Allow changing the name of vertical tab groups
What you (probably) want is a tab group that is just defined by name and it can hold any page inside?
Vlad Yep, that would also work! I was just trying to offer a solution that might take less time without actually knowing how much effort it would take.
What you suggest is definitely preferable, even though it will (probably) take significantly longer to implement
Thanks for looking into this!
Vlad I just meant to say that I was trying to think of a solution that wasn't "fully working tab groups" (what you suggested).
You've already explained why my "simpler" solution isn't possible β or at least not a good solution:
Currently a tab with a page is holding the group together. As such you can not rename it (hint unless you edit the HTML title of the page)
In short: yes, this is ultimately a feature request for tab groups, like the type you suggested here:
What you (probably) want is a tab group that is just defined by name and it can hold any page inside?
@Vlad I just want to say that I think the new Window switcher released with the version 0.99.110-beta solves what I wanted here. And I want to applaud the solution, it's quite nice
I think we can probably mark this as solved, at least from my perspective
The new window switched doesnβt solve this for me. I would still like the original request. I prefer not to have multiple windows as i use full screen apps.
I prefer to have nested tab groups in a tree. Hopefully that can still happen?
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Agreed with motech - sometimes renaming a tab group would be more convenient than splitting out into a separate window. Personally I like to have one window per project, but there might be sub-components of each project that should be grouped together and named, but still in the same window/parent group as the project they're in (e.g. as part of one electronics project there could be a tab group for hardware components and another group for software references).
Vlad any chance named tab groups (within a single window) could still be considered?
You mentioned earlier that editing HTML could solve this. I've tested that and confirmed that just changing the <title>
element of a page's header changes the name in the "Open tabs". I think it could be a really useful feature to add an extra/alternative option for the existing new tab (+) button, to add a "new tab group", which could open up a very simple HTML page with
- an input that allows the user to set the page title (minimum requirement)
- possibly some way of setting the title colour or background colour (like google chrome's tab groups)
- possibly an option to set the icon, and
- an entry that allows typing a short description of what the tab group is about/for
Users with HTML experience can already do that manually, but it would be much more convenient if it was built into the browser rather than doing manual workarounds with a bookmark and local/cached page. That solution also supports arbitrary nesting without requiring any additional development effort.
It would also be beneficial to add support for grouping tabs and folding groups from the horizontal view (at least the top level tabs/groups), but that's less important than the base functionality :-)
As a basic starting point, this does points 1 and 4:
<head>
<title>New Tab Group</title>
</head>
<body>
<strong>Group Name:</strong> <input name="group-name" oninput="document.title = this.value;"><br>
<strong>Description:</strong><br>
<textarea rows="10" cols="50"></textarea>
</body>
I've got that saved as a local html file, and have set it as a bookmark, but it can also be duplicated via right click once there's one in the tab tree :-)
The tab sidebar with "sub-folder" like behaviour is a total game-changer! Please also let me rename tabs so I can organize tabs under "parents". Alternatively it would be great to allow folders in Sidebar tabs?
Discussed here.
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Is there any way to implement option to rename tab group in one window?
User case (fictional just for example):
- Profile 1: Work
1.1 Window 1: Work, project 1
1.1.1 Group 1: Searching for some info
1.1.2 Group 2: Project documents
1.1.3 Group 3: Ticket investigation
1.1.4 Group 3: Meeting related docs
1.2 Window 2: Work, project 2
1.1.1 Group 1: Google search for some question
1.1.2 Group 2: Project documents
1.1.3 Group 3: Another google search
1.1.4 Group 4: Product websites - Profile 2: Test enviroment (for test users cookies)
2.1 Window 1
2.1.1 Product websites - Profile 3: Home
3.1 Widndow 1: Main
3.1.1: Group 1: Hobby releated stuff
3.1.2: Group 2: Family trip planning
3.1.3: Group 3: Home rennovation project
3.2: Window 2: Side project
3.2.1 Group 1: Stackoverflow
3.2.2 Group 2: Github related
3.2.3 Group 3: Time management sites
Canis1Majoris I think you are talking about Tab folders ? https://orionfeedback.org/d/79-tab-folders/