Double Click to Close Tab

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I also would like to remind you of the also quite popular way to shift-click a tab to close it (mirc, opera, ...)
I also know that it's a little unlikely to be implemented alongside the doubleclick, just thought I'd try :)
Also, this wouldn't need to focus the tab to be closed first, and therefore not (re)open the path to that tab in the tree (if it has been closed).

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so I guess that is a no? (a possible way to double click the tab to go to its home)


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Riki wrote:so I guess that is a no? (a possible way to double click the tab to go to its home)
Toolbar has a "Go Home" button -- so there's a single-click for what you want.

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Creat wrote:I also would like to remind you of the also quite popular way to shift-click a tab to close it (mirc, opera, ...)
I also know that it's a little unlikely to be implemented alongside the doubleclick, just thought I'd try :)
Good you did. Somehow I could not find a reason not to add it. :wink:

And it is already my preferred way to close tabs! :)

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wonderful, thanx again :)

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admin wrote:I'm used to dblclick=open, but it seems to have emerged as a de-facto standard for tabbed interfaces to close a tab by dblclick.
I stumbled into this just now...I don't recall using this before and ended up (by accident) closing a tab I wanted to keep open...so...re-opened this prior thread, and wondering if this behavior could be user defined as to being active or not, even via INI-tweak, so I could disable it as I prefer other methods of closing tabs.

Update: I have now configured my touch-pad so that if I click in a particular corner, it's considered a Mouse-Middle-Button (MMB) so now I may be able to use that instead, which would avoid accidental actions.
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j_c_hallgren wrote:wondering if this behavior could be user defined as to being active or not, even via INI-tweak, so I could disable it as I prefer other methods of closing tabs.
I second that.

Personally I would use a MMB click to close a tab. Double clicking it could open a new tab, shift clicking could GO HOME...

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bergfex wrote:Personally I would use a MMB click to close a tab. Double clicking it could open a new tab, shift clicking could GO HOME...
A little FYI just in case, but middle click on a tab will close it already.

As for dbl-click, I don't know where it's used to close, but over here in Maxthon dbl-click means (un)locking a tab, and that makes much more sense to me.
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jacky wrote:
bergfex wrote:Personally I would use a MMB click to close a tab. Double clicking it could open a new tab, shift clicking could GO HOME...
A little FYI just in case, but middle click on a tab will close it already.

As for dbl-click, I don't know where it's used to close, but over here in Maxthon dbl-click means (un)locking a tab, and that makes much more sense to me.
I personally don't like the dbl-click close -- it's one of the few features I was persuaded to add against my personal taste or need. The crucial question here is: is it an expected de facto standard or not? if not I will remove it!

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admin wrote:
The crucial question here is: is it an expected de facto standard or not? if not I will remove it!
Oh dear I will show my ignorance once more by admitting I did not know this deleted tabs! I always use middle click and was horrified to find it could happen with double click. Especially as you use a single click to gain focus and it could be all to easy to delete a tab by mistake. I do like the idea of using it to lock a tab as this is sort of fail safe!

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admin wrote:The crucial question here is: is it an expected de facto standard or not? if not I will remove it!
I don't remember for Maxthon if I set it or not, but I would say dbl-click to (un)lock was default, if not there it did nothing.
Quickly launched Opera & FF, in both it did nothing and in both I have the default settings. EditPad doesn't do anything on dbl-click on tab either.

So I would say it's fair to assume dbl-click to close is not a default/expected behavior, only middle click is.

I vote for (un)locking location on dbl-click !
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graham wrote:Oh dear I will show my ignorance once more by admitting I did not know this deleted tabs! I always use middle click and was horrified to find it could happen with double click. Especially as you use a single click to gain focus and it could be all to easy to delete a tab by mistake.
That's what happened to me! I lost a couple of tabs by accident and was :shock: and :o ! Now, so as not to upset any folks who prefer that method (original request was by user pissant, but last post by that id was months ago), that's why I suggested either a config opt or as minimum, an INI-tweak...that would satsify all types of users.

This could be set to one of 3 values: Close/lock/select.
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j_c_hallgren wrote:
graham wrote:Oh dear I will show my ignorance once more by admitting I did not know this deleted tabs! I always use middle click and was horrified to find it could happen with double click. Especially as you use a single click to gain focus and it could be all to easy to delete a tab by mistake.
That's what happened to me! I lost a couple of tabs by accident and was :shock: and :o ! Now, so as not to upset any folks who prefer that method (original request was by user pissant, but last post by that id was months ago), that's why I suggested either a config opt or as minimum, an INI-tweak...that would satsify all types of users.

This could be set to one of 3 values: Close/lock/select.
I removed it. What to do with the dbl-click... we'll see.

EDIT: I decided to toggle Locked state on dbl-click. Case closed.

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