How to use multiple extensions with same name?

[nemesiscompletion]

Hi. I'm trying to use some extensions that has same name but under 2 different developers and have different functions
I added '2' at the end at the one of the folders, and I can see 2 tabs on SD but I can't click one of them
Is there way to use both extensions?

[w-e-w]

it is "possible" but I highly do not recommend it

the reason that the second tab doesn't work is because both tabs identify themselves at the same tab

you might be able to observe that when you click on the second tab it switched to the first tab as if you're clicking on the first tab, this is because when you click on the second tab it thinks that you are clicking on the first tab

you could solve this issue by modifying the tab ID
in the case of Civitai Helper find and modify

return (civitai_helper , "Civitai Helper", "civitai_helper")

to

return (civitai_helper , "Civitai Helper", "civitai_helper_1")

this should make the tab "clicking" work

but only makes the tab itself clickable, and does not guarantee components about the top functions properly

depending on how the extension is written they could be issues that occur (some examples listed below)

I was considering submitting a PR in webui to perform the tap ID renaming automatically
but after consideration I think it's a bad idea, lots of as other issues may occur when you try to load a second similar extension
so I the tab being not clickableis kind of a safeguard

if you really want to do it then you have to do the modification manually

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using multiple similar extensions at once can have issues such as

1. both extensions may store their settings under the same key, but the interpret the same settings differently
2. buff extension crate you are elements with the same ID, then they use JavaScript to interact with those elements by targeting the elements via the ID, IDs of elements cannot be duplicated, the result would likely be one extension would work while the second extension with failed to interact or maybe interact with the first extension
3. library and import conflicts (things break spectacularly)
4. dependency conflicts (things break spectacularly)
5. JavaScript overwriting each other

these are just several examples
there's no guarantee what could happen as we have no control of what extension does
ultimately it's a case by case basis if an extension can work with multiple instances is loaded

I consider it lucky if just just modifying the tab ID makes both extensions works "fully work"
likely things will display but internally might be broken somewhere