#1001947 firefox-esr: Update from Firefox 78 to 91 reset browser.ctrlTab.sortByRecentlyUsed

Package:
firefox-esr
Source:
firefox-esr
Description:
Mozilla Firefox web browser - Extended Support Release (ESR)
Submitter:
Shai Berger
Date:
2022-01-10 17:24:16 UTC
Severity:
normal
Tags:
#1001947#5
Date:
2021-12-19 12:09:46 UTC
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Dear Maintainer,

I have been using Firefox for years; an important part
of the experience is having ctrl-tab go through tabs in
the order of recent use, rather than cycling through them
from left to right. This is not the default, but enabled
by an about:config flag named 'browser.ctrlTab.sortByRecentlyUsed'

Following the very welcome upgrade from 78 to 91, I
found that the browser reverted this flag to its default,
and I had to set it on again manually (after finding again
what it was named...)

Thanks for all your great efforts,

	Shai.

#1001947#10
Date:
2021-12-19 20:36:42 UTC
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To:
Filed upstream as https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1746804
but at this point, this is probably unfixable...

Note the pref is in Settings, under General > Tabs.

Mike

#1001947#17
Date:
2021-12-19 21:00:54 UTC
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To:
Thanks. My apologies for thinking this was more likely to be a
packaging bug than an upstream one; though, by the description, one
needs to be more knowledgable than me to figure out what the problem
was...

Given the above, I won't object to the bug being closed and marked
wontfix, if you find that more useful.

Thanks, that helps! I have several Firefox profiles, some are still not
fixed.

Cheers,
	Shai.