Reviews for Close Tab by Double Right Click
Close Tab by Double Right Click by webextensions.org
Review by Firefox user 13443291
Rated 3 out of 5
by Firefox user 13443291, 7 years agoNot sure it's possible but I think what people are asking for regarding the double left-click is the ability to double-click on the tab itself not on the page. Clicking on the tab doesn't get in the way of on page double click functionality.
There were a number of extensions in pre 57.0 which provided that option such as:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tab-mix-plus/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/double-click-closes-tab/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/close-tab-by-double-click/
There were a number of extensions in pre 57.0 which provided that option such as:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tab-mix-plus/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/double-click-closes-tab/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/close-tab-by-double-click/
Developer response
posted 7 years agoThanks for the clarification :-)
I updated my response for the comments where the users might have asked for left double click on the tab header itself.
Apparently that is not supported in the new WebExtensions architecture used by Firefox.
Even otherwise, the main difference between using double-click-on-tab-header (other extensions) vs double-right-click-anywhere-in-the-page (this extension) is that in this extension, the user doesn't need to move the mouse at all when closing the current page :-)
I updated my response for the comments where the users might have asked for left double click on the tab header itself.
Apparently that is not supported in the new WebExtensions architecture used by Firefox.
Even otherwise, the main difference between using double-click-on-tab-header (other extensions) vs double-right-click-anywhere-in-the-page (this extension) is that in this extension, the user doesn't need to move the mouse at all when closing the current page :-)