689262 - Make openContentTab re-use an existing tab

Status: ASSIGNED

(Thunderbird :: Mail Window Front End, defect)

Description

[Jonathan Protzenko [:protz]]

If the mail:3pane that we've found already contains a tab with the target URI, maybe we should just focus it instead of opening a copy of the page. AFAIK, openContentTab is just used for the dictionaries and the privacy policy. Squib, Blake, do you think it would be acceptable to change the default behavior? Otherwise, we could make it optional... thoughts?

Comment 1

[Mark Banner (:standard8)]

We can't do this from preferences window for example - it is modal on windows, and you can't raise a window from behind a modal to above the modal.

Comment 2

[Jim Porter (:squib)]

Adding "switch" to the possible parameters for |where| would probably be ok. That could even be the default. I think I'd prefer that "tab" remain the default, but I have no strong feelings on the matter.

Comment 3

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

would this enable/block bug 551363

Comment 4

[:aceman]

Maybe to avoid duplicated tabs, bot finding already existing windows will be different code.
Also opening messages in a new tab/window may not use openContentTab() mentioned here, but even if not, the function it uses will need similar code to what will be created here.