tab-session-saver

This extension automatically saves and restores your scroll position on tracked websites. It also stores the titles (from the <title> tag) of up to 20 recently visited pages per domain, allowing you to review or manage those pages in the popup.

Features

1. Automatic Scroll Saving

   • Saves the scroll position of each page every 300 seconds.(change it accordingly)
   • Restores the scroll position when you revisit the same page.

2. Page Title Storage

   • Captures the <title> of each visited page
   • Maintains an array of up to 20 pages per tracked domain. (use it to resume at some point you want)
   • Shows these titles in the popup’s “This Site” section.

3. Manage Domains

   • Toggle a “Manage Sites” list where you can remove domains from tracking. (Delete unused sites.)
   • Add the current active domain with one click in the popup (“Add Current Website”).

4. Icons View

   • Displays each tracked domain as a favicon. Clicking an icon opens the latest visited page for that domain in a new tab.

How It Works

1. Tracking Domains

   • When you are on a webpage with a valid http or https protocol, click “Add Current Website” in the popup to track its domain.
   • Any subsequent pages you visit on that domain are recorded in the extension’s local storage, along with their titles.

2. Scroll Management

   • The extension (via a content script) periodically saves the current page’s scroll position in chrome.storage.local.
   • When you reopen the page, it automatically scrolls you back to where you left off.

3. Viewing Title History

   • In the popup, click “This Site (Open with History)” to see a list of page titles recorded for the active domain.
   • You can show or hide this list at will; it does not force navigation or add anything to the global browser history.

4. Managing Tracked Domains

   • Click “Manage Sites” in the popup to see all tracked domains.
   • Each domain can be removed via a “Delete” button, which also clears any saved titles and scroll positions.

Installation

1. Clone or Download this repository.
2. Open chrome://extensions (or brave://extensions/) in your browser.
3. Enable Developer Mode (top-right corner).
4. Click Load Unpacked and select the folder containing this extension.
5. The extension icon should appear in your browser’s toolbar.

File Structure

Tab-Session-Saver-extension/
├─ manifest.json
├─ service-worker.js      // Optional, if used to track tab updates
├─ content.js             // Main content script: saves scroll + captures titles
├─ popup.html             // Popup UI
├─ popup.js               // Popup logic: icons view, manage sites, show titles
├─ icons/
│   ├─ icon16.png
│   ├─ icon48.png
│   └─ icon128.png
└─ README.md

Permissions

• storage: Used to save scroll data, page titles, and tracked domains locally.
• tabs: Needed to query the active tab and open new tabs from the popup.
• <all_urls> in host_permissions: Allows the content script to run on all pages (or you can narrow it to specific domains if desired).

Contributing

Feel free to open issues or submit pull requests for any improvements or bug fixes. All contributions are welcome.

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