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Bug 445402 - Close document tabs with middle click
Close document tabs with middle click
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Product: gedit
Classification: Applications
Component: general
2.18.x
Other All
: Normal minor
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Assigned To: Gedit maintainers
Gedit maintainers
: 497963 602333 619258 627986 632019 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2007-06-08 07:36 UTC by Fernando Munoz
Modified: 2011-08-03 14:05 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.17/2.18


Description Fernando Munoz 2007-06-08 07:36:13 UTC 
I'd like to be able to close gedit documents with middle click, since this behavior is already being used in several others applications as Firefox and Pidgin.

Other information:
Comment 1 Steve Frécinaux 2007-06-08 15:18:18 UTC 
This kind of feature is avoided in Gnome because it is
 - confusing and prone to mistakes
 - redundant (we already have a close button)
 - not conformant to our HIG.

Firefox is not a gnome program, so isn't pidgin.

AFAIK similar feature has been proposed for Epiphany (the Gnome browser) and has been rejected as well.

You might do this as a plugin (in python or in C) if you like, anyway.
Comment 2 Christian Persch 2009-09-15 10:45:00 UTC 
*** Bug 497963 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 3 Christian Persch 2009-11-18 20:06:46 UTC 
*** Bug 602333 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 4 Garrett Regier 2010-05-21 07:25:45 UTC 
*** Bug 619258 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 5 Garrett Regier 2010-08-25 21:37:50 UTC 
*** Bug 627986 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 6 Daniel Ellis 2010-08-26 10:22:42 UTC 
If anyone is interested I added a patch for this here: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=627986
Comment 7 Ignacio Casal Quinteiro (nacho) 2011-08-03 12:46:26 UTC 
*** Bug 632019 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 8 Tobias Pfeiffer 2011-08-03 14:05:26 UTC 
I respectfully disagree. 
I believe that the number of bugs reported is a sign that it is worthy of a feature. Yes it is redundant and it always is... i just like not having to hit the "X" but rather the whole tab. It makes me work just a little bit faster and most of all I'm used to it as it works in most of my tab based applications.

I don't see the problem as you still have to confirm the close when the document hasn't been saved. As for the prone to mistakes I'd like some evidence.

Well if I find the time I'll try to take a look into the plugin system and implement a plugin...

Anyway, thanks for making gedit.

cheers,
Tobi