Severe glitch when large numbers of tabs are open #12941
Labels
design
A design change, especially one which needs input from the design team
feature/tabs-bar
OS/Desktop
priority/P5
Not scheduled. Don't anticipate work on this any time soon.
Description
If over 115-120 tabs are opened, the newest tabs stop being displayed properly in the tab bar on top. They open correctly, but after clicking off of them the are inaccessible until a sufficient number of tabs are closed such that the total number of tabs in under 115. Most other browsers have tab scrolling features, and when new tabs are opened past a certain point, the width of each tab stops shrinking, and the user can scroll through the open tabs. An example of this from Firefox is shown below.
Steps to Reproduce
Actual result:
Tab bar with fewer than 120 tabs:
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/55367782/99458428-8304d880-28fa-11eb-9a0f-bb430eccd084.png)
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/55367782/99458450-8ac47d00-28fa-11eb-9159-dacf9813115d.png)
Tab bar with over 120 tabs:
Expected result:
Firefox with a small number of open tabs:
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/55367782/99458858-353ca000-28fb-11eb-96c9-c2c541d06231.png)
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/55367782/99458911-51404180-28fb-11eb-83ed-6231f16f91ab.png)
Firefox with 120 open tabs:
This is the minimum tab width in Firefox, regardless of how many tabs are open. The user can scroll through open tabs.
Reproduces how often:
This issue occurs whenever there are over 115-120 tabs open.
Brave version (brave://version info)
Version/Channel Information:
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Other Additional Information:
No
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Miscellaneous Information:
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