339472 - "Move tab to new window" (and future "drag tab ...") should used (bf)cached state

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Camino Graveyard :: Tabbed Browsing, defect)

Description

[Smokey Ardisson (offline for a while; not following bugs - do not email)]

Right now our "Move tab to new window" tab CM item essentially re-requests the page (and treats it like an entirely new window, causing problems with lost session history, bug 192635).  But for AJAXy pages, php&friends generated pages (e.g., stuff like examples in bug 332102) and the modern web, we really should not be re-requesting/re-fetching the page.

Instead we should try to use the bfcached state, if available, or at worst, normal cache without re-requesting (although that will still break AJAXy stuff).  (Right now we re-request the page but do end up pulling most of the contents from cache, if available.)

Sam mentioned in bug 192635 there's some trunk Gecko work going on that might help, but he's not specific as to what it is (or even what bugs :P) so dunno if it will help here.  Setting to 2.0 to sync with that bug, though.

Comment 1

[Chris Lawson (gone)]

See also bug 192635.

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Comment 2

[Smokey Ardisson (offline for a while; not following bugs - do not email)]

Fx bug for move to new window/tear-off is 225680, and there it implies that the Core bug for not needing reloads might be bug 254144.

Comment 3

[Desmond Elliott]

Looking into this bug, may have a fix. Will look further tomorrow morning.

Comment 4

[Golyc - André Villar]

I was looking for a bug to implement "drag outside window, create a new one"...

And a realized this needed a bump O.O

Anyway I'm still in need to this feature(which I'm unable to find in bugzilla), can i get it without Camino ?

Thx a lot guys

Comment 5

[froodian (Ian Leue)]

The bug you're looking for is bug 318260.  Please note, though, that no bug ever needs a "bump."  If a bug is still open, it's on the docket for getting fixed, and no amount of "I want this" comments will get it fixed faster.  If you wish to show your support for a particular bug, use the "Vote" feature rather than commenting.

Comment 6

[Smokey Ardisson (offline for a while; not following bugs - do not email)]

bz has a patch in bug 113934 that might put the backend pieces for this in place.