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Cannot close my tab, everything run well but closing my tab

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wayunendra
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Suddenly I cannot close firefox tabs, I opened some tabs and click red X button but nothing happened. I can click menu, it run well, download, it run well, back button it works, bookmark button, it works. But one thing I can't do, it's closing tabs, all tabs.

Suddenly I cannot close firefox tabs, I opened some tabs and click red X button but nothing happened. I can click menu, it run well, download, it run well, back button it works, bookmark button, it works. But one thing I can't do, it's closing tabs, all tabs.

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Please restart Firefox. If this happens again it is possible to try these troubleshooting steps to improve the performance of Firefox:

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guigs
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Please restart Firefox. If this happens again it is possible to try these troubleshooting steps to improve the performance of Firefox:

wayunendra
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Thanks guigs2. I knew closing firefox is the only way. but it's annoying if i should close firefox everytime it happen.... ):

cor-el
cor-el
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Can you close a tab with a middle-click or the Ctrl+W shortcut?

Start Firefox in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions (Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem.

  • Switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance
  • Do NOT click the Reset button on the Safe Mode start window