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Calle

Crosshair in tabs

Unread post by Calle » 2019-11-05, 18:04

Just migrating from FF 56, to PM 28.7.2 (Win10 64) I have searched how to put crossair in tabs order to close them directly but the crosshair dispays only in the tab you are. How to get them on all tabs?

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Re: Crosshair in tabs

Unread post by Night Wing » 2019-11-05, 18:15

I have four (4) tabs open at the moment. In each tab, I have an "X" in each tab and this is what I left click on to close that tab. And I'm using 64 bit linux Pale Moon 28.7.2 as well as 32 bit windows Pale Moon 28.7.2 since I dual boot 64 bit linux Mint 19.2 (Tina) Xfce and 64 bit Windows 7.

What extensions are you using that might effect tab behavior?
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MX Linux 23.2 (Libretto) Xfce w/ Linux Pale Moon, Linux Waterfox, Linux SeaLion, Linux Firefox
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Re: Crosshair in tabs

Unread post by SpockFan02 » 2019-11-05, 18:19

Go to about:config, accept the risk of dragons, set browser.tabs.closeButtons to 1, and set browser.tabs.tabClipWidth to something low, like 20. Restart and you should have a close button on every tab.

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Re: Crosshair in tabs

Unread post by Sessh » 2019-11-05, 18:24

FWIW, I have tabClipWidth to 140 which I guess is the default since I've never changed it. Always had X's on every tab all the time.

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Re: Crosshair in tabs

Unread post by SpockFan02 » 2019-11-05, 18:27

If you have a lot of tabs and their width gets smaller than the value of tabClipWidth then background tabs will lose their close buttons to save space for the page title.

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Re: Crosshair in tabs

Unread post by Sessh » 2019-11-05, 18:33

Ahh, indeed. At 140, I can have 13 tabs open without losing the X's on all tabs. I rarely have more than five or six open at once.

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Re: Crosshair in tabs

Unread post by Goodydino » 2019-11-05, 20:22

I have the tabClipWidth set to 60, and 20 tabs have close buttons (I rarely have more tabs open than that). I can use middle-click to close tabs anyway, without using the buttons.

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Re: Crosshair in tabs

Unread post by Nightbird » 2019-11-05, 21:40

@Calle
welcome :)

You can install Pale Moon commander
https://addons.palemoon.org/addon/pm-commander/

This is a powerful configurator if you are not afraid to change some advanced preferences.

Once the add-on installed, open :
Tools -> Advanced Preferences -> User interface -> Tabs -> Tab close buttons -> Show tab close buttons -> On all tabs if wide enough.
(You can choose the tab width).
Last edited by Nightbird on 2019-11-05, 21:47, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: Crosshair in tabs

Unread post by Moonchild » 2019-11-05, 21:46

Nightbird wrote:
2019-11-05, 21:40
You can install Pale Moon commander
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Re: Crosshair in tabs

Unread post by Calle » 2019-11-12, 13:52

Thank you all at 20 it works perfectly. :)

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