diff --git a/src/browser/base/content/ZenUIManager.mjs b/src/browser/base/content/ZenUIManager.mjs
index 082d98206..009c70fb0 100644
--- a/src/browser/base/content/ZenUIManager.mjs
+++ b/src/browser/base/content/ZenUIManager.mjs
@@ -86,9 +86,7 @@ var gZenUIManager = {
   },
 
   generateUuidv4() {
-    return '10000000-1000-4000-8000-100000000000'.replace(/[018]/g, (c) =>
-      (+c ^ (crypto.getRandomValues(new Uint8Array(1))[0] & (15 >> (+c / 4)))).toString(16)
-    );
+    return Services.uuid.generateUUID().toString();
   },
 
   toogleBookmarksSidebar() {
diff --git a/src/browser/base/content/zen-glance.inc.xhtml b/src/browser/base/content/zen-glance.inc.xhtml
index 61c7bf385..64d5a0703 100644
--- a/src/browser/base/content/zen-glance.inc.xhtml
+++ b/src/browser/base/content/zen-glance.inc.xhtml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<vbox id="zen-glance-sidebar-container">
-  <toolbarbutton id="zen-glance-sidebar-close" class="toolbarbutton-1" oncommand="gZenGlanceManager.closeGlance()"/>
+<vbox id="zen-glance-sidebar-container" hidden="true">
+  <toolbarbutton id="zen-glance-sidebar-close" class="toolbarbutton-1" oncommand="gZenGlanceManager.closeGlance({ onTabClose: true })"/>
   <toolbarbutton id="zen-glance-sidebar-open" class="toolbarbutton-1" oncommand="gZenGlanceManager.fullyOpenGlance()"/>
-</vbox>
\ No newline at end of file
+</vbox>
diff --git a/src/browser/base/content/zen-styles/zen-animations.css b/src/browser/base/content/zen-styles/zen-animations.css
index 01c231662..067582958 100644
--- a/src/browser/base/content/zen-styles/zen-animations.css
+++ b/src/browser/base/content/zen-styles/zen-animations.css
@@ -227,76 +227,6 @@
   }
 }
 
-@keyframes zen-glance-content-animation-out {
-  0% {
-    /* make the box shrink to final width/height and x/y coordinates */
-    transform: translate(-50%, -50%) translateZ(0);
-    width: 85%;
-    height: 100%;
-    top: 50%;
-    left: 50%;
-    opacity: 1;
-  }
-
-  100% {
-    /* make the box appear from initial width/height and x/y coordinates */
-    transform: translate(-50%, -50%) translateZ(0);
-    opacity: 0;
-    width: 47%;
-    height: 53%;
-    top: 50%;
-    left: 50%;
-    opacity: 0;
-  }
-}
-
-@keyframes zen-glance-buttons-animation-full {
-  from {
-    width: 85%;
-    height: 85%;
-    top: 50%;
-    left: 50%;
-    transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
-  }
-
-  to {
-    width: 100%;
-    height: 100%;
-    top: 50%;
-    left: 50%;
-    opacity: 1;
-    transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
-  }
-}
-
-@keyframes zen-glance-loading-animation {
-  0% {
-    opacity: 1;
-    width: 80%;
-  }
-
-  90% {
-    width: 100%;
-  }
-
-  100% {
-    opacity: 0;
-  }
-}
-
-@keyframes zen-glance-buttons-animation {
-  from {
-    right: 0;
-    opacity: 0;
-    width: fit-content;
-  }
-
-  to {
-    opacity: 1;
-    transform: translateX(-100%) translateY(-50%);
-  }
-}
-
 @keyframes zen-rice-form-out {
   0% {
     transform: translateX(0);
diff --git a/src/browser/base/content/zen-styles/zen-glance.css b/src/browser/base/content/zen-styles/zen-glance.css
index 20b0f0e24..9256ef1f2 100644
--- a/src/browser/base/content/zen-styles/zen-glance.css
+++ b/src/browser/base/content/zen-styles/zen-glance.css
@@ -23,27 +23,38 @@
   }
 }
 
-.browserSidebarContainer.zen-glance-overlay {
-  box-shadow: none !important;
+#zen-glance-sidebar-container {
+  position: absolute;
+  display: flex;
+  z-index: 999;
 
-  &[fade-out='true'] {
-    background: transparent;
-    opacity: 1;
+  &[hidden='true'] {
+    display: none;
+  }
 
-    & .browserContainer {
-      opacity: 1;
-      animation: zen-glance-content-animation-out 0.3s ease-in-out forwards !important;
+  top: 10%;
+  transform: translateY(-50%);
 
-      & browser {
-        opacity: 1 !important;
-      }
+  padding: 5px;
+  gap: 12px;
+  right: 1%;
 
-      & #zen-glance-sidebar-container {
-        opacity: 0;
-        transition: opacity 0.1s ease-in-out;
-      }
+  & toolbarbutton {
+    width: 32px;
+    height: 32px;
+    background: var(--zen-dialog-background);
+    border-radius: 999px;
+    appearance: none;
+    box-shadow: 0 0 12px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.07);
+
+    & label {
+      display: none;
     }
   }
+}
+
+.browserSidebarContainer.zen-glance-overlay {
+  box-shadow: none !important;
 
   & .browserContainer {
     background: var(--zen-dialog-background);
@@ -69,37 +80,6 @@
       overflow: hidden;
     }
 
-    & #zen-glance-sidebar-container {
-      position: absolute;
-      display: flex;
-      top: 10%;
-      left: 0;
-      transform: translateY(-50%);
-      opacity: 0;
-      background: var(--zen-dialog-background);
-
-      border: 1px solid var(--zen-colors-border);
-      border-right: none;
-
-      border-top-left-radius: var(--zen-native-inner-radius);
-      border-bottom-left-radius: var(--zen-native-inner-radius);
-
-      padding: 5px;
-      gap: 6px;
-
-      animation: zen-glance-buttons-animation 0.2s ease-in-out forwards;
-      animation-delay: 0.3s;
-
-      & toolbarbutton {
-        width: 32px;
-        height: 32px;
-
-        & label {
-          display: none;
-        }
-      }
-    }
-
     & browser {
       width: 100%;
       height: 100%;
@@ -116,22 +96,13 @@
 
     &[animate='true'] {
       position: absolute;
-      transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
+    }
+  }
 
-      &:not([animate-end='true']) {
-        pointer-events: none;
-
-        & browser {
-          opacity: 0;
-          visibility: hidden;
-        }
-
-        & #zen-glance-sidebar-container {
-          opacity: 0;
-          animation: none;
-          pointer-events: none;
-        }
-      }
+  &[fade-out='true'] {
+    & browser {
+      transition: opacity 0.1s ease;
+      opacity: 0;
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/browser/base/content/zen-styles/zen-tabs/vertical-tabs.css b/src/browser/base/content/zen-styles/zen-tabs/vertical-tabs.css
index 288b7d524..e17e45800 100644
--- a/src/browser/base/content/zen-styles/zen-tabs/vertical-tabs.css
+++ b/src/browser/base/content/zen-styles/zen-tabs/vertical-tabs.css
@@ -311,14 +311,23 @@
     /* We have a tab inside a tab, this means, it's a glance tab */
     & .tabbrowser-tab {
       pointer-events: none;
-      margin: 0;
+      margin: 0 0 0 4px;
       --toolbarbutton-inner-padding: 0;
       --border-radius-medium: 8px;
+      width: 24px;
+      height: 24px;
+      --tab-min-height: 24px;
+      --tab-min-width: 24px;
 
       & .tab-background {
-        background: transparent;
+        background: var(--zen-toolbar-element-bg) !important;
+        margin-block: 0 !important;
+        margin-inline: 0 !important;
         box-shadow: none !important;
       }
+      & .tab-content {
+        padding: 0 5px;
+      }
       & label { display: none !important; }
       & .tab-close-button,
       & .tab-reset-button {
@@ -327,6 +336,8 @@
 
       & .tab-icon-image {
         --toolbarbutton-inner-padding: 0 !important;
+        width: 14px;
+        height: 14px;
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/browser/base/zen-components/ZenGlanceManager.mjs b/src/browser/base/zen-components/ZenGlanceManager.mjs
index 38fc44495..ed2c93caa 100644
--- a/src/browser/base/zen-components/ZenGlanceManager.mjs
+++ b/src/browser/base/zen-components/ZenGlanceManager.mjs
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {
   class ZenGlanceManager extends ZenDOMOperatedFeature {
-    #currentBrowser = null;
-    #currentTab = null;
-
     _animating = false;
     _lazyPref = {};
 
+    #glances = new Map();
+    #currentGlanceID = null;
+
     init() {
       window.addEventListener('keydown', this.onKeyDown.bind(this));
       window.addEventListener('TabClose', this.onTabClose.bind(this));
@@ -24,17 +24,29 @@
       Services.obs.addObserver(this, 'quit-application-requested');
     }
 
+    get #currentBrowser() {
+      return this.#glances.get(this.#currentGlanceID)?.browser;
+    }
+
+    get #currentTab() {
+      return this.#glances.get(this.#currentGlanceID)?.tab;
+    }
+
+    get #currentParentTab() {
+      return this.#glances.get(this.#currentGlanceID)?.parentTab;
+    }
+
     onKeyDown(event) {
-      if (event.key === 'Escape' && this.#currentBrowser) {
+      if (event.key === 'Escape' && this.#currentGlanceID) {
         event.preventDefault();
         event.stopPropagation();
-        this.closeGlance();
+        this.closeGlance({ onTabClose: true });
       }
     }
 
     onOverlayClick(event) {
       if (event.target === this.overlay && event.originalTarget !== this.contentWrapper) {
-        this.closeGlance();
+        this.closeGlance({ onTabClose: true });
       }
     }
 
@@ -48,8 +60,8 @@
 
     onUnload() {
       // clear everything
-      if (this.#currentBrowser) {
-        gBrowser.removeTab(this.#currentTab);
+      for (let [id, glance] of this.#glances) {
+        gBrowser.removeTab(glance.tab, { animate: false });
       }
     }
 
@@ -65,19 +77,49 @@
         skipLoad: false,
         index: this.getTabPosition(currentTab),
       };
-      this.currentParentTab = currentTab;
+      currentTab._selected = true;
+      const newUUID = gZenUIManager.generateUuidv4();
       const newTab = existingTab ?? gBrowser.addTrustedTab(Services.io.newURI(url).spec, newTabOptions);
       if (currentTab.hasAttribute('zenDefaultUserContextId')) {
         newTab.setAttribute('zenDefaultUserContextId', true);
       }
-      gBrowser.selectedTab = newTab;
       currentTab.querySelector('.tab-content').appendChild(newTab);
       newTab.setAttribute('zen-glance-tab', true);
-      this.#currentBrowser = newTab.linkedBrowser;
-      this.#currentTab = newTab;
+      newTab.setAttribute('glance-id', newUUID);
+      currentTab.setAttribute('glance-id', newUUID);
+      this.#glances.set(newUUID, {
+        tab: newTab,
+        parentTab: currentTab,
+        browser: newTab.linkedBrowser,
+      });
+      this.#currentGlanceID = newUUID;
+      setTimeout(() => {
+        gBrowser.tabContainer._invalidateCachedTabs(); // remove tiny tab from the tabstrip
+      }, 0);
       return this.#currentBrowser;
     }
 
+    fillOverlay(browser) {
+      this.overlay = browser.closest('.browserSidebarContainer');
+      this.browserWrapper = browser.closest('.browserContainer');
+      this.contentWrapper = browser.closest('.browserStack');
+    }
+
+    showSidebarButtons() {
+      if (this.sidebarButtons.hasAttribute('hidden')) {
+        gZenUIManager.motion.animate(
+          this.sidebarButtons.querySelectorAll('toolbarbutton'),
+          { x: [-50, 0], opacity: [0, 1] },
+          { delay: gZenUIManager.motion.stagger(0.2) }
+        );
+      }
+      this.sidebarButtons.removeAttribute('hidden');
+    }
+
+    hideSidebarButtons() {
+      this.sidebarButtons.setAttribute('hidden', true);
+    }
+
     openGlance(data, existingTab = null, ownerTab = null) {
       if (this.#currentBrowser) {
         return;
@@ -101,11 +143,8 @@
 
       const browserElement = this.createBrowserElement(data.url, currentTab, existingTab);
 
-      this.overlay = browserElement.closest('.browserSidebarContainer');
-      this.browserWrapper = browserElement.closest('.browserContainer');
-      this.contentWrapper = browserElement.closest('.browserStack');
-
-      this.browserWrapper.prepend(this.sidebarButtons);
+      this.fillOverlay(browserElement);
+      this.showSidebarButtons();
 
       this.overlay.classList.add('zen-glance-overlay');
 
@@ -115,11 +154,20 @@
 
         this.overlay.removeAttribute('fade-out');
         this.browserWrapper.setAttribute('animate', true);
-        this.browserWrapper.style.top = `${initialY + initialHeight / 2}px`;
-        this.browserWrapper.style.left = `${initialX + initialWidth / 2}px`;
+        const top = initialY + initialHeight / 2;
+        const left = initialX + initialWidth / 2;
+        this.browserWrapper.style.top = `${top}px`;
+        this.browserWrapper.style.left = `${left}px`;
         this.browserWrapper.style.width = `${initialWidth}px`;
         this.browserWrapper.style.height = `${initialHeight}px`;
         this.browserWrapper.style.opacity = 0.8;
+        this.#glances.get(this.#currentGlanceID).originalPosition = {
+          top: this.browserWrapper.style.top,
+          left: this.browserWrapper.style.left,
+          width: this.browserWrapper.style.width,
+          height: this.browserWrapper.style.height,
+        };
+        this.browserWrapper.style.transform = 'translate(-50%, -50%)';
         this.overlay.style.overflow = 'visible';
         gZenUIManager.motion
           .animate(
@@ -156,83 +204,88 @@
       this.browserWrapper.removeAttribute('has-finished-animation');
       if (noAnimation) {
         this.quickCloseGlance({ closeCurrentTab: false });
-        this.#currentBrowser = null;
-        this.#currentTab = null;
         return;
       }
 
       this._animating = true;
 
       gBrowser._insertTabAtIndex(this.#currentTab, {
-        index: this.getTabPosition(this.currentParentTab),
+        index: this.getTabPosition(this.#currentParentTab),
       });
 
       let quikcCloseZen = false;
       if (onTabClose) {
         // Create new tab if no more ex
         if (gBrowser.tabs.length === 1) {
-          gBrowser.selectedTab = gZenUIManager.openAndChangeToTab(Services.prefs.getStringPref('browser.startup.homepage'));
+          BrowserCommands.openTab();
           return;
-        } else if (gBrowser.selectedTab === this.#currentTab) {
-          this._duringOpening = true;
-          gBrowser.tabContainer.advanceSelectedTab(1, true); // to skip the current tab
-          this._duringOpening = false;
-          quikcCloseZen = true;
         }
       }
 
       // do NOT touch here, I don't know what it does, but it works...
-      window.requestAnimationFrame(() => {
-        this.#currentTab.style.display = 'none';
-        this.browserWrapper.removeAttribute('animate');
-        this.browserWrapper.removeAttribute('animate-end');
-        this.overlay.setAttribute('fade-out', true);
-        window.requestAnimationFrame(() => {
-          this.quickCloseGlance({ justAnimateParent: true });
-          this.browserWrapper.setAttribute('animate', true);
+      this.#currentTab.style.display = 'none';
+      this.overlay.setAttribute('fade-out', true);
+      this.overlay.style.pointerEvents = 'none';
+      this.quickCloseGlance({ justAnimateParent: true, clearID: false });
+      const originalPosition = this.#glances.get(this.#currentGlanceID).originalPosition;
+      gZenUIManager.motion
+        .animate(
+          this.browserWrapper,
+          {
+            ...originalPosition,
+            opacity: 0,
+          },
+          { type: 'spring', bounce: 0, duration: 0.5 }
+        )
+        .then(() => {
+          this.browserWrapper.removeAttribute('animate');
+          this.browserWrapper.removeAttribute('animate-end');
+          if (!this.#currentParentTab) {
+            return;
+          }
+
+          if (!onTabClose || quikcCloseZen) {
+            this.quickCloseGlance({ clearID: false });
+          }
+          this.overlay.removeAttribute('fade-out');
+          this.browserWrapper.removeAttribute('animate');
+
+          this.lastCurrentTab = this.#currentTab;
+
+          this.overlay.classList.remove('zen-glance-overlay');
+          gBrowser._getSwitcher().setTabStateNoAction(this.lastCurrentTab, gBrowser.AsyncTabSwitcher.STATE_UNLOADED);
+
+          if (!onTabClose) {
+            this.#currentParentTab._visuallySelected = false;
+          }
+
+          // reset everything
+          const prevOverlay = this.overlay;
+          this.browserWrapper = null;
+          this.overlay = null;
+          this.contentWrapper = null;
+
+          this.lastCurrentTab.removeAttribute('zen-glance-tab');
+          this.lastCurrentTab._closingGlance = true;
+
+          gBrowser.tabContainer._invalidateCachedTabs();
+          gBrowser.removeTab(this.lastCurrentTab, { animate: false });
+          this.#currentBrowser.remove();
+
           setTimeout(() => {
-            if (!this.currentParentTab) {
-              return;
-            }
+            prevOverlay.remove(); // Just to be sure
+          }, 0);
 
-            if (!onTabClose || quikcCloseZen) {
-              this.quickCloseGlance();
-            }
-            this.overlay.removeAttribute('fade-out');
-            this.browserWrapper.removeAttribute('animate');
+          this.#currentParentTab.removeAttribute('glance-id');
 
-            this.lastCurrentTab = this.#currentTab;
+          this.#glances.delete(this.#currentGlanceID);
+          this.#currentGlanceID = null;
 
-            this.overlay.classList.remove('zen-glance-overlay');
-            gBrowser._getSwitcher().setTabStateNoAction(this.lastCurrentTab, gBrowser.AsyncTabSwitcher.STATE_UNLOADED);
+          this.lastCurrentTab = null;
+          this._duringOpening = false;
 
-            if (!onTabClose && gBrowser.selectedTab === this.lastCurrentTab) {
-              this._duringOpening = true;
-              gBrowser.selectedTab = this.currentParentTab;
-            }
-
-            // reset everything
-            this.currentParentTab = null;
-            this.browserWrapper = null;
-            this.overlay = null;
-            this.contentWrapper = null;
-
-            this.lastCurrentTab.removeAttribute('zen-glance-tab');
-            this.lastCurrentTab._closingGlance = true;
-
-            gBrowser.tabContainer._invalidateCachedTabs();
-            gBrowser.removeTab(this.lastCurrentTab, { animate: true });
-
-            this.#currentTab = null;
-            this.#currentBrowser = null;
-
-            this.lastCurrentTab = null;
-            this._duringOpening = false;
-
-            this._animating = false;
-          }, 400);
+          this._animating = false;
         });
-      });
     }
 
     quickOpenGlance() {
@@ -240,74 +293,106 @@
         return;
       }
       this._duringOpening = true;
-      try {
-        gBrowser.selectedTab = this.#currentTab;
-      } catch (e) {}
+      this.showSidebarButtons();
 
-      this.currentParentTab.linkedBrowser
-        .closest('.browserSidebarContainer')
-        .classList.add('deck-selected', 'zen-glance-background');
-      this.currentParentTab.linkedBrowser.closest('.browserSidebarContainer').classList.remove('zen-glance-overlay');
-      this.currentParentTab.linkedBrowser.zenModeActive = true;
+      const parentBrowserContainer = this.#currentParentTab.linkedBrowser.closest('.browserSidebarContainer');
+      parentBrowserContainer.classList.add('deck-selected');
+      parentBrowserContainer.classList.add('zen-glance-background');
+      parentBrowserContainer.classList.remove('zen-glance-overlay');
+      this.#currentParentTab.linkedBrowser.zenModeActive = true;
+      this.#currentParentTab.linkedBrowser.docShellIsActive = true;
       this.#currentBrowser.zenModeActive = true;
-      this.currentParentTab.linkedBrowser.docShellIsActive = true;
       this.#currentBrowser.docShellIsActive = true;
       this.#currentBrowser.setAttribute('zen-glance-selected', true);
+      this.fillOverlay(this.#currentBrowser);
 
-      this.currentParentTab._visuallySelected = true;
+      this.#currentParentTab._visuallySelected = true;
       this.overlay.classList.add('deck-selected');
+      this.overlay.classList.add('zen-glance-overlay');
 
       this._duringOpening = false;
     }
 
-    quickCloseGlance({ closeCurrentTab = true, closeParentTab = true, justAnimateParent = false } = {}) {
-      const parentHasBrowser = !!this.currentParentTab.linkedBrowser;
+    quickCloseGlance({ closeCurrentTab = true, closeParentTab = true, justAnimateParent = false, clearID = true } = {}) {
+      const parentHasBrowser = !!this.#currentParentTab.linkedBrowser;
+      this.hideSidebarButtons();
       if (!justAnimateParent) {
         if (parentHasBrowser) {
           if (closeParentTab) {
-            this.currentParentTab.linkedBrowser.closest('.browserSidebarContainer').classList.remove('deck-selected');
+            this.#currentParentTab.linkedBrowser.closest('.browserSidebarContainer').classList.remove('deck-selected');
           }
-          this.currentParentTab.linkedBrowser.zenModeActive = false;
+          this.#currentParentTab.linkedBrowser.zenModeActive = false;
         }
         this.#currentBrowser.zenModeActive = false;
         if (closeParentTab && parentHasBrowser) {
-          this.currentParentTab.linkedBrowser.docShellIsActive = false;
+          this.#currentParentTab.linkedBrowser.docShellIsActive = false;
         }
         if (closeCurrentTab) {
           this.#currentBrowser.docShellIsActive = false;
           this.overlay.classList.remove('deck-selected');
+          this.#currentTab._selected = false;
         }
-        if (!this.currentParentTab._visuallySelected && closeParentTab) {
-          this.currentParentTab._visuallySelected = false;
+        if (!this.#currentParentTab._visuallySelected && closeParentTab) {
+          this.#currentParentTab._visuallySelected = false;
         }
         this.#currentBrowser.removeAttribute('zen-glance-selected');
+        this.overlay.classList.remove('zen-glance-overlay');
       }
       if (parentHasBrowser) {
-        this.currentParentTab.linkedBrowser.closest('.browserSidebarContainer').classList.remove('zen-glance-background');
+        this.#currentParentTab.linkedBrowser.closest('.browserSidebarContainer').classList.remove('zen-glance-background');
+      }
+      if (clearID) {
+        this.#currentGlanceID = null;
       }
     }
 
-    onLocationChange(_) {
-      if (this._duringOpening) {
+    onLocationChange(browser) {
+      const tab = gBrowser.getTabForBrowser(browser);
+      if (this.animatingFullOpen) {
         return;
       }
-      if (gBrowser.selectedTab === this.#currentTab && !this.animatingOpen && !this._duringOpening && this.#currentBrowser) {
-        this.quickOpenGlance();
+      if (this._duringOpening || !tab.hasAttribute('glance-id')) {
+        if (this.#currentGlanceID && !this._duringOpening) {
+          this.quickCloseGlance();
+        }
         return;
       }
-      if (gBrowser.selectedTab === this.currentParentTab && this.#currentBrowser) {
-        this.quickOpenGlance();
-      } else if ((!this.animatingFullOpen || this.animatingOpen) && this.#currentBrowser) {
-        this.closeGlance();
+      if (this.#currentGlanceID && this.#currentGlanceID !== tab.getAttribute('glance-id')) {
+        this.quickCloseGlance();
+      }
+      this.#currentGlanceID = tab.getAttribute('glance-id');
+      if (gBrowser.selectedTab === this.#currentParentTab && this.#currentBrowser) {
+        setTimeout(this.quickOpenGlance.bind(this), 0);
       }
     }
 
     onTabClose(event) {
-      if (event.target === this.currentParentTab) {
+      if (event.target === this.#currentParentTab) {
         this.closeGlance({ onTabClose: true });
       }
     }
 
+    manageTabClose(tab) {
+      if (tab.hasAttribute('glance-id')) {
+        const oldGlanceID = this.#currentGlanceID;
+        const newGlanceID = tab.getAttribute('glance-id');
+        this.#currentGlanceID = newGlanceID;
+        const isDifferent = newGlanceID !== oldGlanceID;
+        if (this._ignoreClose) {
+          this._ignoreClose = false;
+          return false;
+        }
+        this._ignoreClose = true;
+        this.closeGlance({ noAnimation: isDifferent, onTabClose: true });
+        if (isDifferent) {
+          this.#currentGlanceID = oldGlanceID;
+        }
+        // only keep continueing tab close if we are not on the currently selected tab
+        return !isDifferent;
+      }
+      return false;
+    }
+
     tabDomainsDiffer(tab1, url2) {
       try {
         if (!tab1) {
@@ -351,19 +436,22 @@
     }
 
     fullyOpenGlance() {
+      this.animatingFullOpen = true;
       gBrowser._insertTabAtIndex(this.#currentTab, {
         index: this.getTabPosition(this.#currentTab),
       });
 
-      this.animatingFullOpen = true;
-      this.currentParentTab._visuallySelected = false;
+      this.#currentParentTab._visuallySelected = false;
 
       this.browserWrapper.removeAttribute('style');
       this.browserWrapper.removeAttribute('has-finished-animation');
       this.browserWrapper.setAttribute('animate-full', true);
       this.#currentTab.removeAttribute('zen-glance-tab');
+      this.#currentTab.removeAttribute('glance-id');
+      this.#currentParentTab.removeAttribute('glance-id');
       gBrowser.selectedTab = this.#currentTab;
-      this.currentParentTab.linkedBrowser.closest('.browserSidebarContainer').classList.remove('zen-glance-background');
+      this.#currentParentTab.linkedBrowser.closest('.browserSidebarContainer').classList.remove('zen-glance-background');
+      this.hideSidebarButtons();
       gZenUIManager.motion
         .animate(
           this.browserWrapper,
@@ -382,6 +470,7 @@
           this.browserWrapper.removeAttribute('style');
           this.animatingFullOpen = false;
           this.closeGlance({ noAnimation: true });
+          this.#glances.delete(this.#currentGlanceID);
         });
     }
 
diff --git a/src/browser/base/zen-components/actors/ZenGlanceChild.sys.mjs b/src/browser/base/zen-components/actors/ZenGlanceChild.sys.mjs
index 6a328f870..c43451375 100644
--- a/src/browser/base/zen-components/actors/ZenGlanceChild.sys.mjs
+++ b/src/browser/base/zen-components/actors/ZenGlanceChild.sys.mjs
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ export class ZenGlanceChild extends JSWindowActorChild {
   }
 
   handleClick(event) {
-    if (this.ensureOnlyKeyModifiers(event)) {
+    if (this.ensureOnlyKeyModifiers(event) || event.button !== 0 || event.defaultPrevented) {
       return;
     }
     const activationMethod = this._activationMethod;
diff --git a/src/browser/components/tabbrowser/content/tabbrowser-js.patch b/src/browser/components/tabbrowser/content/tabbrowser-js.patch
index 2234dfb64..2b45af37c 100644
--- a/src/browser/components/tabbrowser/content/tabbrowser-js.patch
+++ b/src/browser/components/tabbrowser/content/tabbrowser-js.patch
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 diff --git a/browser/components/tabbrowser/content/tabbrowser.js b/browser/components/tabbrowser/content/tabbrowser.js
-index ff90a70bdad6c94ec4b90027ff102972d0eb28e5..6362493d8ec06aa90cc3425498c0fb749b23d289 100644
+index ff90a70bdad6c94ec4b90027ff102972d0eb28e5..9aaa4b0cd8a8bb76c59415f2322d739cbe00302e 100644
 --- a/browser/components/tabbrowser/content/tabbrowser.js
 +++ b/browser/components/tabbrowser/content/tabbrowser.js
 @@ -406,11 +406,39 @@
@@ -219,19 +219,26 @@ index ff90a70bdad6c94ec4b90027ff102972d0eb28e5..6362493d8ec06aa90cc3425498c0fb74
        // Handle requests for synchronously removing an already
        // asynchronously closing tab.
        if (!animate && aTab.closing) {
-@@ -4471,7 +4559,10 @@
+@@ -4457,7 +4545,9 @@
+       // frame created for it (for example, by updating the visually selected
+       // state).
+       let tabWidth = window.windowUtils.getBoundsWithoutFlushing(aTab).width;
+-
++      if (gZenGlanceManager.manageTabClose(aTab)) {
++        return;
++      }
+       if (
+         !this._beginRemoveTab(aTab, {
+           closeWindowFastpath: true,
+@@ -4471,7 +4561,6 @@
          TelemetryStopwatch.cancel("FX_TAB_CLOSE_TIME_NO_ANIM_MS", aTab);
          return;
        }
 -
-+      if (aTab.hasAttribute("zen-glance-tab")) {
-+        gZenGlanceManager.closeGlance();
-+        return;
-+      }
        let lockTabSizing =
          !this.tabContainer.verticalMode &&
          !aTab.pinned &&
-@@ -4610,14 +4701,14 @@
+@@ -4610,14 +4699,14 @@
          !!this.tabsInCollapsedTabGroups.length;
        if (
          aTab.visible &&
@@ -248,7 +255,7 @@ index ff90a70bdad6c94ec4b90027ff102972d0eb28e5..6362493d8ec06aa90cc3425498c0fb74
  
          if (closeWindow) {
            // We've already called beforeunload on all the relevant tabs if we get here,
-@@ -5465,10 +5556,10 @@
+@@ -5465,10 +5554,10 @@
        SessionStore.deleteCustomTabValue(aTab, "hiddenBy");
      }
  
@@ -261,7 +268,7 @@ index ff90a70bdad6c94ec4b90027ff102972d0eb28e5..6362493d8ec06aa90cc3425498c0fb74
          aTab.selected ||
          aTab.closing ||
          // Tabs that are sharing the screen, microphone or camera cannot be hidden.
-@@ -7443,6 +7534,7 @@
+@@ -7443,6 +7532,7 @@
              aWebProgress.isTopLevel
            ) {
              this.mTab.setAttribute("busy", "true");
@@ -269,7 +276,7 @@ index ff90a70bdad6c94ec4b90027ff102972d0eb28e5..6362493d8ec06aa90cc3425498c0fb74
              gBrowser._tabAttrModified(this.mTab, ["busy"]);
              this.mTab._notselectedsinceload = !this.mTab.selected;
              gBrowser.syncThrobberAnimations(this.mTab);
-@@ -8411,7 +8503,7 @@ var TabContextMenu = {
+@@ -8411,7 +8501,7 @@ var TabContextMenu = {
      );
      contextUnpinSelectedTabs.hidden =
        !this.contextTab.pinned || !multiselectionContext;
@@ -278,7 +285,7 @@ index ff90a70bdad6c94ec4b90027ff102972d0eb28e5..6362493d8ec06aa90cc3425498c0fb74
      // Move Tab items
      let contextMoveTabOptions = document.getElementById(
        "context_moveTabOptions"
-@@ -8444,7 +8536,7 @@ var TabContextMenu = {
+@@ -8444,7 +8534,7 @@ var TabContextMenu = {
      let contextMoveTabToStart = document.getElementById("context_moveToStart");
      let isFirstTab =
        tabsToMove[0] == visibleTabs[0] ||
@@ -287,7 +294,7 @@ index ff90a70bdad6c94ec4b90027ff102972d0eb28e5..6362493d8ec06aa90cc3425498c0fb74
      contextMoveTabToStart.disabled = isFirstTab && allSelectedTabsAdjacent;
  
      document.getElementById("context_openTabInWindow").disabled =
-@@ -8677,6 +8769,7 @@ var TabContextMenu = {
+@@ -8677,6 +8767,7 @@ var TabContextMenu = {
      if (this.contextTab.multiselected) {
        gBrowser.removeMultiSelectedTabs();
      } else {
diff --git a/src/browser/components/tabbrowser/content/tabs-js.patch b/src/browser/components/tabbrowser/content/tabs-js.patch
index 77a31a206..b6181fead 100644
--- a/src/browser/components/tabbrowser/content/tabs-js.patch
+++ b/src/browser/components/tabbrowser/content/tabs-js.patch
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 diff --git a/browser/components/tabbrowser/content/tabs.js b/browser/components/tabbrowser/content/tabs.js
-index 8aeb244ffca9f48661805f5b7d860b5896055562..a6fae3e317afc9b681f818506c7f34a325e43df4 100644
+index 8aeb244ffca9f48661805f5b7d860b5896055562..a36fc2cb5761323fd40d367fd04234c45dd02404 100644
 --- a/browser/components/tabbrowser/content/tabs.js
 +++ b/browser/components/tabbrowser/content/tabs.js
 @@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ index 8aeb244ffca9f48661805f5b7d860b5896055562..a6fae3e317afc9b681f818506c7f34a3
  
        this.#allTabs = [
 -        ...this.verticalPinnedTabsContainer.children,
-+      ...document.getElementById("zen-essentials-container").children, ...this.verticalPinnedTabsContainer.children,
++        ...document.getElementById("zen-essentials-container").children, ...this.verticalPinnedTabsContainer.children,
          ...children,
        ];
        return this.#allTabs;