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Export Synced Tabs List to "bookmarks.html" file (Browser Console script)
// Run code in Browser Console after enabling chrome debugging --
// about:config => devtools.chrome.enabled => true
// https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Tools/Browser_Console
try {
var tabPromise = SyncedTabs._internal.getTabClients();
tabPromise.then((arrDevices) => {
if (arrDevices && arrDevices.length > 0){
// Generate a string with the format of a bookmark export file
var d, e, out = '<!DOCTYPE NETSCAPE-Bookmark-file-1>\n<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=UTF-8">\n<TITLE>Bookmarks</TITLE>\n<H1>Bookmarks Menu</H1>\n<DL><p>\n';
const escapeHtmlEntities = function(aText){return (aText || '').replace(/&/g, '&amp;').replace(/</g, '&lt;').replace(/>/g, '&gt;').replace(/"/g, '&quot;').replace(/'/g, '&#39;')};
for (var j=0; j<arrDevices.length; j++){
// Create a folder for each device
d = new Date(arrDevices[j].lastModified);
e = Math.floor(d.getTime()/1000);
out += '<DT><H3 ADD_DATE="' + e + '" LAST_MODIFIED="' + e + '">Synced Tabs from ' + escapeHtmlEntities(arrDevices[j].name) + ' as of ' + d.toString() + '</H3>\n<DL><p>\n';
// Sort tabs by most recently used
var arrTabs = arrDevices[j].tabs;
arrTabs.sort(function(a, b){return b.lastUsed - a.lastUsed;});
for (var i=0; i<arrTabs.length; i++){
// Create a bookmark (link) for each tab
d = new Date(arrTabs[i].lastUsed * 1000);
e = Math.floor(d.getTime()/1000);
out += ' <DT><A HREF="' + arrTabs[i].url + '" ADD_DATE="' + e + '" LAST_MODIFIED="' + e + '">' + escapeHtmlEntities(arrTabs[i].title) + '</A>\n';
// Show last access date/time in a note (comment out or delete the next line if you don't want that)
out += ' <DD>Last acccessed: ' + d.toString() + '\n'
}
out += '</DL><p>\n';
}
out += '</DL><p>\n</DL>';
// Set up Save As dialog with proposed file name
var fp = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/filepicker;1"].createInstance(Components.interfaces.nsIFilePicker);
try { // Fx125+
fp.init(window.browsingContext, 'Open File', Components.interfaces.nsIFilePicker.modeSave);
} catch(e) { // Fx124 and earlier
fp.init(window, 'Open File', Components.interfaces.nsIFilePicker.modeSave);
}
fp.appendFilter('HTML Files', '*.html');
d = new Date();
d.setMinutes(d.getMinutes() - d.getTimezoneOffset());
var dt = d.toISOString().split('.')[0].replace(/-/g, '').replace(/:/g, '').replace(/T/, '_');
fp.defaultString = 'bookmarks-from-synced-tabs_' + dt + '.html';
// Call Save As dialog and (unless user cancels) write the file
fp.open((aResult) => {
if (aResult == Components.interfaces.nsIFilePicker.returnOK ||
aResult == Components.interfaces.nsIFilePicker.returnReplace) {
try {
IOUtils.writeUTF8(fp.file.path, out);
alert('Look for ' + fp.file.path);
} catch (err) {
alert(err);
}
} else {
alert('Okay, not saving');
}
});
} else {
console.log('NO SYNCED TABS RETRIEVED');
}
}).catch((err) => {
console.log('Problem reading or outputting synced tabs: '+err);
});
} catch (err) {
console.log('Problem reading or outputting synced tabs: '+err);
}
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Is it possible to have the list retain the sorting of the original tabs, rather than sort based on time accessed?

You could try removing this line to see the "natural" order (I can't remember what it is):

arrTabs.sort(function(a, b){return b.lastUsed - a.lastUsed;});

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