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[v5] Filtering by Search and then dragging to change sort order results in all tabs being displayed
Description
Currently in v5 if you filter your tabs via Search, and then try and drag to re-order, all of your other unfiltered hidden tabs become visible again, which stops you from being able to sort based on your filtered search. This isn't that big of a deal if you only have 20 tabs, but if you have 200 tabs it can very quickly become difficult or nearly impossible to use.
To demonstrate what I mean, I've made a small video using a clean Firefox 104.0.1 Portable and installed the latest v5.0.0b25 version of Sidebery. I've also included a back-to-back example using another addon called All Tabs Helper which allows you to filter tabs and sort them to show what I think should be the correct behavior:
Video - Sorting via Filtered Search
I'm putting this as a Feature Request and not a Bug because it might actually be the intended behavior. If so, then consider this an official feature request to add an option to not display the unfiltered tabs when sorting. Thanks!
How this would work when you drag results that are in different trees? I don't see how Sidebery could ever know what you want the order to be.
Well, currently it barely works at all, so I think anything would be an improvement :)
You're right though in that it wouldn't easily work within trees. The easiest and least ideal way would probably be to just have it get placed outside of the tree (or inside at the top or bottom in relation to the filtered tabs) and then you can shift it into your preferred position after the filter is cleared. Alternatively, maybe only show trees with matching results and not every single tab. Or only show the full tree when you drag a tab and hover over one of the filtered matches.
Honestly, I'm not sure what the best method really is, but in its current state it's not useful unless you're only trying to move the tab a very short distance, in which case you wouldn't need to search and filter in the first place.