1387756 - Request: Duplicate Tab Feature

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 455722

(Firefox :: Menus, defect)

Description

[txemtech]

Attachment: Expected description on drop down menu

Description of the requested feature:

- On the drop down menu when right-clicking a tab.

- Option to duplicate tab (as seen in attachment)

- Tab duplicates current url and let's you you go back to the previous webpage like if it was the original tab. Original tab is unaffected and it's go back function isn't affected either.

- Filled forms aren't saved, only URL and already sent forms keep that way (opening a duplicated tab has a similar effect of reloading the page).

This feature is already implemented in Google Chrome and has been for many years, it's expected functionality would be the same.

Comment 1

[Robert Longson [:longsonr]]

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/762043

Comment 2

[rotemdan]

Having learned about the existing methods to duplicate a tab, I still feel it would be faster and more accessible to have a menu option for it.

Now that Tab Mix Plus is basically gone.. I'm really missing this feature and as far as I'm aware the tab context menu cannot be extended by WebExtensions.

Given that Chrome is known to be very picky about what features it keeps, and still, this features is available through the tab context menu (ordered third following "New tab", "Reload"), it seems that there is enough of a use case to consider adding it to Firefox as well.

Comment 3

[txemtech]

It makes a lot of sense to move to a more intuitive UI, specially on a right click that should give the advanced options on a specified item. This feature could easily be implemented, just an option on the drop down menu that calls the same function as the middle click on a reload button.

On addition to that, as commented by rotemdan, the lack of customization with addons in future releases makes such a small addition very compelling.

On addition to that, adding similar menus to the existents on Google Chrome and other browsers can make the transition from some people easier.

Comment 5

[Worcester12345]

Here is another duplicate tab extension: http://twanno.mozdev.org/