Pause what's playing

While a tab plays sound, a pause button shows on its row in the panel. The controls at the bottom of the panel act on whatever played last in the window.

A video started playing somewhere in your tabs, and you want it quiet.

Pause one tab

1. In the panel, click the pause button on the tab’s row.

The video or music pauses. Click the button again to play it.

The tab’s menu does the same. Right-click the row, or press Shift+F10 with the row focused, then choose Pause Media. It reads Play Media while the tab is paused.

Use the media controls

While anything in the window has media, controls show at the bottom of the panel:

• Back 10 Seconds and Forward 10 Seconds.
• Play and pause.
• Previous Track and Next Track, on sites that have tracks.

They act on whatever played last in this window, in any of its Workspaces.

Details

• A folded group shows the button when a tab inside it plays. It pauses every tab in the group that’s playing.
• In the list of Workspaces, a Workspace with sound shows the button too.
• Point to the button to see what’s playing.
• Sound that can’t be paused gets a mute button in its place, and the menu reads Mute or Unmute.
• Play starts again what the pause stopped.

Related pages

• Workspace settings and controls
• Tabs and the panel