UX: Open Workspace in New Tab

[megafinz]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe

Currently if I need to open multiple workspaces I need to:

1. Open https://gitpod.io (assume that I'm logged in to https://gitpod.io already).
2. Left-click on the "Actions" button to open the context menu of Gitpod.
3. Right-click on the "Open" menu item to open the browser context menu.
4. Click "Open Link in New Tab" menu item.
5. Repeat 2–4 for every workspace I'd like to open.

Describe the behaviour you'd like

Would be nice if:
a. "Open" menu item would open the workspace in new tab by default instead of having to go through "Right-click → Open Link in New Tab" sequence. I use touchpad so I don't have the middle-click-to-open-link-in-new-tab gesture option out of the box. This will reduce number of actions required to open a workspace from 3 to 2.
b. (Ideal) There would be an "Open" button visible for the inactive workspaces (near the current "Actions" button) in the list items in the "Workspaces" list that would do the same. This will reduce the number of actions required to open a workspace from 3 to 1.

Additional context

[harshsinghatz]

What if someone doesn't want their workspace to open on another tab? I guess currently one can you do both if they wish to

[megafinz]

What if someone doesn't want their workspace to open on another tab? I guess currently one can you do both if they wish to

To me this looks like a non-issue. Is there any inconvenience in opening a new tab in this case?

[axonasif]

Hey @megafinz, you need to hold Command/Ctrl key and then click on the workspace name from the left to open on new tab.

[axonasif]

cc @gtsiolis

[megafinz]

@axonasif welp, today I learned, thank you for that :)

1. Didn't know you could cmd-click a link to open it in a new tab.
2. Didn't know you could click a workspace name to open it.

[gtsiolis]

Re-posting from a relevant discussion (internal):

Didn’t know you could cmd-click a link to open it in a new tab.

This is a common shortcut across all browsers and works for almost every link you can click. ✔️

Didn’t know you could click a workspace name to open it.

This is something to consider while tackling #12033, for improving the interaction design of the workspaces list. In the past, we've also discussed how having the whole row clickable could make it easier to open a workspace.

Cc @megafinz

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