In Firefox/Swiftfox 2.0, by default the active tab has a big red "X" beside it. Click on the X and the tab disappears. The disadvantage of this is that one can't delete a tab without making it active. A more desirable behavior would be to have an X in each tab, so you can delete the tab without opening it.
This hack is not mine, so I'll reference Geek to Live, where I found it. What you do is:
- In the address bar of the browser enter about:config
- In the Filter box that appears, enter the string browser.tabs.closeButtons
- Right-click the string that appears, and select Modify
- Change the number to "1" if you want an X in each tab, or to "3" if you want the Firefox 1.5 default behavior (one X, all the way to the right on the tab bar). Experimenting, "0" is the default 2.0 behavior, and "2" is no Xs at all.
The change should take effect as soon as you hit enter.
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I seem to be able to close firefox (firefox 2.0.0.1 on slackware-11.0) buttons with my middle mouse button by just clicking that way on a tab.
my tabs all show a button, but I can easily believe (and it's probably so) that I have played around with some settings
Or install Tabmix plus, which puts an x on each tab along with a few other desirable tab options.
Thanks for the comments. <jaffa>Indeed</jaffa>, the middle mouse button click does work.
And a little experimenting shows that the "X" on inactive tab vanishes anyway when the tab width becomes too small.
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