[FEATURE_REQUEST] Don't recreate iframes

[Inrego]

When doing work between multiple multiple webapps, it's nice to be able to switch between the different "tabs" in workspace view.
However when doing so, the page gets reloaded back to the original url. It kind of kills my productivity as I can't just switch between tab items.
I came from Organizr, which keeps each tab active (with an option for each item if it should be preloaded right away when loading organizr).

I'm trying to find a replacement for Organizr, and I've come across Dashy and DashMachine which have iframes.
Unfortunately both do this reload, which isn't viable with how I work with my dashboard.

[Lissy93]

Good idea, I was actually meaning to do something similar- it would be awesome if you want to submit a PR, let me know if you need any help :) Or I can work on it this weekend, it should be a quick task.

[Lissy93]

Hiya @Inrego How's it going?
So I was looking into this yesterday, and there are some performance implementations of keeping apps open in the background, it has quite a big impact on speed, so I think this should be an optional feature that can be enabled by the user, rather than something that is enabled by default. One of the primary aims of Dashy is speed, I want to try and keep it as fast as possible, so that it can be used as a landing page.

[Lissy93]

Okay, I've implemented this in #146 which, when merged will be released in V 1.5.8.
Here's a quick demo:

So keeping apps open in the background has an impact on performance, and therefore this is an optional feature. You can enable it by setting appConfig.enableMultiTasking: true.
Note that the first time an app is opened, it will still need to load, this is similar to opening apps in browser tabs.

Hope that helps :)

[Inrego]

That looks like exactly what I was looking for. I was also thinking it should've been an option, since it's a change of previous behavior, which some might prefer.

Actually, i was even thinking it could be an option per tab, in case some tabs are more suitable for being reloaded every time, although it's not at all a feature I'd need. This is definitely enough for me to move on from organizr i think.

[ExXxtr3me]

Great Feature!!! Would it be possible to add this also to the modal view?

[Lissy93]

This is a good idea, it would be useful for modals to be able to be switched between.
It's slightly trickier to implement though, as IframeModal.vue gets destroyed everytime it is minimized. I guess the solution would be for me to write my own simple modal so that I can control the lifecycle of it, and keep it open in the background.

I'll add this to my future todo list, and update you hear if/ when it gets implemented, but I don't think it will be very soon, given the changes that would need to be made. Alternativley, either of you are welcome to submit a PR with this feature. If you do, make it optional and only enabled when appConfig.enableMultiTasking: true so that it doesn't affect existing users or default performance.