[Feature Request] Ability to save/bookmark browser state

[martinaryee]

It would be useful to be able to save the current browser state, including loaded buckets, tracks, settings etc. to avoid having to set it up anew when reloading the browser. It would also be great to be able to share this session with others. I'm not sure how best to implement either of these features.

[caleblareau]

This was discussed at the Biocondcutor conference by the RStudio people. Currently, there's no fully supported future is my understanding, but there have been some attempts to solve this session storage as you described. One possibility is

https://github.com/jcheng5/shiny-resume/

I can tinker with its implementation, but I'll also keep my ear to the ground for this feature.

[martinaryee]

Shiny bookmarking may be what we need here: https://shiny.rstudio.com/reference/shiny/latest/enableBookmarking.html