How should tabs be organized within a Space?

[Takuto1121-ja]

I’m trying to figure out the intended way to organize a larger number of tabs within a single Space.

For example, I might have a Book Space containing tabs for different categories:

• Mystery
• Manga
• Children's books
• Cookbooks

I’d prefer to keep these under one Book Space rather than creating a separate Space for every category, but once there are many tabs, it becomes difficult to visually distinguish the different groups.

I can think of a few possible approaches:

• Optional tab folders, perhaps behind a setting for people who want them
• Lightweight section labels or separators inside the tab list, without introducing full tab-group behavior
• Small category markers on individual tabs, such as a short label, symbol, or subtle visual marker

For example, section labels could look something like:

Book

── Mystery ─────────
tab
tab
tab

── Manga ───────────
tab
tab

── Children's books ─
tab
tab

── Cookbooks ───────
tab

Or category markers could keep the list completely flat:

[Mystery] tab
[Manga] tab
[Children's] tab
[Cookbook] tab

These are just examples rather than specific feature requests.

I know Search intentionally avoids traditional tab groups/folders and tries to keep the tab column simple, so I’m mainly curious:

What would be the Search-style way to handle this kind of organization within a Space?

I’d be interested in whatever approach best fits Search’s design philosophy.

[yunseongmin]

I mainly use Search's sidebar tabs and would love named, collapsible groups within a Space, with drag-and-drop to move tabs between groups. That would let me keep related tabs together without creating a separate Space for every category.

One related behavior I’d appreciate: when I press ⌘W on a pinned tab, could Search leave the page loaded or ask before putting it to sleep? I’d like pinned tabs to stay available unless I explicitly unpin them; ⌘W could leave a pinned tab open or ask first.

[driceroland]

Thanks for asking it this way. The answer has changed since you wrote: tab groups are now planned, as an option that's off by default, through #242, so tabs within a space can be kept in named groups. Closing as a duplicate of #23, where it's tracked.