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disable tab closing by middle/wheel button

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crillion
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Hi,

I would like to disable tab closing by middle/wheel button.

I couldn't find such an option in about:config.

Can a config switch be added for preventing this behaviour ?

Thanks,

Marco

Hi, I would like to disable tab closing by middle/wheel button. I couldn't find such an option in about:config. Can a config switch be added for preventing this behaviour ? Thanks, Marco

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WestEnd
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That would be set by the mouse driver have you looked there?

James
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crillion said

Hi, I would like to disable tab closing by middle/wheel button. I couldn't find such an option in about:config. Can a config switch be added for preventing this behaviour ?

There are some middle-click related preferences but they are not for disabling the closing of Tabs on middle-click though.

http://kb.mozillazine.org/middlemouse.contentLoadURL http://kb.mozillazine.org/middlemouse.paste http://kb.mozillazine.org/middlemouse.openNewWindow http://kb.mozillazine.org/middlemouse.scrollbarPosition

There are some Preferences that are hidden so one can add the Preference and value in but you need a backend for it.

One cannot just add a non existent Preference like say middlemouse.tabs = false or such and have it work in not closing tabs on middle-click.

crillion
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Ok; but this was a feature request. Is this the right place to ask for it or do I have to post it somewhere else ? 

Thanks,

      Marco