## IMPORTANT NOTE
Version 8.2.0 of this add-on configured Ctrl + Comma as the default keyboard shortcut for sorting the tab strip by container. This keyboard shortcut was removed from 8.3.0 in patch #2758. If you use Ctrl + Comma in order to quickly sort tabs by container, then you will need to explicitly reconfigure the keyboard shortcut. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/manage-extension-shortcuts-firefox
## Features
- #2753 Avoid sorting tabs in Firefox tab groups
- #2758 Removed suggested keyboard shortcut for tab sorting
- #2722 Removed Mozilla VPN logo banner
## Bugs
- #2572 Fixed add/remove site assignments logic bug
- #2754 Fixed "open/reopen in container" bug that would reopen outside of a Firefox tab group
- #2760 Removed console log spam related to context menu cleanup
## Developer
- #2671 Updated contributor documentation with tips and corrected links
- #2723 Updated GitHub Actions build image
A number of users have accidentally pressed Ctrl + Comma and sorted their tabs by container. For some of those users, they did not know what had happened.
#2492 added Ctrl + Comma as a default shortcut key for sorting tabs by container. This change was released with addon v8.2.0 in Sept 2024.
It is useful to make the sort-tabs-by-container operation accessible by keyboard shortcut, but I think Ctrl + Comma is too close to the main Ctrl + Period shortcut for this addon. I think it's reasonable to make the default sort_tabs keyboard shortcut more complex, but in this patch, I'm recommending that we:
1. do not set a shortcut by default for any future users. Users can still configure a shortcut via Firefox's Manage Extension Shortcuts UI.
2. for existing users upgrading from 8.2.0 who configured their own, non-default keyboard shortcut for sort_tabs, keep their shortcut in place. These users demonstrated a strong interest in using the sort_tabs feature and I do not want to interfere.
3. for existing users upgrading from 8.2.0 who have the default keyboard shortcut configured, clear the shortcut. Users who did not use the sort_tabs keyboard shortcut will no longer be at risk of accidentally using it. Users who did use the default sort_tabs keyboard shortcut will be harmed, but those users can use the Manage Extension Shortcuts UI to manually configure Ctrl + Comma (or another key combination).
I am not aware of any simple ways to ensure that existing users using Ctrl + Comma can continue to do so without interruption. Ideally, I think #2492 should not have set a suggested key -- the other keyboard shortcuts are "non-destructive" and easy to understand. However, since that already happened, I think the best harm reduction approach at this point is to inconvenience existing users of Ctrl + Comma.
Firefox 137 introduced tab groups. Tab group web extension support is rolling out in Firefox 138 and later. Creating a new tab after the last tab in a tab group can inadvertently create the new tab outside of the tab group.
When a user opens a new tab that should be in a container, this patch will make sure that the new tab resides in the same tab group as the original tab.
Firefox 137 introduced tab groups. Tab group web extension support is rolling out in Firefox 138 and later. Tab movements, like the movements done when sorting tabs by container, can inadvertently add or remove tabs from tab groups.
In order to keep users' tab groups intact, this patch only sorts tabs outside of tab groups. Due to the lack of the tabGroups web extensions API as of Firefox 138, this patch cannot move tab groups, so all ungrouped tabs move to the end of the tab strip. That means after sorting, all tab groups will move to the beginning of the tab strip.
Anton Dudakov