"Close tabs to the left" extension Topic is solved

[SemiKebab]

Hello,

I can't install the Close tabs to the left extension, it's marked as incompatible. I also tried with the Moon Tester Tool extension, still without success. Maybe the extension is really incompatible?

Missing this functionality is one of the very few things that blocks me from switching from Firefox to Pale Moon. I think this feature could be useful to other people as well.

Any help to get it running would be greatly appreciated

[AndTheWolf]

You could try Tab Utilities Phoenix 2.0.0, which includes a "Close Left Tabs" function.

[gracious1]

You could also try RemoveTabs 0.5.3.1-signed.1-signed. Install with Moon Tester Tool.

RemoveTabs has both "close tabs to the right" and "close tabs to the left" functions.

[Giraffe]

There's Tab Mix Plus that has this and many other choices for tabs and their context menus:
https://addons.palemoon.org/addon/tab-mix-plus/

[SemiKebab]

RemoveTabs is a bit outdated, part of its features are now native.

Tab Utilities Phoenix seems too heavy to my taste. I'm only interested in adding the "close tabs to the left" functionality, and I'm considering switching to Pale Moon to remove bloat, not to add

So, the only remaining solution would be to fork Close tabs to the left and make it compatible with Pale Moon?
It would be very helpful if someone could point out what blocks compatibility even when Moon Tester Tool is used.

[gracious1]

RemoveTabs is a bit outdated, part of its features are now native. …

So, the only remaining solution would be to fork Close tabs to the left and make it compatible with Pale Moon?
It would be very helpful if someone could point out what blocks compatibility even when Moon Tester Tool is used.

Yes, you are right; I hope someone forks this, too. It is not clear to me why it won't install, because it doesn't appear to be a JetPack extension.

[billmcct]

I have Close tabs to the left 1.2.1-signed.1-signed installed and working. You will need to change the minimum and maximum version numbers in the install.rdf file.

[SemiKebab]

Ah ah,

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<em:minVersion>30.0</em:minVersion>
<em:maxVersion>30.*</em:maxVersion>

No wonder it doesn't work...

So this leads me to these questions:

• What would be the best values for this install.rdf? (values for Firefox, and shall we add values for Pale Moon)
• How can we make the changes available upstream for everyone? Not sure the author could still be reached. Could we ask folks at addons.mozilla.org to update the addon, or would we really have to make a fork (last resort solution)?

[billmcct]

27.0
55.*

Just change the values for FF. No need to add PM.
The author would probably not change this and Mozilla can't change the devs addon.

Yes you would have to make a fork.

Bill

[SemiKebab]

I could make a fork on addons.mozilla.org or addons.palemoon.org, but it would be very hesitantly done, and I wouldn't be able to support it. In other words, it would be born dead.

Thus, I will install the extension through a local xpi, modified as explained above, and I'm leaving the gate open it anyone is willing to properly fork it

[gracious1]

I have Close tabs to the left 1.2.1-signed.1-signed installed and working. You will need to change the minimum and maximum version numbers in the install.rdf file.

You did that manually? Moon Tester Tool should have modified the install.rdf automatically, if I understand how that extension works, though it would have added PM support rather than changing the FF version. (I see JustOff has released a new version, so maybe he has fixed whatever was preventing it from modifying Close Tabs to the Left properly?)

[billmcct]

I have Close tabs to the left 1.2.1-signed.1-signed installed and working. You will need to change the minimum and maximum version numbers in the install.rdf file.

You did that manually? Moon Tester Tool should have modified the install.rdf automatically, if I understand how that extension works, though it would have added PM support rather than changing the FF version. (I see JustOff has released a new version, so maybe he has fixed whatever was preventing it from modifying Close Tabs to the Left properly?)

Yes I did it manually.

[SemiKebab]

I just tried with Moon Tester Tool 1.0.6, it still refuses to install it. The only working solution is to manually edit the install.rdf.

The issue about the Tester Tool has been reported at GitHub.

[JustOff]

I just tried with Moon Tester Tool 1.0.6, it still refuses to install it.

This issue was resolved in Moon Tester Tool 1.1.0.

[SemiKebab]

Also, on Pale Moon the extension sometimes doesn't work: the tabs are not closed, nothing happens. It doesn't always happen, but once it happens, it is everytime.

I have the following error in the browser console:

NS_ERROR_FAILURE: Component returned failure code: 0x80004005 (NS_ERROR_FAILURE) [nsIStringBundle.GetStringFromName] XStringBundle:21:0

[ambivalence]

It seems to me this should be the part of PaleMoon's native functionality. However, thanks for the thread – I've needed this.

By the way, what about «Multiple Tabs Handler»? There's a mention, that we should use 0.7.2014050101.1, but I think it doesn't work anymore, right?

upd: checked «Close tabs to the left». there's a button, but it doesn't work.