117045 - [RFE] Rename tabs

Status: VERIFIED WONTFIX

(SeaMonkey :: Tabbed Browser, enhancement)

Description

[brett neely]

When using browser tabs (via ctrl-t), I sometimes want to rename a tab.  For
example, I'm going to a movie at the AMC 1000 theater tomorrow at 2:40pm.  I'll
load the information page and keep it open in a tab, then do my web browsing in
another window from now until the movie.  Before I leave for the movie, I need
to go back to the tab that has information about the theater (including the
address and the movie schedule).  If I could rename the tab to the name of the
movie I'm going to see, it would be handy.

It would be cool if such a feature were available from the tab context menu. 
Selecting such an option would display a dialog in which an alternate title for
the tab could be entered.  The dialog could include a button for "Revert to
using the webpage title" (or just simply "Revert").

I currently use Mozilla 0.9.7 on Debian unstable.

Comment 1

[Christopher Aillon (sabbatical, not receiving bugmail)]

In Theory you could use a bookmarklet that did some document.title='Foo' stuff.
However, that won't work until bug 108350 is fixed.

Personally, I don't think we should have this built in to Mozilla.  A
bookmarklet would suffice, if it worked.

Confirming but marking dependent on bug 108350.

Comment 2

[John Morrison]

Interesting, but not now.

Comment 3

[David Hyatt]

Reassigning to new component owner.

Comment 4

[Jeremy M. Dolan]

This should be moved out of tab browser space. The same (bloaty) RFE could be
made for traditional windows (which are kind of tabs by default under windows,
with the task bar). I say fix the bug that can make this JSable, and we're done.

Comment 5

[Jesse Ruderman]

Does not depend on bug 108350.  These bookmarklets work fine already:

javascript:document.title = "foo"; void 0

javascript:t=prompt("New document title:", document.title); if(t != null)
document.title = t; void 0

Comment 6

[Hixie (not reading bugmail)]

WONTFIX. Use a bookmarklet.

Comment 7

[Peter Trudelle]

V

Comment 8

[Chris Lyon]

*** Bug 191738 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 9

[R.K.Aa.]

*** Bug 238719 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 10

[Felix Miata]

*** Bug 238719 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***