1706709 - Middle-clicking a tab in the list all tabs menu dropdown (tab manager) doesn't close it

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 953217

(Firefox :: General, defect, P5)

Description

[Peter deHaan [:pdehaan]]

This comment is copy/pasted from a community issue filed during the Foxfooding program.

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Firefox Version: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:90.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/90.0
Window Size (inner width and height): 2560x1338

Steps to Reproduce

1. Open a lot of tabs
2. Open the drop-down menu on the right
3. Middle-click any entry

Expected Behavior

The middle-clicked tab should close

Actual Behavior

Nothing

Comment 1

[Peter deHaan [:pdehaan]]

Confirmed on macOS.
Middle clicking on a Tab closes said tab.
Opening a ridiculous amount of tabs (like one does) causes the "List all tabs" caret menu to appear. Opening that menu and middle clicking a tab in the list has no effect. I can right-click an item, then select "Close tab" from the context menu, but that's an extra click.

Comment 2

[Peter deHaan [:pdehaan]]

Attachment: Too Many Tabs(tm)

Comment 3

[soshial]

This bug has existed since 8 years ago: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=953217

Please, someone fix this. It is 5 times more convenient to close multiple tabs in a row via drop-down list.

Comment 4

[BugBot [:suhaib / :marco/ :calixte]]

The severity field is not set for this bug.
:mossop, could you have a look please?

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