Brotab Ulauncher Extension

Control your browser tabs directly from Ulauncher with Brotab.

Demo

Requirements

• Ulauncher > 5.0
• Python >= 3

Before installing this extension make sure you have Brotab installed and working as specified on their README. Otherwise this extension won´t work.

You also need to have some Python packages installed on your system.

You can do so, by running the following command:

pip install --user memoization==0.3.1

In some systems, you might need to run pip3 instead of pip.

Install

Open ulauncher preferences window -> extensions -> add extension and paste the following url:

https://github.com/brpaz/ulauncher-brotab

Usage

Use the keyword brotab to list your tabs. Clicking on an item will switch the browser to the specified active tab)

You can also close existing tabs by using cl, cltab or cttab keywords instead of brotab

Development

git clone https://github.com/brpaz/ulauncher-brotab
make link

The make link command will symlink the cloned repo into the appropriate location on the ulauncher extensions folder.

To see your changes, stop ulauncher and run it from the command line with: make dev.

The output will display something like this:

2020-11-15 10:24:16,869 | WARNING | ulauncher.api.server.ExtensionRunner: _run_process() | VERBOSE=1 ULAUNCHER_WS_API=ws://127.0.0.1:5054/ulauncher-brotab PYTHONPATH=/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages /usr/bin/python3 /home/bruno/.local/share/ulauncher/extensions/ulauncher-brotab/main.py

Open another terminal window and execute the command displayed, "starting at VERBOSE=1". This will activate the extension.

To see your changes, CTRL+C the previous command and run it again to refresh.

FAQ

My extension doesnt install: Key Error

This error usually indicates a missing Python package in your system. Please read.

Contributing

Contributions are what make the open source community such an amazing place to be learn, inspire, and create. Any contributions you make are greatly appreciated.

1. Fork the Project
2. Create your Feature Branch (git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature)
3. Commit your Changes (git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature')
4. Push to the Branch (git push origin feature/AmazingFeature)
5. Open a Pull Request

💛 Support the project

If this project was useful to you in some form, I would be glad to have your support. It will help to keep the project alive and to have more time to work on Open Source.

The sinplest form of support is to give a ⭐️ to this repo.

You can also contribute with GitHub Sponsors.

Or if you prefer a one time donation to the project, you can simple:

Author

👤 Bruno Paz

• Website: brunopaz.dev
• Github: @brpaz
• Twitter: @brunopaz88

📝 License

Copyright © 2020 Bruno Paz.

This project is MIT licensed.