How to Disable Animation in Tab Groups (Panorama) in Mozilla Firefox

Mozilla Firefox 4.0 and later versions come with a new feature called “Tab Groups” (aka Panorama) which can be accessed by clicking on small rectangle present at the right-side end of Tab bar or by using “View -> Tab Groups” menu or by pressing “Ctrl+E” keys together.

When you invoke this feature, a little smooth animation is shown. The same animation is shown when you close the Tab Groups window.

In this tutorial, we’ll tell you how to disable this animation:

1. Open Firefox and type about:config in the addressbar and press Enter. It’ll confirm, click on I’ll be careful, I promise! button.

Access_Mozilla_Firefox_About_Config.png

2. Now type animate in the Filter box and look for following boolean key:

browser.panorama.animate_zoom

3. The entry “browser.panorama.animate_zoom” would be set to true. Double-click on it or right-click on it and select “Toggle“. It’ll set its value to false.

4. Now whenever you open Tabs Group, you’ll not see any animation and it’ll load a bit faster.

Also Check:

[Tip] Make Mozilla Firefox Faster by Disabling UI Animations

Published in: Mozilla Firefox

About the author: Vishal Gupta (also known as VG) has been awarded the Microsoft MVP (Most Valuable Professional) award. He holds a Masters degree in Computer Applications (MCA). He has written several tech articles for popular newspapers and magazines and has also appeared in tech shows on various TV channels.

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  1. Thank you, I was hesitant to use the tab group option because the animation is a bit slow in my PC and even though it’s not much I found it a bit annoying.

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