1457000 - Handle the hidden tabs doorhanger case where tabs are hidden in a different window

Status: NEW

(WebExtensions :: Frontend, enhancement, P3)

Description

[Mark Striemer [:mstriemer]]

An extension might had a tab in a window that is not the active window as the first hidden tab. This would make the doorhanger appear in the current window pointing at the alltabs-button which might be hidden or not have any hidden tabs.

It might make sense to focus a window that had a tab hidden if none of the hidden tabs are the current window.

Comment 1

[Mark Striemer [:mstriemer]]

Markus, what do you think we should do in this case?

Comment 2

[Markus Jaritz [:markus] (UX)]

(In reply to Mark Striemer [:mstriemer] from comment #0)
> It might make sense to focus a window that had a tab hidden if none of the
> hidden tabs are the current window.

I agree.

Comment 3

[Andrew Swan [:aswan]]

Wait is the proposal that if an extension hides a tab that is in a non-foreground window, we bring that window to the foreground to tell the user that the tab is now hidden?  That seems very jarring and potentially confusing...

Comment 4

[Mark Striemer [:mstriemer]]

We discussed this in the Jazz meeting and it seems like the best option would be to delay until the window gets focused, or a tab is hidden in the current window. This might be a little tricky to implement, especially if the user doesn't focus the window before a browser restart.

For now I will implement the window focus but I will file a bug to try and improve this experience if we can come up with something that will work well.

Comment 5

[Shane Caraveo (:mixedpuppy)]

ping for status update on assigned year+ old bug