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Simple tab managing extension

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I have the latest version of Firefox and I'm looking for a simple extension that will allow me to save opened tabs in some session and later bring the same layout of open tabs. I know there is like a gazillion extensions regarding tab management or whatever but first of all I don't have time to browse all of them, and second I just don't need all those overdeveloped functions that I'll never use. I just want an extension that does two simple things. Saves open tabs in a session and then restores them. Can you guys recommend me something ?

I have the latest version of Firefox and I'm looking for a simple extension that will allow me to save opened tabs in some session and later bring the same layout of open tabs. I know there is like a gazillion extensions regarding tab management or whatever but first of all I don't have time to browse all of them, and second I just don't need all those overdeveloped functions that I'll never use. I just want an extension that does two simple things. Saves open tabs in a session and then restores them. Can you guys recommend me something ?

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You can possibly do this without an extension in the Browser Console via code you paste on the command line.

  • "3-bar" menu button or Tools -> Web Developer

You need to place a checkmark in ">Enable browser chrome and add-on debugging toolboxes" in the Developer Tools settings to enable the command line.

The prompt shows the current session data that you can copy to the clipboard (Ctrl+A, Ctrl+C) and save this data to a file or otherwise. You can cancel the prompt if you do not want to restore a previous session or paste session data you previously saved to restore this session. Doing this via the Browser Console will include PB mode windows as well (extensions can't do this).

/* Session data - Get/Set State */
ssj = SessionStore.getBrowserState();
ssj = prompt("Session Data: Set State", ssj||"");
if(ssj){SessionStore.setBrowserState(ssj)}

Note that the console supports a command line history and you can recall previously entered commands via the cursor Up key.