tabgroups menuitem

[char101]

Hi,

I'd like to suggest about adding tabgroup actions to multipletab popup menu, such as

• groups selected tabs as new group
• move selected tabs to existing group

I have tried to implement the first one myself. Here is my implementation, which is about 80% working. Currently the problem is that the the tabbar is not updated even though I have called _updateTabBar

createNewGroup: function MTS_createNewGroup(aTabs, aRemoteWindow)
    {
        if (!aTabs || !aTabs.length) return null;

        if (! TabView) return;

        //aTabs.forEach(this.ensureLoaded, this);

        var self = this;
        var handler = function() {
            var tw  = TabView.getContentWindow();
            self.clearSelection();
        
            var groupItem = new tw.GroupItem(null, { title: window.prompt("Group title:"), immediately: true });
            aTabs.forEach(function(tab) {
                tw.GroupItems.moveTabToGroupItem(tab, groupItem.id);
            });

            groupItem.setActiveTab(aTabs[0].tabItem);
            tw.GroupItems.updateActiveGroupItemAndTabBar(aTabs[0].tabItem);
            tw.GroupItems._updateTabBar();
            tw.GroupItems.arrange();
        };
        
        var tw = TabView.getContentWindow();
        if (! tw) {
            TabView._initFrame(handler);
        } else {
            handler();  
        }       

        return aRemoteWindow;
    },

[piroor]

Cool! I also have a plan to do it. But currently TabView API seem too unstable, so I put the plan on the shelf...
http://mxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/source/browser/base/content/browser-tabview.js
I think those APIs should be rewritten as clean and useful.

Or, if there is any library to control Tab Candy on Jetpack SDK, it will help this plan.
https://github.com/mozilla/addon-sdk/tree/master/packages
https://wiki.mozilla.org/Labs/Jetpack/Reboot/JEP/110

[piroor]

I've found a sample addon based on Jetpack SDK made by mitcho.
https://github.com/mitcho/badges

[piroor]

http://www.slideshare.net/mitcho/firefox-panorama
mitcho said that Panorama will provide more APIs for addons in the future. I think we should work after new APIs become available.

[char101]

Hi,

Thank you for your reply. I'll be looking forward until the API is stable then :)

[piroor]

I've implemented this experimentally.
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