Using "New saved window" destroys all tabs in current window

nmt1900

Using "plus" in sidebar "Windows" view with "Switch saved windows" option checked will lead to destruction of opened tabs in the window.

Steps to reproduce:

Open multiple tabs in one window (no difference which webpages)
Open sidebar in "Windows" view and check that "Switch saved windows in-place" option (in lower right corner of sidebar) is enabled/checked.
Click the "plus" in lower left corner of sidebar to create new saved window.

Clicking on "plus" causes all tabs in window to irrecoverably disappear and this "new saved window" will be ampty. Disappeared tabs cannot be restored from "recently closed" menu and only way to get back to them is from history.

This would not happen when "Switch saved windows in-place" option is unchecked - clicking "plus" will create new emptywindow but your initial window with tabs will stay opened in background.

It would ne normal for tabs to not disappear in this irrecoverable way. It would normal to expect that "new saved window" would have all all the tabs of the window (where sidebar was initially opened) in it.

Orion 0.99.137-beta (WebKit 623.1.8.0.0), Tahoe 26.1 RC (25B77)

Tahoe (26)

laiz

Hey @nmt1900, just to make sure we aren't missing anything, could you share a video of you reproducing this destruction of tabs?

nmt1900

I think I found out what is behind this. Problem was that initial tabs remained in sidebar, but there were just too many windows open to find them at that moment. It just looks like one can easily "get lost" in this case if too many wondows are open because there's no easy way to find which item in sidebar represents previous content of the window if "Switch saved windows in-place" option is active.

It would be more intuitive if "Switch saved windows in-place" option would be "no" as default or some sort of cues were available to be able to easily return to previous content of the window.

This entry would serve everyone better if "converted" to feature request.