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TabGroups married with Tab Containers and bookmark & history search

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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
• tab groups are implemented via containers
• the quick search contains thumbnail of the results
• the quick search includes bookmarks and history

Global keyboard shortcuts

• Ctrl+Space (adjustable) : open conex popup
• Ctrl+Shift+E / Cmd+Shift+E (adjustable) : move tab to another container
• Ctrl+T / Cmd+T : open tab in current container

Conex popup keyboard shortcuts

• ↓ / Tab jump to next container or tab in the popup list
• ↑ / Shift+Tab jump to previous container or tab in the popup list
• Enter on a tab: switch to tab / on a container: activate the last accessed tab of the selected container
• Backspace on a tab: close the selected tab / on a container: delete selected container
• → / ← / Ctrl+Enter on a container: expand / unexpand tab list of the selected container
• Ctrl+Shift+Enter / Ctrl+ + on a container: open a new tab in the selected container and activate this tab / in the search box: open new container dialog

Enable tab hiding


Necessary addon permissions

• <all_url> : for taking screenshots for the thumbnails during search
• activeTab (optional) : necessary in order to show a dialog, where the user can select the container to open external links
• bookmarks (optional) : 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 (optional) : for showing history results in quick search
• menus : for creating context menus when moving tabs
• notifications (optional) : 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
• webRequest : necessary in order to show a dialog, where the user can select the container to open external links
• webRequestBlocking : necessary in order to show a dialog, where the user can select the container to open external links