I find the reasoning not valid. This would definitely a useful feature, not closing tabs with a middle click is a de facto standard in almost all browsers: Firefox, Google Chrome, even Internet Explorer (!)
"Having tabs disappear if a user accidentally middle clicks anwhere inside them is confusing." is not convincing at all. How about accidental left clicks on the close button (which is WAY more likely since people switch tabs with left mouse button, and they NEVER use mid clicks on tabs except for closing). After all, be careful with clicks in general :) Moreover, a tab with a modified file would never close without confirmation. I'm determined this feature is needed. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gedit in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/624566 Title: Enhancement: Middle click to close tab (like Firefox) Status in “gedit” package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Bug description: Binary package hint: gedit I would find it useful if you could close gedit tabs by middle clicking on the tab. Firefox has this ability and it is much quicker and easier than locating the relatively small cross. This has been reported upstream at https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=627986. However, the Gnome developers have decided against this. But how about this be added to Ubuntu? Patch is attached. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gedit/+bug/624566/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
