how do I see which tab is playing in safari?

I am running Catalina 10.15. In safari I have a row of tabs visible and one of them is playing a YouTube video. How do I see which tab is playing?

MacBook, macOS 10.15

Posted on Oct 9, 2020 1:10 AM

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Oct 9, 2020 3:48 AM in response to Skiplight Phil

You should be able to see the active window - the one playing the video - by using the Show/Hide Tab Overview icon. This looks like a square with another square behind it, representing several Safari windows in sequence. When you click on it thumbnails of all your open tabs jump into view and the video will seen playing and you can click on it to bring it to the front.


If the Tab Overview icon isn't in your Safari Toolbar right click on the bar and choose 'Customise Toolbar'. This will give you a panel of icons and you can drag the Tab Overview icon to the toolbar for later use.


Or you could click on each of your multiple tabs one by one until you find the one playing the video!



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