Unless I don't know how to use the combo FF Multi-account Containers + Temporary Containers, or I'm using the wrong add-ons, setup for my basic use case is a bit of a pain. Help!

[firepainting]

Just found out about containers.

My use case is quite simple:

• MAC for all sites I need to be logged in on all the time
• TC for everything else (even if it's a link found in a MAC tab)

On TC Preferences, I ticked Automatic Mode under General.

Under Isolation >> Multi-Account Containers >> chose Isolate Navigations in Permanent Containers whose Target Domain isn't MAC-"Always open in" assigned to that container. Problem here is that I need to Disable this just so I can save a new site in an existing MAC. If I don't disable it, the new site opens in a TC.

For example:

1. (The setting under Isolation (stated above) is enabled.) Twitter.com is pre-saved in a "Twitter MAC."
2. Open a new "Twitter MAC" tab, enter tweetdeck.twitter.com but this opens in a TC.
3. Go back to TC Preferences and Disable the Isolation setting.
4. Repeat step 2 and now tweetdeck.twitter.com opens in "Twitter MAC."
5. Click the MAC icon on browser and tick Always open in Twitter MAC (under Current Tab Tweetdeck) to save it.
6. At this point, with the setting disabled, I want all sites except twitter.com and tweetdeck.twitter.com to open in a Temporary Container. Moving on with the example, we're on tweetdeck.twitter.com. If I had a, say, Wikipedia link on this page and opened it in a new tab, that Wikipedia opens in "Twitter MAC," which I don't want, I want it in a TC. For that to happen I need to go back and enable the Isolation setting again.

How can I simplify this? Am I using the wrong add-ons/combo?

I open links in a new tab by Right click + T, I like this because it's the fastest.

TIA.

[stoically]

Please see #170.

Quickest way to dis/enable isolation currently is by activating the advanced > keyboard shortcut Alt+I. Another workaround is using Containerise instead, which lets you edit assigned domains without navigating to the domain first - you'd have to enable isolation > global > navigation > target domain different from tab domain additionally to achieve a similar behavior tho. Hope that helps.

[firepainting]

Thanks! Didn't know about Alt+I. Will be looking into Containerise. Thanks so much for the add-on, I didn't realize its value :) I'm using the right combo after all.

[firepainting]

Hi again. I removed MAC and am playing with Containerise, but I can't figure out how to simultaneously log in on one site with two/multiple accounts, e.g., Google with a personal account and a work account. Does TC offer a workaround for this?

[stoically]

As u/okradonkey said, you can't assign the same domain to multiple containers (yet, might one day be supported by MAC: mozilla/multi-account-containers#1171).

[firepainting]

Thanks! Came here to tell you exactly about that :) Will be sticking to Containerise for now.