when using firefox to open multiple pdfs i would like firefox to display the pdfs sorted by name

[Riccardo5780]

the goal is to use firefox to read multiple pdfs in order of name. This feature is useful for consulting the slides of a university exam for example

[Jon]

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[marco]

@Riccardo5780 could you share more on how you think this would work in terms of user interface?

[Riccardo5780]

(I use ubuntu 22.04 with firefox 138)
Hi @marco ,forgive my English, I will try to explain myself in the best way. My proposal consists of making firefox consider the files either in the order in which they are selected or based on the order of their respective .pdf file names. At the interface level, if you use for example the side tabs, you will have the list in name order of all the open tabs.
Without having the side tabs active, let's say that at the top you see all the open tabs of the tabs with the condition that they are in file name order or how the files were selected in the opening.
Did I manage to explain myself?
Thanks

[seasnail]

Hi, I was wondering if an extension to sort tabs might work? The most used one I can find is called FoxyTab and it's a "Recommended" extension so is probably quite good. It looks like it does a lot of other things as well, but there are other extensions that just have the tab sorting functionality.

[Riccardo5780]

Hi, I installed FoxyTab, I don't know if it's me who didn't understand how to configure this extension or if this extension doesn't do what I'm trying to make you understand. If I select 15 .pdf files from the file system that all have the same name except the last part which is a number from 1 to 15. If I try to open them with Firefox, where for convenience I have activated vertical tabs, the 15 .pdf files are not opened sequentially in name order but opened randomly. I'm asking, if you think it's a good thing to "force" the order based on the name of the .pdf files so as to simplify the user's life in consulting all the .pdf files sequentially in name order.

[seasnail]

I think to sort the tabs with the extension you have to right click on a tab and go to the "FoxyTab">"Sort">"Sort by Title Ascending" submenu. It doesn't do anything to recognise the difference between PDFs and other tabs, so isn't something you would want to happen automatically, just when you have a window with the PDFs open in it. I guess clicking that option might be a bit annoying to do each time if you're using it regularly?

[Riccardo5780]

Hi @seasnail , FoxyTab with the suggestion you gave me does exactly what I wanted. I proposed something that I think is convenient in firefox, if you think it's valid implement it, otherwise we will continue to use FoxyTab. Thanks