Windows 10: Enable or Disable Close Tab by Double Click in Firefox

How to: Enable or Disable Close Tab by Double Click in Firefox

How to Enable or Disable Close Tab by Double Click in Firefox in Windows


By default in Firefox, you can close a tab by clicking on the X button on the tab, pressing the Ctrl+F4 keys, or pressing the Ctrl+W keys.

Starting with Firefox 61.0, you can enable or disable (default) a flag for an experimental feature to be able to double click/tap on a tab to close it.

This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable close tab by double click in Firefox for your account in Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 10.



Here's How:

1. Open Firefox.

2. Type about:config into the address bar, press Enter, and click/tap on the I accept the risk button. (see screenshot below)



3. Copy and paste browser.tabs.closeTabByDblclick into the search box, and press Enter. (see screenshots below step 4)

4. Double click/tap on the browser.tabs.closeTabByDblclick setting to change its value to true (enable) or false (disable - default) for what you want. (see screenshots below)





5. You can now close this about:config tab if you like.


That's it,
Shawn


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Hi,

Thank you for providing us the details.

I would suggest you to try the below steps and check if it helps.

• Press Windows + R keys, opens the Run Command.
• Type inetcpl.cpl and hit Enter.
• Under General Tab, select Tabs.
• Select if the Warn me when closing the multiple tabs is
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Keep us posted to help you better.

 

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Thanks, I tried the wavey site and get split second till it renders with it set enabled or disabled (restarted FF between settings).
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I have this problem little "problem" with Firefox:

I have 9 tabs opened ready every time I start Firefox and it looks like this:




Once I start surfing reading emails and opening links the number of tabs increases fast so that in no time the tabs that doesnt fit my screen are hidden.

I would love to have an Firefox extension that enables me to stack the tab in several rows so that all tabs can be displayed but could not find one that works this way.

 

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Reason:
Potential dataloss risk/behavioral complexity having an actionable surface so close to a tab close button.
Solution:
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Reason:
Confusing interactions with mute-whole-site capabilities.
Solution:
Leave site muting in the Site Exceptions list only.

Reason:
Code complexity.
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