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Trying to set my tab close button to the left

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I am using theme called WhiteSur to imitate Safari, as that is the browser layout I prefer. However, this doesn't change the position of the close tab button and leaves it on the right hand side. I found a way to change it, using the code .tabbrowser-tab .tab-close-button {

 margin-left: -5px !important;
 margin-right: 2.5px !important;

} Unfortunately, this doesn't change based on the size of the tab, so if I set it to a size that is good for only having 1 tab, it will look bad or be off the screen for the other amounts of tabs. Is there a way to detect the width of the tab or the amount of tabs open and dynamically set the margins based off of this? So I could set it as (width-of-tab)-x and that would always keep the close tab button in the same spot, regardless of tab size. Thanks!

I am using theme called WhiteSur to imitate Safari, as that is the browser layout I prefer. However, this doesn't change the position of the close tab button and leaves it on the right hand side. I found a way to change it, using the code .tabbrowser-tab .tab-close-button { margin-left: -5px !important; margin-right: 2.5px !important; } Unfortunately, this doesn't change based on the size of the tab, so if I set it to a size that is good for only having 1 tab, it will look bad or be off the screen for the other amounts of tabs. Is there a way to detect the width of the tab or the amount of tabs open and dynamically set the margins based off of this? So I could set it as (width-of-tab)-x and that would always keep the close tab button in the same spot, regardless of tab size. Thanks!

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You can use the order property to slide the close button to the first position in the tab. Strange things were happening when I hover the button, so everything after the first line was intended to address that:

/* Move tab close button to left side of tab */
.tabbrowser-tab .tab-close-button {
  order: -1;
  /* Prevent movement when hovering */
  width: 24px !important;
  padding-left: 6px !important;
  margin-left: -4px !important;
  margin-right: 0 !important;
}
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So I tried that, and you can see what I got in the screenshot below. The x is centered instead of on the left. It's progress since its centered regardless but still not quite what I want. I tried playing with some of the values, but I wasn't able to put it on the left instead of the center. Any ideas?

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Sorry, I tested with zero other modifications. You seem to have some other rules changing your tabs.

(I should add: I run Windows, so I don't use Safari.)

Okulungisiwe ngu jscher2000 - Support Volunteer

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Is it this one? It has a file for moving the close button to the left, but there is a bug with it since, reportedly, Firefox 113. You may want to follow up with the developer and see whether any progress is expected: