Comments on: give me back my x!

Question: give me back my x!

gilsonal — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 21:12:46 -0800

firefox question-before I updated to the newest version of firefox, I had an X button in the right hand corner of my tab bar that would allow me to click it and the open tab would close. With the update this x is gone and in its place i see a down arrow that lists all open tabs. I cant remember if that tab closer was an extension or not, but I'd really like it back. I open lots of tabs at once and like to be able to click through them rapidly. Help me get back my X! Thanks

By: Hildago

Hildago — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 21:14:50 -0800

Yeah, I hate the new tab system as well. Fortunately it's an easy fix.

In the address bar, type about:config

Then search for browser.tabs.closeButtons

Double-click on it. Enter "3" as the value.

Hey presto!

By: Phire

Phire — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 21:18:39 -0800

My new version still has the X-button.. but if you want a shortcut, clicking the tab with your scroll-wheel, if you're using a scroll-mouse, will also close it.

By: Phire

Phire — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 21:20:34 -0800

>< sorry for doubleposting, i'd misunderstood. i meant that my tab still had the x the actual tab (beside the title). br>
(oh, the scroll-wheel-click will also open in new tabs)

By: gilsonal

gilsonal — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 21:21:45 -0800

thanks Hidalgo! what a relief!

By: martinrebas

martinrebas — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 21:33:30 -0800

Is it possible to remove the down arrow, too?

By: tabulem

tabulem — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 23:48:31 -0800

great, that was pissing me off too. thanks.

By: A189Nut

A189Nut — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 00:01:09 -0800

Here is all you need on configuring

By: rossination

rossination — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 01:00:53 -0800

[I liked the X button too, but then I was even happier when I discovered ctrl/cmd-W to close tabs. It's my new best friend.]

By: headspace

headspace — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 05:14:02 -0800

Ohhhhhhh god, I love AskMe. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

By: jmd82

jmd82 — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 05:52:30 -0800

Another thanks! This was driving me insane.

By: jesirose

jesirose — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 06:34:48 -0800

Hidalgo, I love you.

By: jesirose

jesirose — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 06:35:48 -0800

PS: For anyone who doesn't know, CTRL+Shift+T brings back closed tabs, and CTRL+Tab or CTRL+Shift+Tab cycles forwards and backwards.

Just a cool tip.

By: Xoder

Xoder — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 06:44:26 -0800

Even better than cmd/ctrl-W to close tabs? Middle-click on the tab (i.e. push down the scroll wheel, if you have one). That's why I set my browser.tabs.closeButtons to 2 instead.

By: i_am_a_Jedi

i_am_a_Jedi — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 08:41:11 -0800

Yeah, I installed 2.0, took a look around, discovered that my themes (common problem according to their forums) and some of my favorite extensions weren't working (eg. Tab Mix Plus... which I cannot browse without), and I promptly uninstalled and went back to 1.5.0.7.

By: kalessin

kalessin — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 10:27:42 -0800

I cannot find this browser.tabs.closeButtons setting in my about:config page. Bah.

By: kalessin

kalessin — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 11:09:19 -0800

OMG - PEBCAK! I was using Ffx 1.5.07. Duh.

By: KRS

KRS — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 12:03:37 -0800

Ctrl-F4 closes the current tab.

It has the additional advantage of not forcing you to take your fingers off the keys and mouse up to the X.