Closed Bug 177500 (CloseButtonOnTabs) Opened 22 years ago Closed 19 years ago

Each tab should have its own close button

Categories

(Firefox :: Toolbars and Customization, defect)

Product:
Firefox
Component:
Toolbars and Customization
Platform:
x86
Windows 2000
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 308396

People

(Reporter: levik, Assigned: hyatt)

References

Details

You can currently close individual tabs. But there is only one "X" button, in the upper-right corner, completely disjoint from the tabs that you have open - especially if you only have two or three. Not only do you have to move the mouse all the way to the right to close a tab, but you have to focus it first. This is very un-intuitive. Every tab should have a right-aligned "X" button on it, that will close the tab without bringing it to the foreground. The button should somehow react on mouseover to indicate it's clickable.
This is not a bug. There's an extension called Tabbed Browsing Extensions that does exactly what you want: http://www.mozilla.org/projects/phoenix/extensions/index.html
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 22 years ago
Resolution: --- → INVALID
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Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
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Can't this bug be opened as a request for enhancement? I see that I together with quite some other people would like to have this
Here here! It really can enhance the usability of the browser. We're talking about a basic but great bang for the buck improvement.
No, this is WONTFIX because the owner decided it was not a good idea. Use/write an extension if you want different behavior.
(In reply to comment #15) > No, this is WONTFIX because the owner decided it was not a good idea. Do you mind asking me, why???
It's a poor response to tell users: "go find an extension". Peruse 200+ extensions, all well-named so as to indicate their function/feature list, just to get basic functionality found in Safari and other browsers? Okay. Why not just roll this feature into the current product? From the number of duplicate reports, it's obviously a popular *request for enhancement*!
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Safari and Opera 7.6 have a close button on each tab, something that I find very useful. The only reason that I can read in this bug for not having it in Firefox, is because it exists in an extension (comment 2)?
Doh, i meant comment 1
A quote from bug 269701 comment #1: Close tab buttons on each button are largely a waste of space, and reduce the amount of title length supported in a limited screen area. They also create a "danger" area that the user has to consciously avoid in order to switch tabs, thereby impeding rapid movement. (Think of it as a corollary to Fitts' Law.) Not going to happen.
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(In reply to comment #21) > A quote from bug 269701 comment #1: > > Close tab buttons on each button are largely a waste of space, and reduce the > amount of title length supported in a limited screen area. They also create a > "danger" area that the user has to consciously avoid in order to switch tabs, > thereby impeding rapid movement. (Think of it as a corollary to Fitts' Law.) > Not going to happen. I personally never had a problem that I accidently closed a tab in apps like gedit or epiphany. I'm pretty sure if you would run a poll where people can choose between with and without a close button and overwhelming majority would choose having a close button.
> Close tab buttons on each button are largely a waste of space, and reduce the > amount of title length supported in a limited screen area. They also create a > "danger" area that the user has to consciously avoid in order to switch tabs, > thereby impeding rapid movement. (Think of it as a corollary to Fitts' Law.) > Not going to happen. That is for the cost of having to move much further to close the tab or use multiple clicks .. i think it should be up to the user to judge his preference, so it should be configurable. And regarding it being avaiable in extension .. that would be valid, but my experience with tabbrowser is that it makes popup opening and window closing much slower thus i opted against it ..
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Alias: CloseButtonOnTabs
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I find it *far* more mistake-prone to depend on which tab currently has the focus. I have accidentally closed more tabs using Firefox than I have with Safari, eMule, and all over apps that use the proposed enhancement combined.
I don't understand how building in support for RSS is considered vital for the core Firefox product versus just having someone install the optional extension; I use my own RSS browser anyway. By that same reasoning, I don't see why a simple change can't be made to make closing tabs more intuitive/usable.
For all those people wanting a close button on every tab Install "Tab X Enh" See http://www.extensionsmirror.nl/index.php?showtopic=116 The install link of the enhanced version you'll find in the quote box
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(In reply to comment #21) > A quote from bug 269701 comment #1: > > Close tab buttons on each button are largely a waste of space, and reduce the > amount of title length supported in a limited screen area. They also create a > "danger" area that the user has to consciously avoid in order to switch tabs, > thereby impeding rapid movement. (Think of it as a corollary to Fitts' Law.) > Not going to happen. I've been a heavy, heavy tab user for 2 years using the Multizilla extension for Mozilla suite. I often have 5-10 tabs open. I love Multizilla's close button on each tab and use them all the time, and I've rarely accidentally closed the wrong tab. To address this concern, though -- even if you don't add the close button per tab -- I'd suggest you adopt Multizilla's clever solution: a "restore closed tab" menu item for the tab bar. It allows you to restore those accidentally closed tabs; this kicks ass, believe me. Re: the scarce real estate in tabs, you could steal Multizilla's clever solution: it dynamically shows the close button on top of the little website icon, so doesn't consume any more real estate. Clever, and works great. Try Multizilla in Moz Suite for a day, you'll be a believer. FWIW, the lack of Mulitizilla availability for Firefox is the sole reason I've stuck w/ Moz Suite for so long. I'm considering finally switching now that Firefox finally offers tab moving, but as is obvious by now I'd be even happier if Firefox were to support the close tab buttons per tab.
http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/ben/archives/009210.html 1. Put close buttons on the tabs. This makes it a lot easier to close tabs with the mouse. People weren't seeing the close box in the usability test. It's also out of the way and not connected with what's actually being closed. Mindful of stealing space from the tab strip when there are many tabs, the close boxes on inactive tabs are hidden when the tab width falls below a certain minimum value. Why was this invalid in the 1st place? It's an enhancement request... And the suggestions of extensions...the less the better(they're too buggy)
Sorry to add to this spam, but I can't resist -- The philosophy of "put it in an extension" only goes so far. Why did Firefox include an RSS reader? Now _that_ should be an extension. Putting a little 'x' on each tab is not only intuitive, it's practically expected due to its common use in OS UI. Give me a break.
Re-opening, if this wont happen, then it should at least be wontfix and not invalid (see comment 1)
Status: VERIFIED → UNCONFIRMED
Resolution: INVALID → ---
Ben Goodger already implemented this and at Google research shows that people prefer this. So this could get in pretty soon :-) See http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/ben/archives/009210.html
I propose (if this this will be really implemented which seems likely) this new behavior to be only optional so that user can get rid of those new closing buttons and have only one (as it is now). For me, current behavior is much more convenient.
Confirming bug to put it back on the radar of the devs. This simple (and possibly preset-configurable) feature will be embraced by many users if embedded. Suggest to set a target milestone or blocking-flag to make a commitment!
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Ever confirmed: true
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 308396 ***
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 22 years ago → 19 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
QA Contact: bugzilla → toolbars
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