Supergroups and subgroups

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Discussed in #167

^{Originally posted by metastable-void April 1, 2023}
As in #163, we should be able to have a supergroup including multiple containers.

As in #165, we should consider subgroups inside a container to sort tabs in a single container.

Both features would together work better.

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• Group related containers into a supergroup
• Allow tagging of tabs to group tabs in a container

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We would call supergroups "Groups", and call subgroups "Tags".

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We could allow use of tags across containers, and allow search by tags.

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Subgroups would be super convenient in private windows.

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Groups (supergroups) could be implemented as follows:

export type Supergroup = {
  id: string; // tabarray-supergroup-N
  cookieStoreIds: string[];
  name: string;
};

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As for Tags, we should assign the same tag as the opener tab for a tab opened by another tab.

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We could store a Tag for a tab using browser.sessions.setTabValue()/browser.sessions.getTabValue().

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Since this is a big feature addition, some time seems to be needed.

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Implementing Groups (supergroups) of containers.

[GunGunGun]

Thanks very much for working hard, this new feature is very promising!

If you need a tester, I can test this beta/nightly build and try to report bugs if possible.

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This is the unsigned build of the current version of the supergroup feature. Tests welcome. Please unzip before testing.

container-tab-groups-31ffb255acf2d62a1e94f87e7ad0a3ecf4203fb3.prod.xpi.zip

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Implemented the model for Tags. (d103eaf)

export type TagType = {
  tagId: number;
  name: string;
};

export type TagStorageType = {
  [tagId: number]: TagType;
};

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People tend to have thousands of tabs, so we need to be careful about memory usage 😭

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When the total rewrite of the add-on is finished memory usage should be smaller, but for now...

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Tag (subgroup) feature is here! Testing welcome.
container-tab-groups-7f6f7df976ec5b852f4d179f02c5d3b289a00796.prod.xpi.zip

[GunGunGun]

Tag (subgroup) feature is here! Testing welcome. container-tab-groups-7f6f7df976ec5b852f4d179f02c5d3b289a00796.prod.xpi.zip

Thank you for your hard work, the tagging feature looks really great.

Subgroup feature works as expected, but I guess it's a bit hard for me to use, but I was able to create new group and subgroups for that group, which is wonderful! I'm looking forward to see the stable version!

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This is the features and improvements for the next 11.6.0 release.

#183