Closed Bug 959298 Opened 10 years ago Closed 10 years ago

"open all in tabs" destroys tabs

Categories

(Firefox :: Bookmarks & History, defect)

Product:
Firefox
Component:
Bookmarks & History
Version:
26 Branch
Platform:
x86
Windows XP
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED WORKSFORME

People

(Reporter: cunt, Unassigned)

Details

(Keywords: dataloss, Whiteboard: [bugday-20140115]) 

User Agent: Opera/9.60 (X11; Linux i686; U; en) Presto/2.1.1 (Nightly/Aurora)
Build ID: 20131215161728

Steps to reproduce:

had a months-long history of many tabs in several windows


Actual results:

chose 'open all in tabs' from bookmarks menu. tabs in one of my windows were completely destroyed


Expected results:

open a **** new window with the tabs or create new tabs in the current window. **** you
What means 'destroyed'?
Flags: needinfo?(cunt)
Seems like bug 175124 is supposed to have fixed this, although you could override the fix.

There is also bug 630123.
Component: Untriaged → Bookmarks & History
Flags: needinfo?(cunt)
Whiteboard: [bugday-20140115]
Keywords: dataloss
A new profile with
2014-01-15-03-02-29-mozilla-central-firefox-29.0a1.en-US.linux-x86_64
firefox-26.0.ru.linux-x86_64

Tabs are not overwritten.
tabs are not overwritten, unless you have some add-on doing fancy things.. and if you wish to open tabs in a new window, just keep SHIFT pressed and select Open All in Tabs.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 10 years ago
Resolution: --- → WORKSFORME
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