miniT 20080614

[dorando]

miniT (Direct download) adds a few tab related functions. [Firefox, Flock, SeaMonkey (partly), Songbird (partly)]

- docShell.allow* attributes can be changed via tab context menu.
- Tabs can be switched by turning the mouse wheel on the tab bar.
- Bookmarks are opened in background if browser.tabs.loadInBackground is set to true. Was replaced by the new core pref browser.tabs.loadBookmarksInBackground.
- New tabs can be opened by double clicking on any tab. [only Firefox and Flock]
- Tabs can be dragged. If dropped within the tab bar the tabs will be reordered, otherwise only the url is dropped as text/x-moz-url, text/html, or text/unicode. Firefox 1.5 has backported this functionality
- Tabs open relative (next) to the current tab, if minit.open_tabs_relative is true. [not in SeaMonkey]
- Included fixes for bug 264009, bug 399113, and bug 400491.

Other Variants
miniT (tabscroll): Only tab scrolling.
Firefox, Tab Mix, and Tabbrowser Extensions base their tab reordering code on miniT.

Configurations:

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prefs.js: (use about:config to edit these)

// Open tabs relative (next) to current tab [requires restart]
user_pref("minit.open_tabs_relative", true);

// Disable tabscroll feature [requires restart]
user_pref("minit.tabscroll", false);

userChrome.css:

/* Hide the docShell menu */
#miniT-docShell, #sep-miniT-docShell {display:none}

Notable Firefox Tweaks:

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prefs.js:

// Open bookmarks in the background
user_pref("browser.tabs.loadBookmarksInBackground", true);

userChrome.css:

/* Don't let tab labels receive focus */
tab {-moz-user-focus: ignore !important;}

/* Hide the drop indicator */
.tab-drop-indicator-bar {display:none !important}

Changes:
20080614: [miniT, miniT (tabscroll)]
- Minor changes for Firefox 3 support
- Moved the addTab patcher into a timeout so it happens after Session Restore (observing "final-ui-startup" from an overlay doesn't seem to work)
- miniT now patches gBrowser.onTabBarDblClick (if present) instead of setting gBrowser.mTabContainer.ondblclick
- Added fixes for bug 399113, and bug 400491
- Added SeaMonkey (only docShell and tabscroll) and Songbird (no double click)

Full Changelog

[sttroopers]

Sweet! Works great for me.

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7a) Gecko/20040106 Firebird/0.7+ (aebrahim)

[frease]

I like no.(5) most!

[johnleemk]

Brilliant. I just installed it; about to restart my browser. I advise you to try and get it listed:
http://texturizer.net/firebird/extensions/submit.html

2) Tabs can be switched by scrolling on the tab bar.

How does this feature I work? I just restarted my browser, but I can't switch tabs via scrolling with my mousewheel. Am I confused?

[Flexer]

This is great As I hate the complexity of TBE this extension just fills almost all my tab releated need.
Here is a suggestion: Ctrl + -> and Ctrl + <- will switch to previous or next tab. Ctrl + (down arrow) - close current tab; Ctrl + (up arrow) - new tab. Not especcialy to use these key bindings. And it will be good if you bring some small window with configs.

[johnleemk]

Ctrl + (down arrow) - close current tab; Ctrl + (up arrow) - new tab.

Nuh uh. Those are for switching tabs already, in the core, and right now, it's the only way to do so from the keyboard in *nix.

[Old Bozz]

3) Bookmarks are opened in background if browser.tabs.loadInBackground is set.

Nice work. I installed the extension mainly for the moving tabs ability. That's great.

How can I change the Bookmarks back to open in foreground? Browser.tabs.loadInBackground is set to false in about:config and Open links in background is unchecked in Options>Advanced. When I middle click a Bookmark now, it opens in the background.

[Flexer]

How about when moving a tab to display a tiny border betwene two tabs indicating where the selected tab will be placed. This can be possibly done by adding border-left to the previous tab of where the selected will be placed

[dorando]

2) Tabs can be switched by scrolling on the tab bar.

How does this feature I work? I just restarted my browser, but I can't switch tabs via scrolling with my mousewheel. Am I confused?

Hmm, if All-in-One Gestures is installed its "Scroll wheel in tab bar" function might interfere, otherwise no idea...

And it will be good if you bring some small window with configs.

Is planned, but not likely soon. For the time being its better to open the .jar file and remove the functions not wanted.

How can I change the Bookmarks back to open in foreground? Browser.tabs.loadInBackground is set to false in about:config and Open links in background is unchecked in Options>Advanced. When I middle click a Bookmark now, it opens in the background.

Bah, I was using an object to read the prefs only available in pre 2002-09-18 builds or in Optimoz and Quicknote...
New version uploaded.

How about when moving a tab to display a tiny border betwene two tabs indicating where the selected tab will be placed. This can be possibly done by adding border-left to the previous tab of where the selected will be placed

Also planned.

[jedbro]

Brilliant. I just installed it; about to restart my browser. I advise you to try and get it listed:
http://texturizer.net/firebird/extensions/submit.html

Yes, you should. but be sure and
Include a Short Description also.
Cheers

--
* Extension name (e.g. "My Extension")
* Version number (e.g. 0.4)
* Release date (e.g. 2003-03-05)
* Author name (e.g. John Doe)
* E-mail address (e.g. john.doe@domain.com)
* URL to extension homepage (e.g. http://domain.com/)
* URL to .xpi file (e.g. http://domain.com/myextension.xpi)
* Size of .xpi file (in KB, e.g. 256)
* A good description (e.g. "This extension adds a toolbar button, allowing you to...")
* A good Short description (e.g. "This extension adds a toolbar button, allowing you to...")

[clav]

* A good Short description (e.g. "This extension adds a toolbar button, allowing you to...")

that is a truly awful suggestion for a short description. they're meant to be about 10 words, and should not include such useless fluff as "this extension ..."

also the comma after "button" is rather dubious. it's the button that lets you do something, not the act of the extension adding a button.

[Old Bozz]

How can I change the Bookmarks back to open in foreground? Browser.tabs.loadInBackground is set to false in about:config and Open links in background is unchecked in Options>Advanced. When I middle click a Bookmark now, it opens in the background.

Bah, I was using an object to read the prefs only available in pre 2002-09-18 builds or in Optimoz and Quicknote...
New version uploaded.

Works Great. Thanks

[johnleemk]

Hmm, if All-in-One Gestures is installed its "Scroll wheel in tab bar" function might interfere, otherwise no idea...

I have Tabbrowser Preferences installed...it's the only extension I have that directly relates to tabs.

[mai9]

2) Tabs can be switched by scrolling on the tab bar.
3) Bookmarks are opened in background if browser.tabs.loadInBackground is set.
5) Tabs can be dragged. If dropped within the tab bar the tabs will be reordered, otherwise only the url is dropped as text/unicode.

I love this three features

Could it be that dragging tabs to a folder created .url links?

[dorando]

Could it be that dragging tabs to a folder created .url links?

Yup, tabs are now also draggable as text/x-moz-url and text/html. (This was orginally in, but removed since I had previously some problems which I can't reproduce anymore)

I have Tabbrowser Preferences installed...it's the only extension I have that directly relates to tabs.

Ok, is there something in the JavaScript console, or happens anything else while scrolling?