417614 - No feedback shown when tabs opened in background off end of strip

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Camino Graveyard :: Tabbed Browsing, defect)

Description

[Ben Goodger (use ben at mozilla dot org for email)]

If I have many tabs open in the 1.6 Camino tabbed browsing UI, if I middle click on some links in a tab early in the tabstrip I have no idea where they went since there's no feedback that they've opened off in the scrolled region. 

One idea: Firefox 2+ flashes the scroll arrow briefly when this happens.

Comment 1

[Chris Lawson (gone)]

Note to self: file bug against Bugzilla that requests the ability to make a bug filed as NEW into an UNCO for discussion with the proper module owners first ;)

Flashing the scroll arrow seems reasonable, though. I agree with Ben that if you're not used to tabbed browsing it would be easy to wonder where the new tab went.

Comment 2

[Smokey Ardisson (offline for a while; not following bugs - do not email)]

Or the all tabs menu, maybe.

We've discussed doing something, or at least filing this bug, on several occasions....

Comment 3

[hhaamu]

Galeon (IIRC) scrolls the tab bar to the right to show the new tab (as long as the current tab remains visible).