A small request re: "X" to close tabs

FWIW ... I know this is perhaps too small to mention but I have used Slimbrowser for years and it allows me to place an "X" on each tab in order to close each one. You can also dbl-click on each tab to close. L4 places a single "X" over to the right to close the active tab (or you can right click on the tab to get a selection box). I much prefer the Slimbrowser method ... very easy, very quick, very intuitive.

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Damian McGrath

JRS,

I queried the placement of the X at the end of the pane on the first day of the Beta release. I use a number of windows programs with a tabbed interface, IE8, Firefox, Chrome, Foxit Reader, Notepad++. All have an X on the tab. This is the de facto Windows standard for tanned interfaces.

The X at the end of the pane suggests, to me that it is a close pane feature.

I often have the library open to the full width of the program. I have to remind myself each time that the X is at the very end - miles (hyperbolically speaking) from the tab to which it refers.

Bob Pritchett

We'll look into this. The difference is that most web browsers are full-screen width. Our users tend to break things up into two or more columns, and to have many tabs. We were just woried about the "space cost" of having an "x" on each tab, especially since half the users run at 1024x768 with two columns of panes.... We'll play with solutions -- like maybe justing fading an X in over the tab label when you go to the right side of it? It's there but you only see it when you mouse over it?

Todd Phillips

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/11259#Comment_11259

like maybe justing fading an X in over the tab label when you go to the right side of it? It's there but you only see it when you mouse over it?

Again...Yes, yes, yes. but fade it in whenever the mouse is anywhere over the relevant tab.

Damian McGrath

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/11259#Comment_11259

Bob,

I appreciate it. The way that Google Chrome handles the X's on small tabs is excellent. When the tab reaches a certain minimum width, the X disappears. When a user clicks on that tab, the X reappears and is usable.

Jason

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/11362#Comment_11362

It is still possible to press Ctrl-w but not knowing which tab this is going to close can be really annoying!

Jason