80588 - [RFE] Embedded multiple windows.

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(SeaMonkey :: General, enhancement)

Description

[Roger Keays]

Just a suggestion for Mozilla (the greatest web browser)...

It would be cool to have embedded multiple windows... so rather than a window
for each instance of Mozilla, have a single window with tabs at the bottom,
similar to MS Excel (for want of a better example)

Easier said than done  imagine...

Cheers.

Comment 1

[HJ]

Hi Roger, the MultiZilla project will have this feature. But we need some of
those blockers of our back first. We have just started a project on mozdev.org
see http://multiZilla.mozdev.org Still a lot of work needs to be done, hey how
about helping us a bit?

Take a look at http://members.v3space.com/4you2/multiviews/multiviews.html

Comment 2

[HJ]

Make that: http://members.v3space.com/4you2/mozilla/multiviews/multiviews.html

Comment 3

[Asa Dotzler [:asa]]

HJ, wanna take this bug then?

Comment 4

[HJ]

Asa, can 'external' projects be assigned into bugzilla? If so, make that a yes!

Comment 5

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

reassign to H-J.

Comment 6

[Asa Dotzler [:asa]]

HJ, if the code is intended to make it into cvs.mozilla.org at some point then a
bug here is fine.  

Comment 7

[Neil Pryde]

Hi guys,

I'm helping HJ with this project, as far as I can, but I'm stuck at this moment.
Can any of you please give me some advice? I need to know where to locate the
source code to prevent ctrl-clicks on links to open a new browser window. Also
where can I set window._context.document because I'm getting some sort of error
message that it has only a getter. Can I add a setter to it without hurting
Mozilla's security in any way or form??

I also add [e-mail] to the cc list as request of HJ. He already
helped HJ with some other code for the MultiZilla project, and he is not sure of
Peter's 'old' e-mail address.

Thank you Neil.

Comment 8

[Neil Pryde]

Oops, ctrl-clicking on links opens a new tab already, sorry for the spam.

Comment 9

[Brian King [:kinger]]

Ben / Jag / Blake,

I'd like to see some progress in this area. What are the chances of changing a 
few of the mozilla chrome files to get this started in the cvs tree? I see these 
3 phases, which do not need to happen all at once.

1) Changing the mozilla chrome files. This will accomodate better the 
installation of the extra files via XPI for now.

2) Getting the rest of the multiview files checked in

3) Set up the switch from regular view to multi view in prefs.

Thoughts?

Comment 10

[Topics Man]

Totally agree with the need for 1).

What type of changes to the moz chrome files did you have in mind? Calls to 
multizilla script stubs (located in one new js file, replaced when multizilla 
installed) in strategic places so mtz can hook the necessary events and 
(perhaps) make dynamic changes to existing XUL instead of changing its source 
declaration?

I havent a clue if this is what you meant or the best way to do it, but its the 
first thing that occured to me when first playing with mtz.

Cheers,
Chris

Comment 11

[Asa Dotzler [:asa]]

Bugs targeted at mozilla1.0 without the mozilla1.0 keyword moved to mozilla1.0.1 
(you can query for this string to delete spam or retrieve the list of bugs I've 
moved)

Comment 12

[HJ]

Closing fixed because tabbed browsing is already implemented

Comment 13

[HJ]

eh, this time for real