseph C]

The Tab Group in sidebar does provide functionalities like vertical tabs, but the lame address bar still takes up space on the right––and OS 26's decision to remove the merged tabs makes this use case feel worse.

I really hate the new bulky Safari on macOS 26 in the betas so far.

I want the compact view back but have a feeling they're not going to do it.

If they let us hide the usual tab bar with the sidebar/vertical tabs open I'd switch to that instead.

 

[Ethosik]

is this a question related specifically for the macOS 26 beta? Or in general? Safari provides this functionality via the side bar (at least in macOS 15, probably long before).
In the top you see the an indicator with the number of currently open tabs. <- that is ABOVE the tab groups. Click the triangle on the right to it to expand, then navigate vertically.

I do not run macOS26 beta, but it is there in iPadOS26 and functional…and as written in Safari 18.5 it is available… someone running the macOS beta might check 🙃 (?)

This is precisely what I want to avoid. Give me vertical tabs but not horizontal tabs. I do not need to see them twice.

 

[fisherking]

This is precisely what I want to avoid. Give me vertical tabs but not horizontal tabs. I do not need to see them twice.

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seems a logical idea 👍 - have you reported this in feedback assistant?