GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 561601
Save open tabs and reopen them later
Last modified: 2019-08-19 18:12:52 UTC
It would be great to be able to save the current open tabs to reopen them later. For example, Nautilus is open and it has 2 tabs: - tab 1: $HOME/folder1 - tab 2: $HOME/folder2 We close Nautilus. Later, we click on the folder3, so Nautilus opens with these 3 tabs: - tab 1: $HOME/folder1 - tab 2: $HOME/folder2 - tab 3: $HOME/folder3
As nautilus mostly uses multiple windows I'm quite skeptic about this. The rules when to save and when to restore would be quite messy and probably confuse the user.
(In reply to comment #1) > As nautilus mostly uses multiple windows I'm quite skeptic about this. This enhancement probably depends on an option to open folders in tabs by default (bug 550909). About the rules when to save, I think that a good deal would be to save tabs of the window closed last.
Why is this feature necessary?
Another difficulty with this: Nautilus windows are opened by opening a specific folder. If we followed the logic of this bug, a user opening folder X would get a rather confusing result. Note that the reopening of tabs is something that can hopefully be incorporated into a generic undo facility.
(In reply to comment #4) > Another difficulty with this: Nautilus windows are opened by opening a specific > folder. If we followed the logic of this bug, a user opening folder X would get > a rather confusing result. Not if it's an option deactivated by default and if folders are open in tabs by default (see my comment #2).
(In reply to comment #5) > Not if it's an option deactivated by default and if folders are open in tabs by > default (see my comment #2). True. This only makes sense in that context, as far as I can see.
A duplicate has been filled in GitLab: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/nautilus/issues/1196 As we are moving away from bugzilla, closing here and continuing there.