Quick preset colors in tab context menu?

  1. kelvinw

    Member

    { #1 — 2 years ago }

    I've been using ColorfulTabs for over a year and I find it a great addition to Firefox -- with many tabs open it's much easier to distinguish between them.

    One feature request that might make ColorfulTabs even more useful for me and others:

    Adding a small number of preset colors *directly within* the context menu for quick color changes.

    I often find myself manually selecting a color for a tab -- bright red or green for emphasis, say. Currently this requires several mouse clicks and motions:

    -- right-click tab
    -- move mouse to "ColorfulTabs" context menu
    -- click "Tab Color"
    -- click on the color field in the resulting "Select a Color" menu (or enter numeric RGB values)
    -- click on a specific color
    -- click "OK" / press Return

    If users could define a few preset colors that would appear in the context menu, that would save time -- all you'd have to do would be right-click a tab, go to the context menu, and select "Preset 1" (for example - maybe users could name the presets, much like naming Thunderbird colored message labels).

    The context menu might then look something like this:

    * Tab Color
    * Reset Color
    * Options
    * Preset 1 (Red - Important)
    * Preset 2 (Green - Emphasis)
    * Preset 3 (Purple - Funny)

    Actual preset colors would be defined in the Options menu. Then, selecting a present would mark the tab with the preset color.

    I hope the request was described clearly, and thanks for your work on the extension.

    OS X 10.5.8, Firefox 3.0.11 and 3.5.4, default Firelight theme, Greasemonkey/Scrapbook/Session Manager/Tab Mix Plus

  2. dan22

    Member

    { #2 — 1 year ago }

    kelvinw's request would be very well fulfilled with my request to have 10 key shortcuts and the 4x4 idea of a preset swath by Administrator.

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