It should be possible to drag the any of items within the history menu onto the tabbar, in the same way a link can be dragged to the tabbar. For ex: dragging a history menu item onto an open space on the tabbar would create a new tab whose page is set to that history menu item's URL. When dragging from the history menu, the dragged item isn't removed. In the same way a link would be dragged, the drag cursor should appear.

this works in firefox 2. this is a regression due to my history-on-places landing with the new history panel.

No this doesn't work in Firefox 2. I forgot to mention that I'm using the latest Firefox 2 build on a clean profile when testing this bug. I think you're misunderstanding what this bug/enhancement request is about. This has nothing to do with the history side-panel or the new places thing; it's about the History menu that can be accessed at very top b/w the View and Bookmarks menus. None of the items in that menu can be dragged onto the tabbar (or onto a tab's contents, for that matter).

you are right, I was mistaken. now I see what you are talking about. I also see that I can drag a bookmark menu item to the tabbar, so this should be doable. as for the bug I was thinking of (and seeing), see bug #364321

I think the History menu is much more suited to drag and drop than your other bug about the back and forward buttons.

Now that I think about it, it would be kind of redundant to have both History menu and back/forward dragging. But on the other hand, I don't see how it could hurt, since it would add a bit of UI consistency - namely anything containing a link should be draggable to the tabbar. Does this patch also work for the other items in the History menu, such as Home, Back, and Forward?

Comment on attachment 253921 [details] [diff] [review] Patch There's no reason to set the drag-start listener separately for each menu item, you can just apply it as you do for the drag-exit listener.

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