this post was submitted on 07 Sep 2023
51 points (98.1% liked)

Firefox

20479 readers
91 users here now

/c/firefox

A place to discuss the news and latest developments on the open-source browser Firefox.

Rules

1. Adhere to the instance rules

2. Be kind to one another

3. Communicate in a civil manner

Reporting

If you would like to bring an issue to the moderators attention, please use the "Create Report" feature on the offending comment or post and it will be reviewed as time allows.

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
k_o_t@lemmy.ml
golden_zealot@lemmy.ml
51
Is there a way to open a predetermined list of websites at once? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 2 years ago by GnuLinuxDude@lemmy.ml to c/firefox@lemmy.ml
24 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

Say I define different contexts or workspaces. So in my address bar I can type work and it will open up 5 pages that will be associated to that keyword. Then I can type bored and it will open up my 4 defined pages associated to that keyword.

I am NOT asking about pinning pages to the start/home page, and I am NOT asking about loading websites when Firefox starts up (because I don't want to always load the same things every time I launch ffox). I am also not asking about pinning tabs.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Crul@lemm.ee 23 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Other proposed solutions are valid, I just wanted to add that...

So in my address bar I can type work and it will open up 5 pages that will be associated to that keyword.

To get exactly this behaviour, you can have a bookmarklet with the keyword work and this in the URL field:

javascript:(() => { ['https://ddg.gg', 'https://google.com'].forEach(w => window.open(w)) })();

Some notes:

  • You can change the list of URLs with what you want to be open.
  • The first time you run it, it will ask you to allow it to open multiple tabs. But it should remember the answer for next executions.
  • Is possible to add arguments for advanced use cases
[–] GnuLinuxDude@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

This seems like a really cool implementation, but I cannot get it to open anything beyond the first site I put into the array. I am never prompted about opening multiple tabs, either.

[–] BestToast@programming.dev 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

In Firefox you can add about:newtab To the pop-up exceptions list and it should work.

[–] BestToast@programming.dev 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If you attempt in a new window you can also add about:home to the exceptions.

[–] GnuLinuxDude@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Great info!

@Crul@lemm.ee adding these exceptions was the necessary trick.

[–] Crul@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

That's weird. The only reason I can think of is, if you have tweaked with userChrome.css, the toolbar with the question may not be visible. I say that because it has happened to me :). You can try restarting with add-ons disabled (via about:profiles) and see if there is any difference.

EDIT: Another option would be that there is some setting I've changed to allow this. But if I did, I don't remember doing it :/.

Here it is how it should look like:

[–] GnuLinuxDude@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I did give it a shot in a clean profile, but no difference. If I uncover a solution later I will definitely post my findings.

[–] Crul@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

Then I have no idea :/.

Good luck!

[–] d_k_bo@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago

That looks great, I really need to get into bookmarklets.