1857249 - Replace the profile creation wizard on about:profiles

Status: NEW

(Toolkit :: Startup and Profile System, enhancement)

Description

[byteneedle]

On about:profiles, clicking on 'Create a New Profile' opens a 2-page wizard to create a new profile, allowing to optionally select the profile name and its location.

I would prefer that the profile creation process only require a single step, using an in-page form to provide a more streamlined experience.
I have a local patch implementing this behavior on about:profiles, while leaving that wizard untouched as it is also used in ProfileManager (triggered with --ProfileManager).

Comment 1

[byteneedle]

Attachment: Bug 1857249 - Replace the profile creation wizard on about:profiles. r?jaws

Replace the profile creation wizard with an in-page form on
about:profiles to make it easier and quicker to create new profiles when
Firefox is already started.

The newly created profile is not set as default anymore.

Profiles are now listed with the most recent coming first, so that the
newly added profile is just added at the top, without the need to scroll,
allowing to easily set it as default profile if needed.

As the wizard is kept as it is still used in the ProfileManager wizard,
common behavior about profile naming is factored out in a shared module.

Comment 2

[BugBot [:suhaib / :marco/ :calixte]]

The Bugbug bot thinks this bug should belong to the 'Toolkit::Startup and Profile System' component, and is moving the bug to that component. Please correct in case you think the bot is wrong.

Comment 3

[BugBot [:suhaib / :marco/ :calixte]]

The bug assignee is inactive on Bugzilla, so the assignee is being reset.