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how can i close ONE tab only...NOT MULTIPLE tabs which i'm forced 2 do every time when i only wish to close 1 or 2 tabs

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i open a number of tabs...when i view one ..i wish to close only that ONE and leave the previous ones open...yet i'm told that i have multiple tabs open, and only gives me the choice of closing ALL of them....regards ric

i open a number of tabs...when i view one ..i wish to close only that ONE and leave the previous ones open...yet i'm told that i have multiple tabs open, and only gives me the choice of closing ALL of them....regards ric

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How are trying to close that one Tab?

By using the X on that tab?

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My X on the tabs are not there anymore. How do I get them back

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Start Firefox in Diagnose Firefox issues using Troubleshoot Mode to check if one of the extensions is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox (Tools) > Add-ons > Appearance/Themes).


See also:

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The behaviour of the closing X is controlled by a variable which you access via about:config on the URL field. Search for the variable browser.tabs.closeButtons. With this marked/selected press enter and you can give it another value.

= 0 -> the X only on the active tab

= 1 -> the X on all tabs

= 2 -> no X at all

= 3 -> one common X far most to the right which closes the current tab

To close the current/active tab you can also type the ctrl+W key combination.

Modified by kape

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If You Want to Close only ONE tab out of your existing window, You just press CTRL + W on that opened tab & it will close automatically.........