Feature Request: Setting for bookmarks destination directory

[lej77]

Feature Request: Setting for bookmarks destination directory

[mareq]

Btw: if pointed the right way, I am happy to create some pull requests - never done FF plugin development and not really JS expert (not a complete newbie neither, though), but I am C++ programmer by trade, so hopefully I will be able to catch up...

[Lej77]

@mareq Your suggestions seem reasonable and I have also thought of using bookmarks as some kind of session manager replacement. Bookmarks seems a good fit for Tree Style Tab since they are already stored in a tree format and they are also synced between devices which means that it would be an easy way to browse through trees in a mobile browser. The bookmarks permission is also optional so that means that the required permissions don't need to be changed to implement the functionality. (Edit: actually this extension already has permission to use bookmarks so wee don't need to change them at all.)

So I will try to work on this when I get the time! Of course any pull requests would be welcome if you want to attempt that. To start coding you just download the extension code and then you can load it in Firefox immediately by going to the url about:debugging#addons and load it as a temporary addon (it will be unloaded when Firefox is restarted). When you press the load temporary extension button you will get a file prompt and then you just select the manifest file for the extension. The WebExtensions API has a really nice reference at https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions#Reference. My code might not be as clear though but hopefully it is understandable.

[Lej77]

@mareq Just looked at the Multiple Tab Handler context menu item and that seems to have broken since I last used it. I'll try to fix that as soon as I can.

[Lej77]

I have uploaded a new version of this extension (v2.5) that fixes the issue with selecting multiple tabs. I decided to not use a special context menu item for multiple selected tabs. Instead you click on the normal context menu item and if multiple tabs are selected then that will be detected automatically.

I would have needed to do this anyway since it looks like the fake context menu for TST and MTH will be deprecated in Firefox 64 in favor of a more integrated context menu that uses the same items as the ones on Firefox tab bar.

[Kenqr]

About accessing the bookmarks, I have another different idea.
Instead of using the bookmark folder directly, accessing them through a custom interface looks better to me.
Add a toolbar button, which when clicked, opens a new tab or show a popup listing all trees bookmarked by this extension. Click on a tree will restore it.
Can also add some other functionalities (Delete, rename, drag&drop to reorder etc.).

Tree name	Restore & Delete	Delete	Rename
My Tree 1	Restore & Delete	Delete	Rename
My Tree 2	Restore & Delete	Delete	Rename

Another simpler approach is to add a new context menu item in TST sidebar called Restore tree, which lists all bookmarked trees as children of it.

[Lej77]

@Kenqr I have considered making a special page that could be opened in another tab but it seems like a lot of work and the current solution works well enough for me. The context menu approach seems interesting and should be a lot easier so I might look into that if I get the time.

[Lej77]

Tree Style Tab has its own support for bookmarking tabs with tree data since version 3.2.0. The change was introduced due to Tree Style Tab issue 1639. I wrote some about the format that it uses on the summary page of this extension and on this extension's option page.

This should allow you to choose the save location of your bookmarks while still keeping their tree data. I have also release a new version of this extension (v4.0) which can restore and save bookmarks with the same format as Tree Style Tab (you will need to change some settings on the option's page to make this work). This extension can also migrate tree data to Tree Style Tab's format via a context menu item for bookmarks (this is mentioned on the extensions summary page).