Optimize experience of opening a new tab

FirefoxBar · Jan 17, 2018 · 6ff4f42 · 6ff4f42
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Showing 1 changed file with 12 additions and 7 deletions.
diff --git a/scripts/background.js b/scripts/background.js
@@ -239,14 +239,19 @@ function autoUpdateStyles() {
 
 function openURL(options, sendResponse) {
 	delete options.method;
-	getActiveTab((tab) => {
-		// re-use an active new tab page
-		// Firefox may have more than 1 newtab url, so check all
-		var isNewTab = false;
-		if (tab.url.indexOf('about:newtab') === 0 || tab.url.indexOf('about:home') === 0) {
-			isNewTab = true;
+	browser.tabs.query({currentWindow: true, url: options.url}).then((tabs) => {
+		if (tabs.length) {
+			browser.tabs.update(tabs[0].id, {
+				"active": true
+			}).then(sendResponse);
+		} else {
+			getActiveTab((tab) => {
+				// re-use an active new tab page
+				// Firefox may have more than 1 newtab url, so check all
+				const isNewTab = tab.url.indexOf('about:newtab') === 0 || tab.url.indexOf('about:home') === 0 || tab.url.indexOf('chrome://newtab/') === 0;
+				browser.tabs[isNewTab ? "update" : "create"](options).then(sendResponse);
+			});
 		}
-		browser.tabs[isNewTab ? "update" : "create"](options).then(sendResponse);
 	});
 }