209903 - [RFE] Closing the last open tab should really close it

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 156082

(SeaMonkey :: Tabbed Browser, enhancement)

Description

[Nitin (vfwlkr)]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.4b) Gecko/20030516 Mozilla Firebird/0.6
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.4b) Gecko/20030516 Mozilla Firebird/0.6

I use mozilla firebird with settings to not close the tab-bar even if only one
window is open. That works. When only one window is open, the browser looks like
attachement one_tab.JPG

Middle-clicking the only open tab does not close the website. It only hides the
tab-bar. See attachement one_tab_closed.JPG

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open mozilla / firebird
2. Open any website (www.mozillazine.org)
3. Middle click the tab


Actual Results:  
tab-bar closes, rather than the website

Expected Results:  
either 
- close the browser
- leave browser running, but no website open. (like MS Word when you close all
open documents)

Comment 1

[Nitin (vfwlkr)]

Attachment: one_tab.JPG

Screenshot with one tab open

Comment 2

[Nitin (vfwlkr)]

Attachment: one_tab_closed.JPG

Screenshot after closing the only open tab

Comment 3

[Nitin (vfwlkr)]

Attachment: Expected_2.JPG

Expected Behavior - either #1 or #2
#1: Close the browser
#2: See screenshot of MS Word (Expected_2.JPG) with no document open

Comment 4

[Patrick]

I'm sure it can be programmed that way, but why would you want that feature? 

Several workaround come to mind, one of these is to set your home page to
about:blank and click HOME.

Comment 5

[Nitin (vfwlkr)]

Patrick,

yes, there are easy workarounds: like Alt+F4/Click Cross button to close browser
- which is why i called it a minor bug rather than normal. Changing my homepage
isnt a proper workaround.

Still, I think hiding the tab-bar on middle clicking the last tab is not the
right thing to do, and it should be fixed.

Comment 6

[Nitin (vfwlkr)]

Possible solution #3 (almost same as #2):
When last open tab is middle-clicked, it is replaced by about:blank

The main reason I'd like to see this fixed is that sometimes you may open some
website inadvertantly (say at work), and want to quickly close it. Middle
clicking a tab seems to be the fastest solution, and should work whether or not
other tabs are open at that time.

Comment 7

[Vidar Haarr (not reading bugmail)]

This is not a bug, it's a RFE.

Comment 8

[Nitin (vfwlkr)]

Correcting typo - changing "should not" to "should" in the summary.

Comment 9

[Nitin (vfwlkr)]

Updating summary from "middle clicking the last open tab should close the
website" to "Closing the last tab should really close it".

This also happens when you start closing tabs using the X button at the right
end of the tab bar. All of them close one by one, except the last one - which
just hides the tab bar instead of closing the tab.

Comment 10

[Az]

Was gonna file this exact bug/rfe before I found this, have added my vote and
would like to add my comment: i personally favour the suggestion made in comment
#6 (about:blank).  If i wanted to close the window i'd file>close or hit the [x]
but if i want to vlose only the tab id middle click the tab.

Comment 11

[Nitin (vfwlkr)]

From a mozillazine discussion, looks like TBE does this.
(about:blank on closing the last tab)
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=37895&start=74

Comment 12

[Nitin (vfwlkr)]

Updated forum url:
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=40604

Comment 13

[Jason Bassford]

I'd say that this is a dupe of bug 156082, which also proposes the various
actions upon clicking on the close tab button (as well as some more).

Comment 14

[Nitin (vfwlkr)]

Agreed. Marking duplicate opf bug 156082

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 156082 ***

Comment 15

[Nitin (vfwlkr)]

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