Take a Peek at Open Tabs with Quick Tabs in Internet Explorer 9

Quick Tabs or as I like to call it, Quick “Peek” allows Internet Explorer 9 users to take a peek of all open tabs in a browser window. This is a great way to quickly close unwanted tabs or to flip through them if you’re feeling a little lost. However if you wish to use this really cool feature you will need to follow the instructions below to enable it, because it appears that Internet Explorer 9 will ship with the feature disabled.

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Software/Hardware used: Internet Explorer 9 RC running on Windows 7 Ultimate.

Enable quicktabs internet explorer 9 a

1. Click the Tools icon and then Internet options from the menu.

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2. When the Internet Options window opens, click Settings in the Tabs section.

3. The Tabbed Browsing Settings window will open. Check Enable Quick Tabs (Ctrl+Q) and click OK. Click OK again to close the Internet Options window.

Close Internet Explorer and reopen.

Enable quicktabs internet explorer 9

Next time you have several tabs open, press Ctrl + Q on your keyboard and you will get a peek of all open tabs in one view (see above). If you have any other IE9 tips to share please use the comments form below.