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{{nutshell|''Snap Links'' simply loads "lassoed" pages into tabs in Chrome or Firefox, allowing you to bring the power of your power of browser to dozens ofmany pages at a time. Subtle, but very effective.}}

'''[https://cpriest.github.io/SnapLinksPlus/#/ Snap Links]''' is a mass tab loader add-on for the [[Mozilla Firefox]] and [[Google Chrome]] browsers. It auto loads links into tabs when the user holds down the right mouse button and drags a selection rectangle over those links (an action called "lassoing"). CreateYou thecreate a rectangle, then release the right mouse button, andthen the tabsrectangle open up. Tabs are especially useful for browsingdisappears, and editingthe multipletabs Wikipediaopen pagesup.

A [[tabbed browsing|"tab"]] is a window opened within a web-browser. Each tab independently displays a web page (such as a Wikipedia article). Tabs are especially useful for browsing and editing multiple Wikipedia pages.

== Then what? ==

Well, after you have the desired web-pages displayed in tabs, you can take full advantage of your browswer's tabbing features, which let you batch browse (that is, look at)inspect or batch edit lots of pages '''''fast'''''.

In Firefox, the [[keyboard shortcut]] {{key press|[[Control key|Ctrl]]|Tab}} is used to switch between tabs. Use {{key press|Ctrl|W}} to close the current tab as you make the switch to the next tab.

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In AWB, once you've processed a page, you can't go back to it. But in Firefox you can, even if you've already closed the tab! (Restore a tab with {{key press|Shift|Ctrl|t}}).

''Snap Links'' simply loads pages into tabs in Chrome or Firefox, allowing you to bring the of your power of browser to dozens of pages at a time. Subtle, but very effective.

==Notes==