Add "keep tab in memory" or "do not unload tab". #1197
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When filling out a web form or uploading files in background, you don't want want that tab to unload, regardless of what you do in background.
Modern smartphones have lots of RAM, so it can be used for this purpose.
How to implement this? In the menu on the tab list, add a "select tabs to keep in memory" feature. This will add checkboxes to each tab in the tab list. Each checked tab is kept in memory no matter how many new tabs are opened.
Android 14 (at least Samsung One UI) already has this feature on the app level. Apps to be kept in memory can already be selected. It's time to make it on tab level too.
Chromium already keeps tabs that play music in memory. The user should be able to do it manually. Thank you for considering my suggestion.