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Bug 568538 - close confirmation for tabs
close confirmation for tabs
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 168320
Product: gnome-terminal
Classification: Core
Component: general
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: GNOME Terminal Maintainers
GNOME Terminal Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2009-01-21 11:16 UTC by Justin Mason
Modified: 2009-03-02 17:48 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.23/2.24


Description Justin Mason 2009-01-21 11:16:41 UTC 
Hi there --

When I try to click on the body of a tab to switch to it, I have a nasty habit of hitting the "X" icon on a tab, causing it to close, instead.

It'd be great if there was a confirmation dialog, confirming that this close action was what was desired.  

(BTW, KDE 3.x's konsole did this.)
Comment 1 Christoph Wurm 2009-01-21 14:14:44 UTC 
I do not think this is a good idea.

Most people are used to this behaviour and would be annoyed at the additional click they would have to make. 
If you have a problem with accidently shutting your tabs, you might consider to simply slow down a little bit or use Alt+<Number of the tab you want to access> or Ctrl+PageDown and Ctrl+PageUp to navigate through your tabs. 

However, this might be implemented as an optional feature, certainly not as the default behavior.
Comment 2 Christian Persch 2009-02-25 18:26:15 UTC 
There already is a gconf key for this, /apps/gnome-terminal/global/confirm_window_close (despite the name, it also works for single tabs).
Comment 3 Christian Persch 2009-03-02 17:48:38 UTC 
Any remaining issues with close confirmation are in bug 168320.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 168320 ***