Firefox Tip - Fixing middle click to close tabs

I've been bugged by this for a while now, and finally tracked down why the middle click on my linux machine would open tabs, but not close them...
By default, middle clicking on a tab will load whatever is in the clipboard as if it were a URL. To fix it, you just have to go into Firefox's config (type <code>about:config</code> in the location bar, then find the preference labeled <code>middlemouse.contentLoadURL</code>, right-click on it and select the Toggle option to set it to false.
That's it! Hopefully this will help somebody else out...although it's quite possible that everyone aside from me already knew about it

I've discovered that a month ago after some time driving me nuts that strange behavior of middle click.
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How do I middle click and close tabs in safari? please help!

I am used to google chrome and adapted to use middle clicks to interact with tabs. My friend introduced me to safari and as i am using macbook pro I think using safari should be more compatible. The only thing that is holding me back is closing tabs with middle click on mouse. I would really appreciate if someone would point me to easy solution for that.
Thanks,
Rohan

Command-W closes the active tab.

Middle click on a tab closes all tabs.

Ok I just installed Firefox 4 final release, fresh and whenever I middle click on a tab, all the tabs close immediately. If I turn on the message box asking me to "close all tabs?" the box pops up when I middle click on it. I had this same problem on RC1 and RC2, even with tab-mix plus installed I couldn't control the behaviour of middle click on a tab. I have tried this on RC1 and RC2 clean install and with tab mix plus but whatever I do firefox tries to close all the other tabs when I middle click on one.
I have Firefox running on a XP system but I havent faced any issue on that. The system that has problems is the one with Windows 7 and I may have to mention this, Logitech's Set point software to configure the different buttons on the wireless mouse. I have check the configuration in the software and Middle Click is set to Middle click. This configuration was working fine on the same system when I was running firefox 3.6.* and started when I upgraded to FF4.

I use a laptop wit Win 7 and only meet this problem if the FF is in full screen mode, and because of it the tabs are in the header - in line with the Firefox button. If I change to windowed mode the tabs goes on row lower and middle click works as it should.
I use the software "SecondShell" to remap the caps lock into middle button - if I "click" with it the FF works fine, just the mouse cause the problem.

On my MacBook Pro, sometimes when I click to close tabs in Safari the button will not work. I have to click on some other part of the screen and then it will. This happens in other programs like Word/Excel for changing font, etc. Solution/Suggestions?

On my MacBook Pro, sometimes when I click to close tabs in Safari the button will not work. I have to click on some other part of the screen and then it will. This happens in other programs like Word/Excel for changing font, etc. Solution/Suggestions?

Start up in Safe Mode.
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH4373

FAQ: Tips/Fixs for clicks, pops and glitches in sound ca

I have come across this little article from the internet while surfing and thought it could be of some use posting it here. Follow the link below.
Tips/Fixs for clicks, pops and glitches in sound card
If after following the tips on this page you are still having troubles, then contact support or wait for other peers in the forum for further advise and suggestion.
This particular phrase that's quoted from the article which is very true.
"This is a HUGE topic and I have come across it many times. The hardest thing to do in tech support is to explain to someone that the fault is not to do with the audio card, but instead with the way the computer is setup or the fault of components in their system. Pcs are built to a budget and parts do suffer because of this."

I know this stuff is 3 months old but I just got mine and hadn't yet used the pin function so now I know.
I hope you are right Nancy that it will have updates, but I really doubt it. This is the norm for Microsoft when stuff they put out bombs. Dish Network had a DVR receiver many years ago that had Microsoft software installed and it was buggy to say the least. They updated it a few times but then abandon it. For a few years Microsoft wouldn't release the code to Dish Network to allow DN to fix the bugs. It was a real "Hate Microsoft" time for those users. DN had to put out their own coded DVR receivers and let the Microsoft ones die.
I think VZ made a deal with MS and removed the stuff MS wasn't supporting. Then VZ put them out without needing a data package to unload them.

With multiple tabs open, I use to click File, close tab---now close tab is missing and I exit out of Firefox completely. How do I get that choice back "close tab" in the "File" drop down? Thanks. George C.

The drop down "FILE" in the tool bar use to have a choice to "CLOSE TAB". This is now missing so when I have multiple tabs open and I want to close the most recent, I cannot. I then get warned that I will be closing multiple numbers of tabs, but there is no other choice.
How do I get the "CLOSE TAB" back in the drop down "FILE" in the tool bar

Start Firefox in [[Safe Mode]] to check if one of the extensions is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox (Tools) > Add-ons > Appearance/Themes).
* Don't make any changes on the Safe mode start window.
* https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+Mode
* [[Troubleshooting extensions and themes]]

Why does it close Firefox when I click File "close tab?"

When I "delve down" into subject about three deep and want to then page back - I have no option but to hit File "close tab." When I do this - it closes Firefox! How do I prevent this - Microsoft Explorer 9 has an arrow that lets you page back.

Do you have that problem when running in the Firefox SafeMode? 
[http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Safe+Mode] 
''Don't select anything right now, just use "Continue in SafeMode."''
If not, see this: 
[http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes]

Middle clicking on a tab sometimes opens a new tab instead of closing it, happens at random and persists until browser restart.

When this happens I'm also actually completely unable to close tabs without using ctrl+f4, the close button on tabs no longer works. I also tend to have a lot of tabs open so the close button doesn't show until the tab is selected, but when I try to select the tab and rightclick it to access the close option in the dropdown menu, the option is not present. I'm given a different menu that looks like the one that appears in View>Toolbars.
I haven't been able to reliably reproduce it, but it happens pretty often and with no apparent trigger other than Firefox being open for some amount of time. The number of tabs open doesn't seem to affect it at all.
Help would be appreciated!

Hi,
Please see [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/tab-mix-plus-incompatible-update-to-fix this].
If problems persist, you can also reset Firefox. To save a listing of the add-ons, important modified preferences/settings etc. to quickly replicate the previous profile, please '''Copy all to clipboard''' (on the left of the reset button), and paste it into Office Excel, or OpenOffice/LibreOffice Calc, or notepad. However, it would be a good idea to check for the existence of the issue immediately after the reset.
The Reset Firefox feature can fix many issues by restoring Firefox to its factory default state while saving your essential information.
Note: ''This will cause you to lose any Extensions, Open websites, and some Preferences.''
To Reset Firefox do the following:
#Go to Firefox > Help > Troubleshooting Information.
#Click the "Reset Firefox" button.
#Firefox will close and reset. After Firefox is done, it will show a window with the information that is imported. Click Finish.
#Firefox will open with all factory defaults applied.
Further information can be found in the [[Reset Firefox – easily fix most problems]] article.
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Since loading FireFox 4, I have lost the "Close tab" facility, so only have the option to exit - Is this correct?

If I follow a link from an e-mail, I can no longer just close that tab to return to my e-mails, only exit, where I have to login again.
Surely this is wrong!

Where are you looking for close Tab?
You can middle click a tab to close the tab or right click a tab. If you want to do that via the File menu then you need to use the keyboard (Alt+F) to open the File menu because some menu entries are hidden in Firefox 4 if you use the mouse.
Set the pref browser.tabs.closeWindowWithLastTab to false on the about:config page to prevent closing the last tab from closing that window.
To open the about:config page, type about:config in the location (address) bar and press the "Enter" key, just like you type the url of a website to open a website. 
If you see a warning then you can confirm that you want to access that page.

Make Middle Click Open New Tabs

Dear Apple,
If you could please add middle click functionallity to you browser. Especially in the event of clicking on a link or bookmark. This is the only reason that I am not using your browser as my main browser.
Athlon 4800 Dualcore Windows XP Pro 2 GB Ram, SP2

funny how middle click works with links for me.
just not with bookmarks
or to close tabs.

Firefox freezes unexpectedly when clicking links, other tabs or opening files

Running the latest stable version of Firefox, however, it has been freezing repeatedly almost every time I click a link or go to another tab since the previous stable version, which I thought the new release would fix.

A possible cause is a problem with the file places.sqlite that stores the bookmarks and the history.
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Bookmarks_history_and_toolbar_buttons_not_working_-_Firefox
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Bookmarks+not+saved#w_fix-the-bookmarks-file
You can also try to repair the places database with this extension:
*https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/places-maintenance/
It is also possible that there is a problem with the files sessionstore.js and sessionstore.bak in the Firefox Profile Folder.
Delete the sessionstore.js file and possible sessionstore-##.js files with a number and sessionstore.bak in the Firefox Profile Folder.
*Help > Troubleshooting Information > Profile Directory: Open Containing Folder
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox
Deleting sessionstore.js will cause App Tabs and Tab Groups and open and closed (undo) tabs to get lost, so you will have to create them again (make a note or bookmark them).
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*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Session_Restore
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/sessionstore.js
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Multiple_profile_files_created
If that didn't help then try a new profile.
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/reset-firefox-easily-fix-most-problems

Firefox asks (twice) to save and close tabs, on new open windows without tabs, when i close them.

About one month ago, i started to receive a message box from firefox, asking if i wanted to save and close tabs, on newly open windows (and pop-ups) without any tabs open on them.
And everytime i close the windows without tabs, firefox asks it twice...
I did not made any changes, so i don't know why it started doing this.

Start Firefox in [[Safe Mode]] to check if one of the add-ons is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Tools > Add-ons > Themes).
* Don't make any changes on the Safe mode start window.
See:
* [[Troubleshooting extensions and themes]]
* [[Troubleshooting plugins]]
If it does work in Safe-mode then disable all extensions and then try to find which is causing it by enabling one at a time until the problem reappears.
* Use "Disable all add-ons" on the [[Safe mode]] start window to disable all extensions.
* Close and restart Firefox after each change via "File > Exit" (Mac: "Firefox > Quit"; Linux: "File > Quit")

Firefox will not allow me to close tabs or drag them to a new window.

I can't close individual tabs. I -CAN- close the entire application, but I don't want that. Also, the Close Tab entry is missing from the File menu.
Is there some feature in FF that allows a site to disable turning off separate tabs? Is this an exploit that certain pages are using? Or...is this an actual bug?

Yes. I used Safe mode. The problem only occurs when I am using Facebook, apparently; some scripts loaded by Facebook seem to interfere with one or more scripts in "tabbrowser.xml".
Specifically, the error is reported to be in this line:
Script: chrome://browser/content/tabbrowser.xml:1644
I can often stop the scripts from Facebook, and then the tabs can still close; but if I stop TabBrowser.xml, tabs will no longer close. Unfortunately, when the FB scripts crash, I usually have little choice but to close the TabBrowser.xml script.
This now happens constantly while I use Firefox on Facebook. It no longer happens unless I am using Facebook, and is apparently unrelated to whether I play Farmville.

Safari4: middle-click open new tab sometimes busted

It looks like middle-clicking to open a new tab breaks when target= is specified in the html. I'm not 100% that its the target= that breaks things, but it seems to be consistent. This was not an issue with 4 beta. In these situations, apple-clicking still does open in a new tab.

I am having the same problem. This link, from "tribalwars.com" will not open in a new tab with a middle-click.
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[SOLVED] fluxbox middle click to group tabs doesnt work[solved]

I remember that a while ago when I installed fluxbox thatmiddle clicking the titlebar and dragging it to another window will group them together, but this does'nt happen anymore... I've tried every possible combination with the mouse and I can't get them to group together. I even installed and uninstall and built fluxbox from source from scratch. I can't find any documentation that says something changed. What happended? Any input on this will be greatly appreciated.
EDIT: mods feel free to delete this thread ctrl and left click works.
Last edited by aluser (2011-05-07 23:31:54)

My system works as you describe (middle click titlebar and drag). I believe this functionality is controlled by your ~/.fluxbox/keys file. In my 'keys' file, I have the following line.
OnTitlebar Mouse2 :StartTabbing
Perhaps your 'keys' file has changed.

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