Conex
This addon tries to replace some functionality from the discontinued TabGroups with some differences:
Differences to tabgroups
- it lacks the big "Manage my TabGroups" overview window
- conex uses containers for grouping tabs
- the quick search contains thumbnail of the results
- the quick search optionally includes bookmarks and history
Installation
Just install from the official mozilla addons page
Getting back my last tab group session
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 the latest Firefox version that you successfully used TagGroups with ... the latest version that fully supported TagGroups (including the settings page) should be v56 (using Firefox ESR can cause problems)
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close Firefox Quantum
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open the old Firefox
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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
Necessary addon permissions
| permission | reason |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| notifications | to show a warning if the tabhiding is not activated |
| storage | for storing thumbnails |
| tabs | for tab handling |
| tabHide | for hiding and showing tabs |
| webNavigation | for intercepting and reacting on new tabs |
| webRequestBlocking | for intercepting and reacting on external links |
| webRequest | for intercepting and reacting on external links |