this addon is still experimental and lacks hiding / showing tab containers due to https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1384515
See the experiment version in action here: conex in action
This webextension is a replacement for the discontinued TabGroups with some differences:
- it lacks the big "Manage my TabGroups" overview window
- tab groups are implemented via containers
- the quick search containes thumbnail of the results
- the quick search includes bookmarks and history
Just install from the official mozilla addons page
The mentioned bug had a firefox experiment with an api for hiding & showing tabs which makes conex behave as expected.
Please read: This works (and will always work) on FirefoxNightly only. Furthermore, you must turn off extension signature checking ... please only proceed if you know what this means:
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in FirefoxNightly open the url
about:configand acknowledge the warning. Change the following settings:xpinstall.signatures.required: false extensions.legacy.enabled: true -
install the hidetabsexperiment.xpi -- you need to acknowledge all the warnings
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install the newest 'experiment' release from the github conex release page (something like v0.0.75experiment)
So: Firefox Quantum rolled in, tab groups doesn't work anymore and you would like to get back your last tab groups session? Here is a way you can get a tab groups backup which again you can import to conex (note: only tested it briefly, but it's worth a try):
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download Firefox ESR (this still supports old extension) and install it
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close Firefox Quantum
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open Firefox ESR
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if you see tab groups in your addon section but it is disabled, please do the following:
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open the url
about:configand acknowledge the warning. Change the following settings:xpinstall.signatures.required: false
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if you are lucky, your old session is restored and you can just open tab-groups and create a manual backup which you can use as an import for conex
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if your session is not restored, all hope is not lost:
- go to tab-groups preferences and open the 'Backup / Restore' section
- click the 'Load Groups and Tabs From ...' button and select 'Previous Session'
- once imported, create the manual backup now
- <all_url>: for taking screenshots for the thumbnails during search
- bookmarks: for searching in bookmarks
- contextMenus: for context menu for moving tab to a different container
- contextualIdentities: for working with tab containers
- cookies: for working with tab containers
- history: for showing history results in quick search
- menus: for creating context menus when moving tabs
- storage: for storing thumbnails
- tabs: for tab handling
- webNavigation: for intercepting and reacting on new tabs