Choosing "Open in Tabs" in Safari closes all open tabs

Originator:help.you.i.can
Number:rdar://12305980 Date Originated:9/14/2012
Status:Duplicate Resolved:
Product:Safari Product Version:6.0
Classification:UI/Usability Reproducible:Always
 
Summary:
When Safari has tabs open and you choose "Open in Tabs" from a bookmark folder, ALL open tabs get closed and the tabs in the bookmark folder are opened. This means you lose all open tabs and have to re-open them manually from the history. This leads to data loss as open tabs are like open documents.

Steps to Reproduce:
- Open a couple tabs in Safari
- Choose "Bookmarks" > "Add Bookmarks for These Tabs..."
- Close the window and open some different tabs
- Select "Open in Tabs" for the previously created bookmark folder

Expected Results:
- The open tabs stay open and new ones get opened

Actual Results:
- All open tabs disappear
- The bookmarked tabs open

Regression:
Maybe it's just me, but I rely on open tabs, even through restarts, to not forget certain things. Auto-closing tabs is a very bad thing. Other browsers like Firefox do not do this.

Duplicate of 3527122

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