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Use Chrome native window names
Chrome now has Window Naming built-in under More tools -> Name window. These names show up on the OS taskbar and make window switching easier when using keyboard launcher tools. It would be great if TabFern can use these names instead of having its own Window system that is duplicative and conflicts with the Chrome names.
I am open to adding that as an option! I do not want it to be the default since TF still supports old Chrome versions. Since TF collects no data, I have no idea how many users there may be on those older versions :) . (Autoupdate notwithstanding)
It doesn't look like there's an extension API for interacting with this yet:
https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/reference/windows/#type-Window
It looks like this is the issue for it:
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=1190160
Another thing to consider is what to do when a user upgrades to a version that supports this and they have windows that they've already named in Tabfern and also have a Chrome window name. I think you either have to:
- Automatically combine the names (probably the easiest option)
- Prompt the user to pick or edit the name for each window with two names.
+1 for adding support for it, once we have extension API support :D
For migration, just leave it as it is. When user changes windows names, then apply it.