How to Use Tabbed Browsing With Windows XP
Tabbed browsing is a feature that enables a web browser to display several pages inside the browser window, each within its own tab. Before tabbed browsing, if you wanted to view multiple pages simultaneously, each had to be in its own window. This is the case with Internet Explorer 6, the web browser included with Windows XP. Internet Explorer 6 does not support tabbed browsing. To enable tabbed browsing in Windows XP, upgrade the browser to Internet Explorer 7 or 8.
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Instructions
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Download and install Internet Explorer 7 or 8 using the links in the Resources section. The installation utility upgrades the Internet Explorer 6 browser included with Windows XP and replaces it with a newer version. Restart the computer after completing the upgrade, and launch Internet Explorer.
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Press the "Ctrl" and "T" keys simultaneously to open a new tab. Alternatively, right-click a link as you browse the web, and select "Open in New Tab." Internet Explorer displays each tab at the top of the browser window, and you can identify the tabs by their titles.
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Click a tab to display its contents in the browser window. Alternatively, press the "Ctrl" key and one of the number keys simultaneously. For example, to switch to the second tab from the left, press "Ctrl" and "2."
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Click and drag a tab to the left or right to change the order of the tabs at the top of the window.
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Click the "X" icon on the right side of a tab to close it. Alternatively, press the "Ctrl" and "W" keys to close the tab that is currently active.
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Tips & Warnings
Internet Explorer 7 was not the first browser to support tabbed browsing, and most of today's web browsers support this feature, including Google Chrome, Opera and Mozilla Firefox.
