Container Windows - a feature that binds a particular window to just one container

[jangid]

Containers are one of those features that I use almost in every Firefox session. It clearly segregates my office and personal work. I am asking for a feature, but there is all possibility that that might already exist  somewhere in the advanced configuration (about:config). If so then please do let me know.

Before asking let me set the context. Before containers, I used profiles to separate my work. But the disadvantage of profiles is that the cache, auto-fill, history, bookmarks etc., all those convenient features are not the same everywhere. But the advantage of profiles is that every shortcut key, clicking of link would open in the same work profile. I don't have to open context menu (using mouse) and select a profile each time. Of course, I have done some advanced configuration and set control+shift+[1,2,3,4] etc. shortcuts to my different containers. But even that is not convenient, when I receive some office email with a link. That link opens in "non-container" tab; not what a user might want.

"Container Windows" could be such a feature which is best of both worlds. I am not aware if this is already there. At least the feature is not obviously visible. There is a feature in "multi-container plugin" which can move all the tabs belonging to a container to a separate window. if we add a feature, in this plugin or Firefox core, to bind a particular window to just one container then it can bring all the goodness of "profiles" and we can still use all the features of "containers".

1. Clicking a link in other application (emacs, thunderbird, etc.) would open the default container (no-container) window. No behavior change.
2. Control+Click, by default, opens tab in a bound container window, and hence in the same container. All shortcuts like control+t will also open Tab in the same container.
3. Context menu in all windows (bound and unbound) still gives an option to open tab in another container

[Jon]

Thanks for submitting an idea to the Mozilla Connect community! Your idea is now open to votes (aka kudos) and comments.

[Anonymous]

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/sticky-window-containers/

[magivaman]

"window" container would be awesome

[Tsts10]

I'd love to be able to use a container for an entire windows. For example, I use a container for all work-related stuff. Would love to not have to open each tab manually, but have all tabs in a window be that container by default.

[Jon]

@Tsts10 there's a similar idea here: Container Windows - a feature that binds a particular window to just one container 

If that aligns with what you're asking, we can merge the two threads together to keep the conversation focused in one space (and combine votes). Just let me know 😃

[Tsts10]

@JonYes, thank you!

[Jon]

(Note: similar ideas have been merged into this thread)

[SamDeGeek]

I would *love* to have "windowed containers", makes it so much each to track. I could then move tabs between windows to move them between containers. This would also mirror how private windows work, I think?

[johnglen]

It makes it so much easier to track groups of ideas when there are several sub-ideas that make up at least a subset of the root idea. To make a tree of these would be incredible.