Ability to pin tabs to all windows / new windows

[triqi]

Updated issue description (@bsclifton)

Maybe we can expose a setting allowing pinned tabs to persist across all windows (including new windows)

Original issue description

When starting Brave, I get a new window (assuming I only have one profile) and a default tab. I navigate to a URI and pin the tab. When I close that window (using the cross on the window header) and open a new one (from the file menu), my pinned tab is not restored. The only way to have pinned tabs restored is on app quit (hard exit with Cmd + Q).

Steps to Reproduce

1. Start Brave and pin a tab on any URI.
2. Close the window by clicking on the cross on the window header.
3. Open a new window from the top menu.

Actual result:

New windows do not restore pinned tabs.

Expected result:

All new windows should restore pinned tabs.

Reproduces how often:

Every time the steps are followed.

Brave version (brave://version info)

Version 1.4.96 Chromium: 80.0.3987.132 (Official Build) (64-bit)

Other Additional Information:

macOS Catalina 10.15.03

[piotrfonte]

I suspect this is not a bug report but a feature request. Either way… I’d love to see this implemented!

[bsclifton]

Thanks for the feedback @triqi @PiotrF!

This is indeed a feature request; I updated issue title and added a note to original post to help us triage it

[rebron]

I suspect this would need to be a pref if done at all, since the expectation by default would be new window = new window, not new window + pinned tabbeds from previous window.

It gets compllcated when you have two windows with different pinned tabs. What's the expectation for the third window? How would we order what the pinned tabs are from the previous two windows, in that third window?

[piotrfonte]

I think Safari on Mac OS could be an example to consider. I love how I can have different tabs pinned for things I use frequently.

[jrkager]

Any update on this feature request?