Closed Bug 1597636 Opened 5 years ago Closed 5 years ago

Middle click on the titlebar button to send the Firefox window to the background

Categories

(Core :: Widget: Gtk, enhancement)

Product:
Core
Component:
Widget: Gtk
Version:
70 Branch
Platform:
x86_64
Linux
Type:
enhancement
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1539998

People

(Reporter: raphael.mozilla, Unassigned)

Details

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:70.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/70.0

Steps to reproduce:

Hello,

I like to use middle click on the titlebar of windows to send them in the background, acting as a faster Alt+Tab with the mouse if I happen to hold the mouse. This feature is provided by several window managers on GNU/Linux, either by default, or as an option.

This does not work on Firefox. Here is my proposal:

  • A middle click on the reduce, restore, minimize buttons would send Firefox to the background.
  • Additionally, an option to send Firefox to the background by middle-clicking on the empty area dedicated to tabs could also be provided. The current behavior is to open a new tab, and I guess this behavior should be kept as a default.

Important detail: it does not work on Firefox with the titlebar drawn by Firefox. Obviously, it works when enabling the window manager's titlebar.

Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 5 years ago
Component: Untriaged → Widget: Gtk
OS: Unspecified → Linux
Product: Firefox → Core
Hardware: Unspecified → x86_64
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
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