putting a single tab into sleep mode manually to save cpu & memory

[glychee]

it would be very nice for us to be able to right click on a tab and just put the tab into sleep mode.

in these days everybody uses firefox browser with several tabs kept open. and some of the websites uses intensive javascript which loads the computer even when the tab is not active (most likely poor coded websites). i know there is a feature which automatically unloads (sleeps) inactive tabs but i dont like this feature because i dont want to pages contents refreshed even after several days of unused duration. firefox is really meets this requirement for me to keep the last look of a tab, not sleeping automatically.

but if i can just right click on a tab which makes my fans spin like crazy, and put the tab to sleep status until i need it in some time later, that would be awesome for me and for all firefox users.

the "manual sleep" button can be placed just inside the group of "reload tab", "mute tab", "pin tab" buttons in the right click menu of tabs.

i'm sure everybody will like this feature and hope this will be added in near future 🙂

[Mozilla2048]

Hello again, sorry but I don't think my idea that was merged into this thread is similar. This "sleep mode" that is being discussed in this thread looks like the new Unload tab feature, and it's not quite what I was talking about. My idea is not about saving resources, it's about preventing the tab from being closed/reloaded, to avoid data loss. Furthermore, when you "unload" a page, you can't view it anymore. I don't want that. Unload tab is a great feature and I use it often, but my idea was about an entirely different feature that would still let you view and use the page (a news article or form to fill in, for example).
Thanks

[Jon]

@Mozilla2048 thanks for clarifying! Would you say it aligns with the following request: Firefox should suspend tabs to better performance 

If not, we can have it stand alone as its own unique idea 🙌

[Mozilla2048]

Hmm, I think the content of that link still looks like the Unload tab feature. I have found some other ideas on the community that are more similar to mine: ask-before-leaving-a-page-with-a-filled-in-form and the-problem-of-automatic-reloading-of-tabs.
But if you can have my idea stand alone, then that's fine too for me.