Add an option to not remember the order of opened tabs for prefs like browser.tabs.insertAllAfterCurrent

Talk about code development, features, specific bugs, enhancements, patches, and similar things.
Forum rules
Please keep everything here strictly on-topic.
This board is meant for Pale Moon source code development related subjects only like code snippets, patches, specific bugs, git, the repositories, etc.

This is not for tech support! Please do not post tech support questions in the "Development" board!
Please make sure not to use this board for support questions. Please post issues with specific websites, extensions, etc. in the relevant boards for those topics.

Please keep things on-topic as this forum will be used for reference for Pale Moon development. Expect topics that aren't relevant as such to be moved or deleted.
Dariush

Add an option to not remember the order of opened tabs for prefs like browser.tabs.insertAllAfterCurrent

Unread post by Dariush » 2020-11-30, 22:30

I've been using Tab Utilities Phoenix for a long time and then when the browser.tabs.insertAllAfterCurrent preference was added a few updates ago, for a while I had an apparently bugged behavior wherein the browser didn't remember the order of opened tabs and thus _always_ opened tabs next to current. For example: let's assume you open 3 links in new tabs, switch elsewhere, then switch back, and open 3 more. Under the normal behavior their order would be "0456123", but under this one it would be "0654321" instead. This was extremely convenient, but has since randomly disappeared (though it reappears from time to time for some reason) and I couldn't find a way to reliably reproduce it. Could this be added as an option?

User avatar
Moonchild
Pale Moon guru
Pale Moon guru
Posts: 35473
Joined: 2011-08-28, 17:27
Location: Motala, SE
Contact:

Re: Add an option to not remember the order of opened tabs for prefs like browser.tabs.insertAllAfterCurrent

Unread post by Moonchild » 2020-11-30, 22:55

The added preference didn't change any behaviour unless you set it to true, yourself (the default is false). It should not affect anything, not even tab extensions, since the behaviour is literally the same as it was prior to the pref's addition.
"Sometimes, the best way to get what you want is to be a good person." -- Louis Rossmann
"Seek wisdom, not knowledge. Knowledge is of the past; wisdom is of the future." -- Native American proverb
"Linux makes everything difficult." -- Lyceus Anubite

Dariush

Re: Add an option to not remember the order of opened tabs for prefs like browser.tabs.insertAllAfterCurrent

Unread post by Dariush » 2020-12-01, 12:52

Er, yes, I should have clarified that I set it to true.

User avatar
Moonchild
Pale Moon guru
Pale Moon guru
Posts: 35473
Joined: 2011-08-28, 17:27
Location: Motala, SE
Contact:

Re: Add an option to not remember the order of opened tabs for prefs like browser.tabs.insertAllAfterCurrent

Unread post by Moonchild » 2020-12-01, 13:29

Don't set it to true if you are already handling your tabs with an extension :P
"Sometimes, the best way to get what you want is to be a good person." -- Louis Rossmann
"Seek wisdom, not knowledge. Knowledge is of the past; wisdom is of the future." -- Native American proverb
"Linux makes everything difficult." -- Lyceus Anubite

Dariush

Re: Add an option to not remember the order of opened tabs for prefs like browser.tabs.insertAllAfterCurrent

Unread post by Dariush » 2020-12-02, 03:23

Um, sorry, looks like I wasn't clear enough in the OP: I _want_ this "bugged" behavior as an option. The entire mention of the addon was just to set the scene and explain my motivation. :)

Locked