127586 - when tab closed, previously active tab should be focussed, not next on left

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 105722

(SeaMonkey :: Tabbed Browser, enhancement)

Description

[Michael Wardle]

When I close a tab, the tab that appears to its immediate left is focussed. 
Ideally, the tab I was using before focussing and closing the current tab should
be refocussed (i.e. the 2nd most recently focussed tab should be refocussed).

Say I have tabs A B C D E
1. I click on A to focus
2. I click on E to focus
3. I close E

In this case, tab D becomes focussed.  It would be preferable if Mozilla
remembered which tabs I had used, and refocussed tab A.

This would make things more consistent with new windows, but may be difficult to
implement, as window focus is presumably handled by the window manager.

Comment 1

[Alfonso Martinez]

dup of 105722
  Closing tabs should return to 'parent' tab.
(the question is: what is the parent?)

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 105722 ***

Comment 2

[Sebastian Späth]

verifying