Reuse Tab by Vasili Gulevich

4.8 Stars out of 5

7 reviews

Rated 5 out of 5
by marcelorevok, 10 months ago
I was about to write an addon for this use case, then I found this and it works perfectly. Very useful for apps that don't allow more than one tab, like Whatsapp Web
Rated 5 out of 5
by Karel Krema, 2 years ago
Brilliant one! I love the trick with ignoring part of URL outside the matching group in regex!
Rated 5 out of 5
by Firefox user 16623207, 2 years ago
Rated 5 out of 5
by Firefox user 13848868, 3 years ago
Rated 5 out of 5
by Xavier Novella Sinde, 6 years ago
The idea is very nice, but is not working as desired to me in some cases.

Example - I have a pinned tab to spotify, I open a new tab and then search for spotify and click on it (without opening a new tab)
If we were using an android, spotify app would be opened. In this case, the tab is left with spotify and you turn up having 2 spotify tabs. I guess a good solution would be that the tab were I opened spotify changed focus to the pinned spotify app, reloaded it with the spotify new page I intended to open and the other tab would be left with with Google search - ready to be opened again.

Thanks!
Developer response
posted 5 years ago
Thanks for the find. It is possible to intercept same-tab navigation if extension is granted "Access your data for all websites" permission. I'm not sure if requesting such power is a good idea. Just in case someone wants to accept the risk, I have a prototype with this feature implemented: https://github.com/basilevs/reusetab-firefox/releases/tag/1.0 It is only usable from Firefox Developer Edition.
Rated 5 out of 5
by Firefox user 11979692, 6 years ago
Does exactly what I need! Exceptions would be fine but I am right happy now. Thanks Vasili! Good work!
Developer response
posted 5 years ago
Thank you for kind words. Exceptions can now be configured on options page. (Blacklist section).
Rated 5 out of 5
by Firefox user 14675712, 6 years ago

Developer response

Developer response