[v5] Seperate "Position of new tab" for tabs opened with "New Tab" button vs other methods

[nitz]

Description

I currently use Sideberry with "New Tab" settings that open up mostly relative to where I'm working (near pinned or as children):

I've discovered the biggest pain point in my workflow is for when I want to specifically add a new top-level tab at the end of my current panel. I seemingly already have the muscle memory to click on the 'New Tab' button (or right click when wanting a specific container,) but with my current settings, the tab opens up either at the top of the panel (in case of a pinned tab focused), or as a child of the current tab. With my current setup, using Ctrl+T to open a new child tab makes sense to me, but clicking the new tab button only to have it jump away from where my mouse cursor was doesn't feel natural.

I'd like to separate out the "Place new tab (general rule)" setting to specifically handle the "New Tab" button separately, so that I'd still be able to use the ability to keep the majority of tabs opened as I currently do, but only modify the behavior of specifically clicking the end-of-panel new tab button.

Cheers and thanks so much for being the addon that makes my whole web experience work!

[br4nnigan]

same issue here

I thought maybe I can use "end of panel" and at least when I right click a tab create a new tab under the current tab, but the context menu has no such item.

I want to add that it's also possible to create a new tab by double clicking the free space in the panel, but it only makes sense that this uses the same behavior as the + button at the end of the panel.

So to simplify this request, + button and double click should just always open a new tab at the end of the panel, and the existing setting should only apply to ctrl+t.

[mzguy]

I'm new to Sidebery. I agree this would be a useful improvement. I have another workaround for this limitation that I believe works better, so I thought I'd share.

Ctrl-T is not captured by Sidebery, as it's native to the browser. I've therefore experienced some bad behavior using Ctrl-T, such as a new tab ending up on the wrong panel. I've tried to use Ctrl-Space, which is set up for me to by default place the new tab as a child of the active tab.

Furthermore, I've added a keyboard shortcut to move the active tab to the end of the panel. So, when I want to have a new tab at the end of the panel, I create the tab with Ctrl-space, then immediately use my keyboard shortcut to move it to the end. This has the added advantage that I can "fix" a structure by moving a tab to the end long after I've created it. I don't have to get it right on the first attempt.

[capi1O]

+1