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Bug 738997 - Make closing a tab undoable
Make closing a tab undoable
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Product: epiphany
Classification: Core
Component: Tabs
3.14.x (obsolete)
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Epiphany Maintainers
Epiphany Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2014-10-22 10:07 UTC by Lasse Schuirmann
Modified: 2014-10-22 12:21 UTC
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Description Lasse Schuirmann 2014-10-22 10:07:12 UTC 
Our old and new HIG states we should be 'forgivable' with the user. This implies especially that we provide undo operations for destructive things. I think this should include closing tabs.

Other browsers usually have a 'reopen last closed tab' entry in the context menu (I think there's a bug around here for that too - and I think we want that too), but I'd go a bit further and also provide a small dismissable undo popover somewhere where it doesnt disturb the user for a certain time. Boxes does a similar thing when you delete a Box.
Comment 1 Lasse Schuirmann 2014-10-22 10:08:38 UTC 
Maybe we could replace the tab in the bar with a well-looking undo button that gets more and more transparent over time. Though we'd have to think about letting the user close multiple tabs fast then.
Comment 2 Claudio Saavedra 2014-10-22 11:35:17 UTC 
Try shift+control+T or the "Reopen closed tab" menu option.
Comment 3 Lasse Schuirmann 2014-10-22 11:37:10 UTC 
Thats well hidden. If I dont find it after searching for it how should our users find it? IMO this should be placed in the context menu of the tabs itself.
Comment 4 Yosef Or Boczko 2014-10-22 12:07:57 UTC 
I think the right bug needs to be - make the reopan closed tab per window
and not per app, and within moved it from the app-menu to the gear-menu.
Comment 5 Claudio Saavedra 2014-10-22 12:21:43 UTC 
We also allow reopening closed windows. This is why it's an application option and not a per-window one.