Add a new compact, favicon-only mode

[Croydon]

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I was forced to remove the former implemention since WebExtension sidebars have a too broad min width. Showing only one favicon per sidebar "line", doesn't make sense anymore due to this. (https://github.com/Croydon/vertical-tabs-reloaded/issues/13#issuecomment-333912233)

Suggestion for a new implemention: https://github.com/Croydon/vertical-tabs-reloaded/issues/13#issuecomment-334936555

I haven't decided yet how exactly I will do this. If nothing really fits I might decide to not add such a feature again.

[jonasflint]

This is essentially the only reason I was using this add on. I hate long vertical tabs. It takes up way too much space....

[dustymabe]

There seems to be an implementation of this in the Tree Style Tab extension we might be able to take some inspiration from there.

[jonasflint]

Is this planned for the future?

[brightghost]

It doesn't seem it will be possible to implement this in the extension unless the WebExtensions API is extended in the future. But FYI, it is possible to get this effect today by modifying your userChrome.css . Mine includes:

/* Allow sidebar to be closed completely w/ slider */
#sidebar-box {
    overflow-x: hidden !important;
}

/* No min width */
#sidebar {
	min-width: 0px !important;
    overflow-x: hidden !important;
}

which lets me to resize the sidebar to show only the favicons when I want the extra space, works just fine.

Personally, I would like to see a view option for pinned tabs displayed as a horizontal row of favicons (like you see in other vertical tab extensions), but I have no interest in such a layout for the main tab listing.

[Croydon]

@brightghost You are absolutely right that this isn't possible right now

Personally, I would like to see a view option for pinned tabs displayed as a horizontal row of favicons (like you see in other vertical tab extensions), but I have no interest in such a layout for the main tab listing.

I didn't get to work on VTR for quite some time, but the master branch already has this feature and it will ship with the next release. Whenever that will be.

[dustymabe]

Should this be closed now?

[Croydon]

Should this be closed now?

I'm going to leave this issue open. Maybe someday it will be possible in a feasible way.

Right now, the only way to accomplish this is by forcing people to manually edit their userChrome.css file, which is a non-starter. Or by completely re-writing the tab sidebar as an element that gets injected into every website, which would be highly unstable and a security and privacy nightmare.