Status: Unconfirmed Owner: ---- Labels: Type-Bug Pri-2 OS-All Area-Misc New issue 9152 by [email protected]: Feature request: Allow "close window" to behave like "close tab" http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=9152
Chrome Version : 1.0.154.48 URLs (if applicable) : n/a Other browsers tested: none The paradigm of Google Chrome appears to be that the tab, not the window, is the atomic element of the browsing experience. Tabs can be moved between windows, and windows can be separated and combined. New users can come away with the impression that these windows simply act to organize or group these tabs, rather than constraining them. In my opinion, this is a perspective to encourage, not inhibit. With this in mind, it would be useful to provide an option allowing the "close window" functionality (e.g. clicking the red X) to instead close only the active tab. This would more closely match the expectations of users accustomed to working with non-tabbed, multi-window interfaces, and gels the notion of the window as an organizer rather than a controller. Keyboard shortcuts and menu options can remain unaffected, so power users would still be able to do things quickly. As an additional benefit, this provides a non-modal method to resolve issue 1820. Accidentally clicking the close button would not bring down the entire window. -- You received this message because you are listed in the owner or CC fields of this issue, or because you starred this issue. You may adjust your issue notification preferences at: http://code.google.com/hosting/settings --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Automated mail from issue updates at http://crbug.com/ Subscription options: http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-bugs -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
