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Organize tabs, saved pages, and folders

Crest uses a few distinct kinds of tab so temporary work and lasting structure do not become the same pile.

Current tabs​

An ordinary page appears in the current-tabs area. Close or archive it when finished, or let the Space’s cleanup policy move old unpinned tabs into Archive.

Pinned sites​

Pinned sites appear as a compact icon grid near the top of a Space. Use them for always-close destinations such as mail, calendar, or a dashboard. Choose Pin or Unpin Current Tab or press Command-D.

Saved tabs and saved locations​

A saved tab belongs to the durable sidebar, optionally inside a folder. Its saved location is a home URL: you can navigate away, then double-click the saved-location indicator or use the context menu to return home. The context menu can replace or reset that saved location.

Folders​

Folders work in both Saved and Current Tabs. Rename them, choose a color or symbol, collapse them, nest them, and reorder their contents. Drag a complete folder between the two sections to move its tabs and nested folders together. You can also use the folder menu to change sections.

Both kinds restore and sync with their section. Moving a folder preserves its name, color, hierarchy, and contents. Drag a tab onto another current tab to create a folder, or use its context menu to create or choose a folder.

Drop along a folder’s top or bottom edge to place a tab beside it, including between empty folders. Drop inside the folder to file the tab.

Context-menu actions​

Right-click on Mac or touch and hold on iPhone and iPad. Depending on the item, Crest offers rename, copy link, change icon, pin, save, move to Space, add to Split View, duplicate, unload, Keep Loaded, close, archive, reset saved location, or delete.

Organize several items at once​

Select tabs, Split View groups, and folders together to organize them in one step. On Mac, Command-click toggles individual items and Shift-click selects a range. Use the selected items’ context menu for the available batch actions, or drag the selection to its destination.

On iPhone and iPad, use the selection actions in a tab or folder’s context menu. VoiceOver exposes selection actions too. A selected folder carries its nested contents with it.

Clear open tabs​

Use the archive control on the sidebar divider to clear open tabs while keeping pinned and saved tabs. Closed tabs remain recoverable in Archive, subject to the Space’s retention settings.

Keep Loaded and unload​

Keep Loaded protects an important live page from ordinary unloading. It is useful for an unsaved editor, a live call, or a dashboard whose in-page state matters. Crest can still respond to genuine system memory pressure.

Choose Unload when you want to release a page but retain its tab. On Mac, middle-clicking a current tab closes it; middle-clicking a pinned or saved item unloads its page while keeping the durable item.