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Reviews for Close Tab by Double Right Click

Close Tab by Double Right Click by webextensions.org

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  • by Juanka Hula, 7 years ago
    I was asking if you could create a new addon. Also by default vanilla firefox does not do anything with double left click so I dont see what would be the problem with it.

    >Great addon. Could you make one to open a new tab by double left clicking on a tab?

    Developer response

    posted 7 years ago
    Double click is a common gesture which is used for various other useful purposes, so that wouldn't be a part of this add-on.

    EDIT 2:

    In case you are asking about double left clicking on the tab header itself, I believe that is not supported in the new WebExtensions architecture used by Firefox.

    EDIT 1:

    Double left click (and also triple left click) is very often used for selecting text. Apart from that, various websites use double click for some common UI/UX operations. Hence, in my opinion, such conflicting shortcuts/gesture shouldn't be used.

    But, in case you still want such a functionality, you can modify this extension to create a new one by following these steps:
    - Go to https://github.com/webextensions/close-tab-by-double-right-click
    - Download the code as a zip file by clicking on the "Clone or download" button
    - Extract the downloaded zip file
    - In the extracted file close-tab-by-double-right-click.js , modify the line which says:
    if (e.which !== 3) {
    MODIFY THIS LINE TO
    if (e.which !== 1) {
    - Reference: The above mentioned line can also be currently seen at: https://github.com/webextensions/close-tab-by-double-right-click/blob/master/extension/scripts/close-tab-by-double-right-click.js#L9
    - After that, you may zip the files inside the extension folder and use that to create the add-on via https://addons.mozilla.org/ for your use. While publishing, if you wish to use the extension for personal use only, then there should be an option for self-distributed add-ons, you may want to select that.

    Hope that helps :-)
  • by Firefox user 13036659, 7 years ago
    Does nothing....does not work at all. Installed it and uninstalled it in 2 minutes.

    Developer response

    posted 7 years ago
    Thanks for the feedback, I guess you might have double right clicked on the tab or tried to use it on a native page or the Mozilla add-ons site itself (it doesn't work for those cases due to security/architecture reasons). This extension closes the active tab when you double right click anywhere on the page.
  • by recycler.fox, 7 years ago
    Don't know about Linux, but on Windows context menu stays alive.

    Developer response

    posted 7 years ago
    Thanks for the feedback :-)

    Edit:
    I'm done with the analysis and it is a bug for Firefox-on-Windows with apparently no workarounds :-/
    I'll file a bug report to Firefox.
    Till then, I don't see any other alternative approach while sticking to double-right-click-on-page gesture for closing tab.
  • by siffe, 7 years ago
    Thanks for this! I have the same experience as the other reviewer: when I double r. click, on the first click the r. click context menu appears and does not go away after the tab is closed after the second r. click. I have to either click elsewhere or press ESC to get rid of it. This does not happen in your Chrome extension.

    Edit 11/11/17: updated to current version, problem still exists (Win7 Pro)

    Developer response

    posted 7 years ago
    Thanks for the feedback. Are using Firefox on Linux ?
    I have added a fix for Firefox on Linux, can you update to the latest version and test again?

    Edit:
    I'm done with the analysis and it is a bug for Firefox-on-Windows with apparently no workarounds :-/
    I'll file a bug report to Firefox.
    Till then, I don't see any other alternative approach while sticking to double-right-click-on-page gesture for closing tab.
  • by revija, 7 years ago
    Much needed actually, if it possible to auto-close right-click menu (ESC command at the end?) . But this one still better then "Rights To Close" which simply blocked whole context menu.

    UPD what linux? We're on Windows FF channel

    Developer response

    posted 7 years ago
    Thanks for the feedback. Are using Firefox on Linux ?
    I have added a fix for Firefox on Linux, can you update to the latest version and test again?

    Edit:
    I'm done with the analysis and it is a bug for Firefox-on-Windows with apparently no workarounds :-/
    I'll file a bug report to Firefox.
    Till then, I don't see any other alternative approach while sticking to double-right-click-on-page gesture for closing tab.