problems creating new workspace

[andr222]

my first disasterous attempt at creating a workspace :

1. I created a workspace, but I was in a window which didn't contain the page that I wanted to include. The extension created a new window, with an empty tab. I would have expected it to create an empty workspace.

2. I changed to the window containing the page I wanted to include.

3. I attempted to add the page to the workspace. The extension transferred the page to the window it had created in step 1. Replacing the page with an empty page. I would have expected it to simply add the page to the workspace, without moving it or adding an empty page.

4. I uninstalled the extension and succeeded returning the page to where it was.

Conclusion : The lack of documentation and bizarre behavior makes it very dangerous to use this extension.

[vsmejkal]

I agree that opening the window after creating a new workspace (step 1) might be misleading. I will try to fix that by navigating back to the list of workspaces instead of opening a new window.

Regarding step 3, I don't exactly follow. How did you attempt to add the page to the workspace?

[andr222]

My context: I need a number of tab groups, to use with my tab manager, which has some functions not available in the navigator. Some groups have up to a hundred of tabs. My tab manager requires each group to be in a separate window.

So if I use workspaces in the navigator, there will be only one workspace by window. But it seems that there will be one empty/unnamed workspace in each window. Is it possible to avoid this ? If not, with my current 7 tab groups, I will have 14 lines in the workspace menu for 7 workspaces.

Am I misunderstanding this ? How can this be corrected ?

[andr222]

Sorry for my initial post. The first time I tried out workspaces.

[vsmejkal]

Sorry, but I still don't fully understand the problem. From what you've said there are some duplicates in Workspaces list.

Could you please provide precise steps how to reproduce it? Ideally with a screenshot.

[andr222]

In my test, there is an empty entry for the window in addition to the named workspace. When I questioned that on the internet, someone said it was normal. My problem, is that in order to work with my tab manager which has special functions not available with Chromium, I need a separate window for each tab group.

Sorry, I don't have a screenshot, since I cancelled my test workspace. But my workspace list was :

(empty line) named workspace

I tried to put a tab in the empty line, and nothing happened. Everything in that window was transferred to the workspace when I created the workspace.

I created a second workspace, and could transfer tabs to (and from) that workspace without problem.

I tried creating a workspace in another window, and I got :

(empty line) workspace1 (empty line) workspace2

So with 7 workspaces in 7 windows (for my current 7 tab groups), I would have 14 lines in the workspace list. 7 workspaces, and 7 empty lines.

It would be simpler to name the windows in Chromium, but that option doesn't seem to exist.