351774 - should we add a "remember my tabs" to the close confirm prompt on quit?

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 383760

(Firefox :: Tabbed Browser, enhancement)

Description

[(not reading, please use [e-mail] instead)]

should we add a "remember my tabs" to the close confirm prompt on quit?

on quit, we march through all the windows and, if your prefs are set right, we'll prompt and warn the user that we are about to close a window with <n> tabs.  

in this scenario, the choice is:  "close tabs" or "cancel".  (This is good, for when closing the window).

but on Quit, what about a third option:  "close and remember tabs"?

or maybe another way to ask for this feature is:  how can I quit the browser and have it remember my windows and tabs (using session restore)?

Comment 1

[Simon Bünzli]

(In reply to comment #0)
> or maybe another way to ask for this feature is:  how can I quit the browser
> and have it remember my windows and tabs (using session restore)?

You mean apart from setting Tools -> Options -> Main -> When Firefox starts: "Show my windows and tabs from last time"?

All the button would have to do is set the pref browser.sessionstore.resume_session_once to true. And remember not to show that button when browser.startup.page == 3 (the session will then be resumed anyway).

Comment 2

[Ria Klaassen (not reading all bugmail)]

Too bad for people who have set browser.tabs.warnOnClose to false :).

Comment 3

[(not reading, please use [e-mail] instead)]

Hey Simon,

> You mean apart from setting Tools -> Options -> Main -> When Firefox starts:
>"Show my windows and tabs from last time"?

I'll try it and see how that works.  (I wonder if it plays nice with the browser.tabs.warnOnClose pref?)

Alternatively, a "File | Exit (but remember windows / tabs")

Maybe this isn't a great RFE idea, but a decent extension idea.

Comment 4

[(not reading, please use [e-mail] instead)]

>> You mean apart from setting Tools -> Options -> Main -> When Firefox starts:
>>"Show my windows and tabs from last time"?
>
>I'll try it and see how that works.  (I wonder if it plays nice with the
>browser.tabs.warnOnClose pref?)

That's pretty cool!  

I guess I was after something that would do that, but on a case by case basis.  (File | "Exit and show these windows and tabs the next time I start")

Comment 5

[Nathaniel Lawrence Stauber]

I actually think I saw an extension like this. Or did I? Hmm.

Comment 7

[Simon Bünzli]

(In reply to comment #5)
> I actually think I saw an extension like this. Or did I? Hmm.

Additional entry in the File menu:
Save Session - https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/4199

Additional button to the "Confirm close" prompt:
Session Fix - https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/4542

The second one would be nice to have for Firefox itself (for IE7 parity).

Comment 9

[Adam Guthrie]

Duping to bug 383760, since it has a patch, been fixed, etc.