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I finally finished the new group selector function for my productivity google extension, the main reason it took me longer than expected is because im new to extension developing entirely, meaning I had to verify API behavior and figure out how I would design it upfront so I can stay consistent with it throughout the rest of the project. I happy with how it turned out, to put it simply: I added a new button “Select Group” and as long as user is in a Tab Group, they are able to select all tabs in the same group, if they are not in a Tab Group it will alert them appropriately.

Today I started my planning/research for revamping the tab-selection mechanic that creates the “work” and “break” tab-groups, I want the new mechanic to be one that selects predefined groups themselves, this way its less work on the extension and straight forward for the users who have the extension.

So far I deleted most of the previous system, brushed up on Chrome API’s needed, and solidified flow of the system. popup.js would handle all DOM related things sending messages through one of Chrome’s APIs, background.js would recieve those messages and act accordingly.