2012799 - Option + left-click to create a split view

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(Firefox :: Tabbed Browser: Split View, enhancement, P2)

Description

[Pranshu Khanna [:pransh15]]

Steps to reproduce:

Right now - you have to select two tabs > right click > 'open in split view'

As someone who is super-fond of the feature, I would like to make it easier to open tabs in split view.

Actual results:

The feature works as intended.

Expected results:

With my suggestion - we should be able to work on a tab, press option and click on another tab to open it in a split-view directly.

Comment 1

[BugBot [:suhaib / :marco]]

The Bugbug bot thinks this bug should belong to the 'Firefox::Tabbed Browser: Split View' component, and is moving the bug to that component. Please correct in case you think the bot is wrong.

Comment 2

[Kelly Cochrane [:kcochrane]]

Attachment: Bug 2012799 - Add ability to Alt/Opt + click a tab with a different selected tab to create a split view

Comment 3

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://github.com/mozilla-firefox/firefox/commit/dfb876eae0f6
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/4197ffafa9a4
Add ability to Alt/Opt + click a tab with a different selected tab to create a split view r=tabbrowser-reviewers,sclements

Comment 4

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://github.com/mozilla-firefox/firefox/commit/11f3a51a6a31
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/6087fd009558
Revert "Bug 2012799 - Add ability to Alt/Opt + click a tab with a different selected tab to create a split view r=tabbrowser-reviewers,sclements" for causing bc failure @browser_tab_splitview_alt_click.

Comment 5

[agoloman]

Backed out for causing bc failure @browser_tab_splitview_alt_click.

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Comment 6

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://github.com/mozilla-firefox/firefox/commit/0dcf064d936e
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/8a1de265a65f
Add ability to Alt/Opt + click a tab with a different selected tab to create a split view r=tabbrowser-reviewers,sclements

Comment 7

[Serban Stanca [:SerbanS]]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/8a1de265a65f

Comment 8

[Alexandru Trif, Desktop Test Engineering [:atrif]]

Verified fixed with Firefox 150.0b1 on Windows 11, macOS 15, and Ubuntu 24 that a Split View is successfully created when using Alt/Opt + clicking a tab with a different selected tab.