593885 - Selecting a tab from a group to open, followed by closing window looses all panorama settings

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 587245

(Firefox Graveyard :: Panorama, defect)

Description

[Jose Fandos]

Had 6 groups of tabs with a few groups containing just one tab. The latter were very small, so I opened the first to check what it was. After reviewing I didn't need that page information anymore, I closed the window. Going back to Panorama showed a single group with one tab (the one I was now apparently on) and the group with the introductory video of Panorama.

I would consider this dataloss. No warning of any kind was issued.

I believe (take with a pinch of salt) this happened before (with beta4), but magically after a restart, panorama recovered what was there before. Not so this time.

Comment 1

[Jose Fandos]

Steps to reproduce:

1. Open Firefox and add a few tabs to the current window.
2. Click on the "Group your tabs" button to bring about Panorama.
3. In the Panorama window, draw a new group and add a tab to it.
4. The tab is brought into a window, hiding Panorama.
5. Close the window.
6. Your Panorama with all its tabs is gone without a warning.

Expected Results:

After step 5 above, I would imagine that a warning should be shown, at the very least.

Even better would be to go back to Panorama. My intention when closing the window was to close the tab and remove it from Panorama. Panorama is working as a launcher of sorts. I don't expect it to go away with the window.