Order of tabs returned by tabs.query

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#1

Can I make any assumptions about the order of tabs returned by tabs.query?

For instance, will the order of tabs in tabs.query({ currentWindow: true ]) be the same as the order in the current window’s tab strip?

#2

You always can make assumptions, but I wouldn’t risk it here. Just do:

(await browser.tabs.query({ currentWindow: true, })).sort((a, b) => a.index - b.index)

The sorting should be pretty quick if the array was already sorted and if not, it was probably worth the effort.

#3

Thanks, that’s a good suggestion. I wasn’t as worried about performance as I was curious about how the query API behaved in this case. Explicitly sorting the result more clearly conveys my intent.