🪟 Secondary Windows

A secondary window in Wavebox is a separate browser-like window that opens alongside your main window. It gives you a flexible space for browsing or accessing sites and tools without cluttering your main window.

When to Use Secondary Windows Secondary windows are perfect for

• Multi-monitor setups: Keep different apps on different screens
• Research tasks: Browse websites without cluttering your main workspace
• Client work: Open client-specific tools in separate windows
• Presentations: Share one window while keeping private work in another

The Basics

• Pop-out an App: You can move an app out of the main window into a secondary window.
• Unlimited: Open as many as you like!
• Continue where you left off: Secondary windows will stay open between restarts. Go to: Settings > General Tab > On Start-Up > Continue Where you Left Off.
• Split-screen: You can view 2 pages side-by-side in secondary windows.
• Tab Sessions: Use secondary windows with Dashboard Collections to save tabs as a session to use again and again.
• Chrome-like Experience: Secondary windows behave more like Chrome than the main Wavebox window.

Opening a Secondary Window

• Wavebox Menu (☰)
  • Click the ☰Wavebox main menu top-right.
  • Select New Window.
• Webdock Icon
  • At the bottom of the webdock look for the 'New Window' button (a blue globe icon).
  • To add it, go to Settings > General > Webdock, and click on the. control icons you want to appear.
• Toolbar Icon
  • Look for the 'New Window' button (a blue globe icon) in the toolbar top right. Learn how to add it here.
• Drag a Tab
  • Drag any tab into an open space on your desktop to create a new window.
• Move App into new Window

• Hover over a Group to show the tooltip menu, and then hover over any app. Click on the 'open' icon on the right-hand side to launch the app in a new window.
• Right-click on an App in the tabstrip and select 'Move to new window'. The app in the main window will show a holding page message until the secondary window is closed—shown in the screenshot below.

• Keyboard Shortcut
  • Go to Settings > General > Keyboard Shortcuts.
  • Assign a shortcut for 'Create a new window' (e.g., Ctrl+Shift+N or Cmd+Shift+N).
  • Use that shortcut anytime to open a new secondary window.
• Right-click a Tab, Page or Link
  • Right-click on any page and select 'Open page in new window'.

Spaces

• New windows will belong to the Space you are in when created.
• You can easily change the space of any tab in a secondary window:
  • Click on the tab
  • Click on the Space indicator icon on the right of the address bar.
  • Click on 'Open in Space'.
  • Select the Space from the list (if you are signed-in to the tab you may need to sign-in again).

Using Secondary Windows

• Managing Windows: All your windows are listed in the app's native menu bar (at the very top of your computer) under the Window tab.
• Address Bar: Type URLs or search queries at the top, just like in a regular browser.
• Tab Handling: In the tabstrip, click the + icon to open a new tab, or right-click a page link and choose Open in New Tab.
• Chrome Tab Groups: Use tab groups like you do in Chrome.
• Incognito Mode: Click the ☰ Wavebox Menu top right and select 'New Incognito Window'. Or add the icon to the toolbar so that it's always available.
• Sessions: Save secondary window tabs as a dashboard collection session to reopen later.

Moving Tabs Between Windows

• Drag a tab out of the main window to create a new secondary window.
• Drag a tab out of the main window and drop it on the tabstrip in any secondary window.
• Drag and drop tabs between secondary windows.
• Drag a tab from the secondary window and position it over the tabstrip in the main window.
• Note that you cannot drag the last tab from secondary windows into the main window.