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tools.workspace-manager: fix first tab restore being blank
Create window with first tab URL directly instead of creating
a blank window and trying to clean up the new tab afterwards.
author
lassulus
date
(Mar 28, 2026, 4:53 PM CET)
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tools/workspace-manager/firefox-extension/background.js
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tools/workspace-manager/firefox-extension/background.js
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// ── Tab restoring (from workspace file) ─────────────────────
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async function restoreTabsInWindow(tabDataList, windowId) {
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let activeTabId = null;
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for (const tab of tabDataList) {
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const created = await browser.tabs.create({
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windowId,
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url: tab.url,
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pinned: tab.pinned,
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active: tab.active,
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});
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if (tab.active) activeTabId = created.id;
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}
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// Remove initial blank tab
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const allTabs = await browser.tabs.query({ windowId });
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for (const t of allTabs) {
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if (
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(t.url === "about:blank" || t.url === "about:newtab") &&
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t.id !== activeTabId &&
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allTabs.length > 1
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) {
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await browser.tabs.remove(t.id);
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break;
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}
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}
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}
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async function restoreWorkspace(workspace) {
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if (restoringWorkspaces.has(workspace)) return;
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restoringWorkspaces.add(workspace);
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const tabs = resp.tabs || [];
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if (tabs.length === 0) return;
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const newWindow = await browser.windows.create({});
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await restoreTabsInWindow(tabs, newWindow.id);
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// Create window with the first tab to avoid a blank "new tab"
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const first = tabs[0];
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const newWindow = await browser.windows.create({ url: first.url });
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const windowId = newWindow.id;
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// Pin the first tab if needed
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if (first.pinned && newWindow.tabs && newWindow.tabs[0]) {
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await browser.tabs.update(newWindow.tabs[0].id, { pinned: true });
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}
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// Create remaining tabs
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for (let i = 1; i < tabs.length; i++) {
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await browser.tabs.create({
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windowId,
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url: tabs[i].url,
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pinned: tabs[i].pinned,
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active: tabs[i].active,
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});
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}
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} catch (e) {
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console.error(`Failed to restore workspace ${workspace}:`, e);
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} finally {