From 9ff1a14e0e20a6779bee4c0bfe78a8019f871316 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Karskaja <karskaja@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2019 08:12:51 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Fix issue #1041- [Feature request] Open previously hidden
 tabs in the background

Add 'noload' property to openNewTab options, add 'discarded' parameter to browser.tabs.create. New tabs opened from showTabs will be discarded.
---
 src/js/background/backgroundLogic.js | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/js/background/backgroundLogic.js b/src/js/background/backgroundLogic.js
index 52d61a2..ee1bd22 100644
--- a/src/js/background/backgroundLogic.js
+++ b/src/js/background/backgroundLogic.js
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ const backgroundLogic = {
     let url = options.url || undefined;
     const userContextId = ("userContextId" in options) ? options.userContextId : 0;
     const active = ("nofocus" in options) ? options.nofocus : true;
+    const discarded = ("noload" in options) ? options.noload : false;
 
     const cookieStoreId = backgroundLogic.cookieStoreId(userContextId);
     // Autofocus url bar will happen in 54: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1295072
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ const backgroundLogic = {
     return browser.tabs.create({
       url,
       active,
+      discarded,
       pinned: options.pinned || false,
       cookieStoreId
     });
@@ -313,6 +315,7 @@ const backgroundLogic = {
         userContextId: userContextId,
         url: object.url,
         nofocus: options.nofocus || false,
+        noload: true,
         pinned: object.pinned,
       }));
     }