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Bug 458059 - Close tabs with middle mouse button
Close tabs with middle mouse button
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Product: gnome-terminal
Classification: Core
Component: general
2.18.x
Other All
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: GNOME Terminal Maintainers
GNOME Terminal Maintainers
: 570577 595249 625842 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2007-07-18 18:36 UTC by Siegfried Gevatter (RainCT)
Modified: 2010-08-02 18:00 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.17/2.18


Description Siegfried Gevatter (RainCT) 2007-07-18 18:36:03 UTC 
I would find it really usefull if there was an option to close a tab by clicking on it with the middle mouse button.

Other information:
Firefox and Pidgin provide this possibility (by default) and I'm using it constantly.
Comment 1 Christian Persch 2008-05-29 21:05:52 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.
Comment 2 Christian Persch 2009-02-25 18:29:24 UTC 
*** Bug 570577 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 3 Christian Persch 2009-09-15 10:46:16 UTC 
Just for reference, this has also been rejected in nautilus (bug 558889), epiphany (bug 319503, plus a few dups), gedit (bug 445402), empathy (bug 586837), galeon (bug 150581).
Comment 4 Christian Persch 2009-09-15 10:48:07 UTC 
*** Bug 595249 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 5 Christian Persch 2009-09-15 10:51:42 UTC 
And also rejected in libwnck/window list applet, bug 448036.
Comment 6 Behdad Esfahbod 2009-09-15 14:49:34 UTC 
This is a horrible horrible idea.  It may work with firefox, which you can "undo close tab".  Not with most other apps.
Comment 7 Christian Persch 2010-08-02 18:00:03 UTC 
*** Bug 625842 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***