cxw42 / cxw42/TabFern

[Feature Request] Expanding on #91 to allow dragging the root node from the TabFern GUI panel to an external app

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Description

I'm requesting a feature that is native to the closed source Tabs Outliner and is one I use all the time.
It is an expansion of [Issue #91](https://github.com/cxw42/TabFern/issues/91)
I would like to left-click and drag the top-level "node" or top hierarchy of a set of sub-tabs out of the TabFern GUI panel into an external application.
More specifically I would like to drag the top-level "node" into a Word or OneNote document.
The "dropped" set of tabs show in the external application as a list of webpage titles with embedded links without showing visible URL addresses.
**For reference:**
This native feature of Tabs Outliner is also achievable by highlighting a OneTab group list and either cut and pasting or drag and dropping into an external application.
Either highlighting and copying or drag and dropping a TabFern GUI panel tab list (with imbedded URLs) is fine. Whichever is easier to code .
Other than this missing feature, the TabFern extension is brilliant!

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Research direction

Start by reading Issue #91 and the TabFern GUI panel's existing tab-list interaction behavior. Determine whether copying or dragging is the clearer entry point for exporting a top-level node and its child tabs to an external application. Done means an exported group appears as webpage titles with embedded links and no visible URL addresses.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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