Tab opened in a wrong window
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- Racket
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Description
Consider the following sequence of actions:
- Start DrRacket
- Open a Racket file (say,
a.rkt) in a tab via File > Open (with "Open files in separate tabs" on) - Open a new window
- Switch back to the previous window (that has
a.rkt) - Open a Racket file (say,
b.rkt)
I expect that b.rkt will be be in the same window as a.rkt, but it's not.
IIUC, this is due to how open-drscheme-window tries to open a new tab in newest-frame, which is set to the most recent created window. I don't understand why that's a desirable behavior however.
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Research direction
Reproduce the five-step sequence in the issue, then inspect the open-drscheme-window entry point and how newest-frame is selected. Confirm the behavior when switching between windows, and consider the issue complete when opening b.rkt places it in the active window with a.rkt.
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Assessment
- Domain
- desktop, devtools
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100