[browser] "Open link in a new tab" should open tab in the background on desktop

[Adnane Belmadiaf]

"Open link in a new tab" should open tab in the background, and display some animation to inform the user(see Chrome/Firefox mobile).

[Giorgio Venturi (giorgio-venturi-deactivatedaccount)]

We have an animation when opening a new tab it will slide from the top

[Giorgio Venturi (giorgio-venturi-deactivatedaccount)]

Most mobile browsers open new tabs in the foreground. We might want to change the behaviour on tablet/desktop browser as the tab-bar will be visible as in Chrome.

[Niklas Wenzel (nikwen)]

Here is something which is kind of related to this bug. I added the ability to open a link as a new tab in the background: https://code.launchpad.net/~nikwen/webbrowser-app/open-in-new-background-tab/+merge/245372

[Giorgio Venturi (giorgio-venturi-deactivatedaccount)]

Thank you Niklas, this will be added to the desktop version of the Browser

On Thu, Dec 25, 2014 at 10:02 PM, Niklas Wenzel <email address hidden>
wrote:

> Here is something which is kind of related to this bug. I added the
> ability to open a link as a new tab in the background:
> https://code.launchpad.net/~nikwen/webbrowser-app/open-in-new-
> background-tab/+merge/245372
>
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> You received this bug notification because you are a bug assignee.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1339437
>
> Title:
> [browser] "Open link in a new tab" should open tab in the background
> on desktop
>
> Status in Ubuntu UX bugs:
> Triaged
> Status in Web Browser App:
> Triaged
>
> Bug description:
> "Open link in a new tab" should open tab in the background, and
> display some animation to inform the user(see Chrome/Firefox mobile).
>
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[Niklas Wenzel (nikwen)]

Hi Giorgio,

Somehow I forgot to subscribe to this bug report, so I didn't see your reply until Olivier pointed me to it.
I originally created that MP because I found it annoying that I've never seen a *mobile* browser which allowed me to show both a "Open in new tab" and a "Open in new background tab" option.
I can understand if you still don't want this to be shown in the mobile version, but couldn't we make it optional in some way?
Since the settings UI isn't in place yet, would it be possible to add an entry to the "~/.config/webbrowser-app/settings.conf" file for this purpose, so that I can use the feature the way I wanted to use it?
Otherwise, the change I did would be useless for me.

Thanks. :)

[Riccardo Padovani (rpadovani)]

Just for reference, Android stock browser has an option to display in contextual menu both "open" and "open in background" (and open in incognito background too).

See the attached screenshot

[Niklas Wenzel (nikwen)]

Riccardo, yes, that's true. I actually had that option set. However, as I mentioned, it didn't allow to show both actions, foreground and background tabs. ;)

[Niklas Wenzel (nikwen)]

With "foreground" I meant "new foreground tab". ;)

[Olivier Tilloy (osomon)]

Niklas: I discussed your suggestion with Giorgio, and we agreed that adding this option behind a setting (off by default on mobile, on by default on desktop) is a good idea. Can you go ahead and add that to the current MR ?

[Niklas Wenzel (nikwen)]

Thank you very much, Olivier! I'll try to add that as soon as possible. :)

[Niklas Wenzel (nikwen)]

I've fixed it in the MP. The setting to enable the "Open in new background tab" option on the phone form factor can be turned on like this:

mkdir ~/.config/webbrowser-app
nano ~/.config/webbrowser-app/settings.conf

Add the following line to the file and save it. Then restart the webbrowser app.

enableBackgroundTabs=true

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package webbrowser-app - 0.23+15.04.20150203-0ubuntu1

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webbrowser-app (0.23+15.04.20150203-0ubuntu1) vivid; urgency=medium

  [ Florian Boucault ]
  * Make splashscreen white instead of the default black. (LP: #1378379)

  [ Niklas Wenzel ]
  * Add the ability to open a link in a new background tab (LP:
    #1339437)

  [ Olivier Tilloy ]
  * Use the new restoreState API in oxide 1.4 to properly save and
    restore navigation state across sessions. (LP: #1353143)
  * Add a UA override for youtube.com on desktop to fix video playback.
    (LP: #1412880)
 -- Ubuntu daily release <email address hidden> Tue, 03 Feb 2015 11:06:38 +0000