349397 - Attempting to close multiple-tabs window should suggest "close current tab only"; deault should be "cancel"

Status: NEW

(Firefox :: Tabbed Browser, enhancement)

Description

[Tal Cohen]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0.6) Gecko/20060728 Firefox/1.5.0.6
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0.6) Gecko/20060728 Firefox/1.5.0.6

When one attempts to close a window with multiple tabs, a dialog box appears: "You are about to close X open tabs", with the options "Close tabs" and "Cancel".

1. There should be a third option: "Close current tab only" (or, at the very least, an explanation on how this can be done -- for new users).
2. The default should be "Cancel", not "Close tabs" as it is now.

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1

[Rob Frohne]

I was going to suggest this exact feature.

Comment 2

[Ria Klaassen (not reading all bugmail)]

*** Bug 355871 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 3

[Michael Ventnor]

There was a bug about this exact feature a long time ago. It was labeled WONTFIX because it was deemed unnecessary cluttered UI and prevented users from migrating their mindset to a tabbed interface.

That's not to say I agree with the decision, Konqueror has it and it would help the new users.

Comment 4

[Tal Cohen]

In reply to #3: to help users "migrate their mindset", the message box should, *at the very least*, offer a link to help about closing a single tab.

Also, changing the default (from "Close all" to "Cancel") will not clutter the UI and will, potentially, prevent accidental data loss.

Comment 5

[Jim Webster]

From many folks I've spoken to, this is probably one of the most annoying features for folks who are just getting used to tabbed browsers.... and even those who are already power users.  It's all to easy, when all you want to do is close the existing tab, to to click the big "X" at the top right, when you merely want to close the existing tab (the tiny little "x").  The  popup message should have an option to "Close Current Tab".  Doesn't even have to be the default, but this option to close only the current tab would be an easy, simple, friendly, excellent addition to a great program.