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  1. Bug #175904
  2. Comment #116

Comment 116 for bug 175904

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In , David Faure (faure) wrote :

(In reply to Jeremy Nickurak from comment #23)
> Created attachment 343829
> Shell script to open a URL strictly in a new firefox tab on the current
> workspace
>
> As a substitute for a fix of this bug, I've worked around it with a shell
> script that uses wmctrl to get the ideal behavior. It'll check to see if
> there's an existing firefox window open on the current workspace, and if so,
> (optionally) focus it, and load a url in a new tab there. If there's no such
> window, it'll simply open it in a new window on the current workspace.

Thanks for that script, it works very well.
This is the behavior I wish Firefox could have out of the box (Reuse-window-in-current-desktop otherwise create-new-in-current-desktop). Much better than jumping to another desktop or opening tabs hidden into another desktop. Any chance for this to happen?