Tabs Gone Wild

[Framar]

Just glanced over at my Lenovo laptop and it was apparently trying desperately to open an entire row of tabs. I have no idea what prompted this unusual behavior, but it took me about 15 minutes and I bet I had to individually close over 300 tabs (some dating back several months or more, but mostly the same 5 ones over and over and over).

Any idea what could have caused this? For once I cannot blame the cats - none of them were near the laptop. Is there a button I could have accidentally pushed on the keyboard that says "open 3 months worth of recently closed tabs "? I never use any shortcut keys. No clue what they do . . .

And oddly enough, I do actually take advantage of the Clear Recent History feature at least every week.

It's always something . . .

 

[Framar]

Maybe it is another of my mysterious Sorcerer's Apprentice kind of problems.

Why me?

 

[Dirk]

Have you tried installing some tab stops from an old manual typewriter?

 

[wvframer]

As much as I love the idea of a haunted laptop, I actually have experienced this one. It turned out it was the result of a stuck key.

 

[Mike Labbe]

Sometimes clicking on a bad link (email or web) can do this. Was it trying to open something specific? Def run a scan with your a/v software, just to make sure all is well and the laptop is free of malware.

Mike

 

[wvframer]

Yuck. Didn't even think of that possibility.

 

[Gilder]

Same thing happen to me on Saturday.

 

[Framar]

Just ran a complete scan - no viruses or malware - everything A-OK.

It was just trying to open all of the tabs I had ever kept open for the last couple of months - the same 5 or 6 six websites (eBay, my blog, a YT kitten cam, A Snopes page, and the Grumble).

Hmmm, seeing this same thing happened to Gilder, maybe Firefox had a hiccup or something?

 

[Larry Peterson]

The next time this happens, the quickest way to close all the tabs is to hold down <CTRL> F4 (The control key and F4 at the same time). All the tabs will close lickity split.

 

[Mike Labbe]

Next up: Tabs gone wild, spring break edition!

 

[Framar]

Of course, Larry, now that you have given me the solution to the problem it is an iron-clad guarantee that this particular problem will never ever happen again.

 

[Larry Peterson]

Of course, Larry, now that you have given me the solution to the problem it is an iron-clad guarantee that this particular problem will never ever happen again.

Of course. But if it should arise again, using <CTRL> F4 will close hundreds of tabs in just a few seconds.

 

[Framar]

Thanks. I'll tape another post-it to my laptop. (Wouldn't that make a great title for a country western song?)

 

[Ylva]

Lol!
Provide the lyrics, I’ll ask Q to put some music to that. Hahahahahaha

 

[Peter Odems]

Attention for hidden buttons on your laptop that turn it into a submarine!