Firefox 2.0

Alex · 12-05-2006, 09:02 PM

By the way, I'm reading about a lot of people who don't like having the close tab button on each tab (I don't know why; I love being able to close a tab without making it active). If you don't like it, you can change it:

go to about:config
Filter for browser.tabs.closeButtons

The default setting is 1. Change it to any of these:

0 - Close button on active tab only
1 - Close button on all tabs
2 - No close buttons at all
3 - No close button on tabs but one close button at the far right on the tab row (which, when clicked, closes the active tab).

3 mimics the default (and only native) behavior for 1.x.

lizziebith · 12-05-2006, 09:57 PM

I've got Firefox 1.5.0.8, have never added add-ons, and have always had close buttons on my tabs too!

Alex · 12-05-2006, 10:12 PM

I wonder if we're talking about the same thing.

I've been poking around to see if there was a build that had this before and can't find anything (all of the developer communities talk about this as a new feature for 2.0).

Ghoulish Delight · 12-05-2006, 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

I wonder if we're talking about the same thing.

Perhaps they're thinking of the close button in the upper right that closed the active tab, rather than having a close button on each tab in the tab title, active or not?

lizziebith · 12-05-2006, 10:24 PM

I have close buttons on all tabs, active or not!

Ghoulish Delight · 12-05-2006, 10:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

By the way, I'm reading about a lot of people who don't like having the close tab button on each tab (I don't know why; I love being able to close a tab without making it active). If you don't like it, you can change it:

Oh, good. Count me among not liking it. Within minutes of installing 2.0, I accidentally clicked the close button when trying to switch tabs. Middle click closes a tab without making it active, that works perfectly fine for me.

Alex · 12-05-2006, 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Oh, good. Count me among not liking it. Within minutes of installing 2.0, I accidentally clicked the close button when trying to switch tabs. Middle click closes a tab without making it active, that works perfectly fine for me.

This is one thing about TabMixPlus. I had (haven't reinstalled it yet) it so that when I moused over a tab for 1/5 second it became active. Never clicked on tabs to make them active so there was no risk of accidentally clicking the close button. I disabled the middle click because I am more likely to accidentally to click it when trying to scroll.

But there is a ton of cool personalizations that can be done in the about:config options if you poke around into what they mean.

12-05-2006, 09:02 PM	#1
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	By the way, I'm reading about a lot of people who don't like having the close tab button on each tab (I don't know why; I love being able to close a tab without making it active). If you don't like it, you can change it: go to about:config Filter for browser.tabs.closeButtons The default setting is 1. Change it to any of these: 0 - Close button on active tab only 1 - Close button on all tabs 2 - No close buttons at all 3 - No close button on tabs but one close button at the far right on the tab row (which, when clicked, closes the active tab). 3 mimics the default (and only native) behavior for 1.x.
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12-05-2006, 09:57 PM	#2
lizziebith Wishing these titles could be longe Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Pearblossom CA Posts: 984	I've got Firefox 1.5.0.8, have never added add-ons, and have always had close buttons on my tabs too! __________________ $ DO \|\| !$ DO ; TRY TRY: COMMAND NOT FOUND
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12-05-2006, 10:12 PM	#3
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	I wonder if we're talking about the same thing. I've been poking around to see if there was a build that had this before and can't find anything (all of the developer communities talk about this as a new feature for 2.0).
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lizziebith Wishing these titles could be longe Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Pearblossom CA Posts: 984	I have close buttons on all tabs, active or not! __________________ $ DO \|\| !$ DO ; TRY TRY: COMMAND NOT FOUND Last edited by lizziebith : 12-05-2006 at 10:32 PM.
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