898763 - Reload tab on double click

Status: NEW

(Firefox :: Tabbed Browser, enhancement)

Description

[Florian Bender]

When double-clicking on a tab, it should reload the current page. 

There have been numerous requests for double-click-on-tap actions (e. g. make app tab bug 727858 and close tab bug 183809) but neither of those are intuitive while reload tab on double click IMHO is ;-).

Comment 1

[(mostly gone) XtC4UaLL [:xtc4uall]]

Whilst waiting this getting WONTFIXed (it will be), someone can give https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/reload-tab-on-double-click/ a try.

Comment 2

[Florian Bender]

I use the addon and always get confused by other browsers (incl. Nightlies etc. where I don't have the addon installed) and on other machines. 

I believe reloading on double-clicking a tab is very intuitive, and it's easier to trigger reloading than to try to hit the (smaller) reload icon, or even have to navigate to the tab first (I often double click tabs that are not in focus to switch to and simultaneously reload them). 

And since "close tabs to the right" actually made it to release, I figured I'd ask for this feature even if it may only cater to a relatively small audience (say, <10%).

Comment 3

[gamander]

Alternatively a double click should scroll to the top of the current page. This follows the iOS implementation. See https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1082888