Place Inactive tabs settings in the Appearance section

[rebron]

Description

Currently the Inactive tabs setting can only be found via search. We need to place this setting in the Tabs section of brave://settings/appearance

The label should read "Inactive tabs".
Learn more link should go to https://support.brave.com/hc/en-us/articles/30938249371277

Steps to reproduce

1. Open brave://settings/appearance
2. Scroll down to the Tabs section.
3. Should see the setting above.

Actual result

Expected result

See description.

Reproduces how often

Easily reproduced

Brave version (brave://version info)

1.70.x and higher

Channel information

• release (stable)
• beta
• nightly

Reproducibility

• with Brave Shields disabled
• with Brave Rewards disabled
• in the latest version of Chrome

Miscellaneous information

No response

[rebron]

cc: @Brave-Matt https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/12929150?visit_id=638639901728771855-1809399932&p=performance_personalization&rd=1 article reference from Chrome.

[emerick]

@rebron PR is ready to go, just need the correct learn more URL.

[Brave-Matt]

@emerick you can use this link for the learn more URL (note that it is currently in draft so will not be visible until article goes live but link will be the same):
https://support.brave.com/hc/en-us/articles/30938249371277

[emerick]

@emerick you can use this link for the learn more URL (note that it is currently in draft so will not be visible until article goes live but link will be the same): https://support.brave.com/hc/en-us/articles/30938249371277

Thank you!

[LaurenWags]

@brave/qa-team can see notes under brave/brave-core#25907 (comment). Keep in mind:

• Setting name will be "Inactive tabs appearance" not "Inactive tabs" as mentioned in description (confirmed this with @rebron)
• Support article currently not live (yet)
• Change location of "Inactive tabs appearance" setting and add separator #41576 logged for placement of setting under the "Tabs" section of brave://settings/appearance

See https://bravesoftware.slack.com/archives/CHGKGMHDJ/p1728568063554079 for discussion.

[LaurenWags]

Requires 1.71.113 or higher for verification 👍🏻

[GeetaSarvadnya]

Verification PASSED on

Brave | 1.71.113 Chromium: 130.0.6723.58 (Official Build) (64-bit)
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Revision | 3ee74228044546a84c661332ddb441a7a68108fa
OS | Windows 10 Version 22H2 (Build 19045.5011)

Reproduced the issue on 1.70.126

1.70.126	1.70.126

Confirmed using STR from #41482 (comment) that the setting is now in the "Tabs" section of brave://settings/appearance

Support article https://support.brave.com/hc/en-us/articles/30938249371277 is not live yet

1.71.113	1.71.113

Confirmed this setting worked as expected:

1. Installed 1.73.5
2. Opened a few sites in tabs
3. Opened brave://discards in a new tab
4. Chose a site and selected "Proactive Discard" in the "Actions" tab
5. Confirmed when "Inactive tabs appearance" is enabled, the site's favicon showed a dotted circle around it
6. Confirmed when "Inactive tabs appearance" is disabled, the site's favicon does not change