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Bug 558889 - Middle-click a tab to close it
Middle-click a tab to close it
Status: RESOLVED NOTABUG
Product: nautilus
Classification: Core
Component: Tabs
2.24.x
Other Linux
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: Nautilus Maintainers
Nautilus Maintainers
: 577020 608023 626862 633979 682487 720761 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2008-11-02 06:12 UTC by Jeffrey Gordon
Modified: 2013-12-19 22:10 UTC
See Also:
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Description Jeffrey Gordon 2008-11-02 06:12:35 UTC 
In Firefox, middle-clicking a tab closes it.  Nautilus should match this functionality.
Comment 1 Cosimo Cecchi 2009-03-28 14:17:02 UTC 
*** Bug 577020 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 2 Christian Persch 2009-06-20 17:21:51 UTC 
I don't think so. No tabbed GNOME app does this destructive behaviour on a
single click on a region that's not a button clearly marked as destructive.

Other GNOME apps have also rejected this behaviour; e.g. gnome-terminal (bug 458059) and epiphany (bug 319503, plus a few dups).
Comment 3 A. Walton 2009-06-20 17:50:28 UTC 
I'm inclined to agree with chpe on this. Doesn't make a lot of sense to differ from the rest of GNOME here, especially if even Epiphany isn't doing this.
Comment 4 Jeffrey Gordon 2009-06-20 17:57:19 UTC 
Okay.  That makes sense. Thanks for researching it, Christian.
Comment 5 usr 2009-06-21 12:12:24 UTC 
I think that doing something is better than doing nothing.
Close the tab as I say is an improvement to the user, since he can close tabs faster since he does not necessarily click on the small "close" icon.
Comment 6 Cosimo Cecchi 2010-02-21 10:20:03 UTC 
*** Bug 608023 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 7 Cosimo Cecchi 2010-08-14 10:26:44 UTC 
*** Bug 626862 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 8 Christian Persch 2010-11-04 12:09:58 UTC 
*** Bug 633979 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 9 Cosimo Cecchi 2012-08-22 18:51:05 UTC 
*** Bug 682487 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 10 Christian Persch 2013-12-19 22:10:45 UTC 
*** Bug 720761 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***