New keyboard shortcut in local builds to restart with session restore

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Brian Grinstead

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Aug 10, 2017, 2:03:07 PM8/10/17

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In Bug 1385452 we've added a new keyboard shortcut that only shows up in local builds - ctrl+alt+r / cmd+opt+r. It's similar to the Restartless Restart addon - it does a restart + session restore. I'm working on a follow up in Bug 1388552 to include the Browser Console in session store so that it will reopen on restart as well.

This is part of an effort that's been discussed in recent fx-desktop meetings to speed up making frontend changes to Firefox. That also includes things like incremental ‘faster' builds when source files change and hot CSS reloading - its being tracked at Bug 1389169.

Brian

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J. Ryan Stinnett

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Mar 15, 2018, 12:06:33 PM3/15/18

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With bug 1445776 (now on autoland), the restart shortcut will also work when the Browser Console window is focused.

I frequently have Browser Console open, so with this change we get the added convenience of allowing restarts by shortcut no matter which window (regular browser vs. Browser Console) is focused.