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norky
Premium
join:2002-12-02
Lithia, FL

[FireFox] Close tab button in 3.5 RC2

In 3.0-whatever if I only had one tab open it still had the x to close it on it. Is there any way to have this in 3.5?

Found this in about:config

browser.tabs.closeButtons

Then found: »kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.tabs.closeButtons

which states:

Possible values and their effects

0

Display a close button on the active tab only

1

Display close buttons on all tabs (Default)

2

Don’t display any close buttons

3

Display a single close button at the end of the tab strip (Firefox 1.x behavior)

However, with the integer set to 1, a close button does not appear on a tab if it is the only tab open. It did in previous versions (3.0.*)

I don't know if this is a bug or intended behavior.


amazingm
Premium
join:2001-07-16
USA

I'm having the same problem (which is why I reverted back to 3.0.11). In 3.0.11, with 0 in browser.tabs.closeButtons it works as intended (since the last tab remaining becomes the active tab). However, it does not work in 3.5. Even if I change to 2 (display close button on all tabs), once I remove all other tabs and one is left, the close button disappears.


norky
Premium
join:2002-12-02
Lithia, FL
reply to norky
found this:

»https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=490166


mod_wastrel

join:2008-03-28
·magicjack.com

reply to amazingm
said by amazingm See Profile :

...once I remove all other tabs and one is left, the close button disappears.
Which is one reason why I set my home page to about:blank (which is no problem for me since I always start with a blank page anyway). I just click on the Home button now instead of "closing" the last tab (which I want to do because I have an image in my "blank" page).


Sanjay

@ntl.com


from:
amazingm See Profile

reply to norky
Add the following code to userChrome.css

Important:
Also go into about:config and change
browser.tabs.closeWindowWithLastTab to false.

/* Add tab-close-button to last tab*/
.tabbrowser-tabs[closebuttons="alltabs"] > .tabbrowser-tab >
.tab-close-button { display: -moz-box !important; }
.tabbrowser-tabs:not([closebuttons="noclose"]):not
([closebuttons="closeatend"]) >
.tabbrowser-tab[selected="true"] > .tab-close-button { display: -moz-
box !important; }


amazingm
Premium
join:2001-07-16
USA

said by Sanjay :

Add the following code to userChrome.css

Important:
Also go into about:config and change
browser.tabs.closeWindowWithLastTab to false.

/* Add tab-close-button to last tab*/
.tabbrowser-tabs[closebuttons="alltabs"] > .tabbrowser-tab >
.tab-close-button { display: -moz-box !important; }
.tabbrowser-tabs:not([closebuttons="noclose"]):not
([closebuttons="closeatend"]) >
.tabbrowser-tab[selected="true"] > .tab-close-button { display: -moz-
box !important; }
Thanks for the tip. Now, at least I am able to close the last tab with ctrl-w. However, after changing the setting in about:config to false and creating a userChrome.css file in my profile with the text you included, the last tab still does not have a close button.


mod_wastrel

join:2008-03-28
·magicjack.com


2 edits
Worked for me (only after I cleaned up the formatting to ensure line-endings didn't interfere with white-space et al**). Also works fine in Stylish.

**Oddly, I repeated the process just now: copy & paste as is (no re-formatting) and it still works... but it didn't work the first time I did it--don't know why.


Sanjay

@ntl.com
reply to norky
@amazingm

install stylish addon and go to the web site below and install style.

»userstyles.org/styles/12101


amazingm
Premium
join:2001-07-16
USA
reply to mod_wastrel
I decided to try again after seeing your post and sure enough it does work.

Thanks for the tip Sanjay.


nicolas

@st.com
reply to norky
Thank you very much,

It works also for me on Windows XP.
I will try this evenning on mac osx.

Nico


nicolas

@proxad.net
Yes, works also on mac osx


Mondane

@kpn.net
reply to norky
Change this config:

browser.tabs.closeWindowWithLastTab

to false

and you can again close the last tab.


imeridian

join:2001-09-29
Chambersburg, PA
clubs:
reply to norky
I found this add-on that also solves the problem:
»https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox···n/12991/


mrmr

@net.nz
reply to norky
Shame on the developers at Mozilla for removing this last-tab functionality. It never fails to amaze me how perfectly working logic is suddenly changed on a whim.


GregK

@com.br
 reply to imeridian
I have found one problem with both the userChrome.css fix and the add-on. Both conflict with the Tab Kit add-on. This is an issue since I was using Tab Kit to duplicate tabs in 3.5 since the Duplicate Tab add-on has not been updated for 3.5.


DataDoc
My avatar looks like me, if I was 2D.
Premium
join:2000-05-14
Greenville, NC
·Suddenlink


1 edit
reply to norky
I used the latest TabMixPlus (available on their forum) and did a turn off/turn on and it works fine.
»tmp.garyr.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9864
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