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Firefox 127 - close tab button missing for background tabs when more than 10 tabs opened

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Piterk
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In previous versions I was able to open around 15-20 tabs before X button disappeared from them and I was no longer able to close them without activating them first.

Now this happens much earlier - only 10 tabs is enough on my 1080p 100% scaling desktop and 9 tabs on my 1080p 125% notebook.

X button is present if you have 10 tabs or less, but disappears with 11 tabs, when there is still plenty of space on tabs to click on X!

I compared it to brave and in brave you can still have 22 tabs opened before X button disappears!

Anyone has any method to force presence of x button? This is really annoying as I often have much tabs open and close only 2-3 of them. Now I have to open each one again to be able to close it.

In previous versions I was able to open around 15-20 tabs before X button disappeared from them and I was no longer able to close them without activating them first. Now this happens much earlier - only 10 tabs is enough on my 1080p 100% scaling desktop and 9 tabs on my 1080p 125% notebook. X button is present if you have 10 tabs or less, but disappears with 11 tabs, when there is still plenty of space on tabs to click on X! I compared it to brave and in brave you can still have 22 tabs opened before X button disappears! Anyone has any method to force presence of x button? This is really annoying as I often have much tabs open and close only 2-3 of them. Now I have to open each one again to be able to close it.
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Hello

If you would like to try userChrome.css https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/ideas/i-should-be-able-to-close-a-tab-without-selecting-a-tab/idc-p/58157/highlight/true#M33929

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Agent virtuel
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Hello

If you would like to try userChrome.css https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/ideas/i-should-be-able-to-close-a-tab-without-selecting-a-tab/idc-p/58157/highlight/true#M33929

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Piterk
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Thank you! This resolved my issue! Shame that they introduce background changes in ui again and do not notify about it in changelogs, but I already got used to every FF update breaking something.

P.S. Someone on reddit recommended even better code: .tab-close-button { &[pinned], #tabbrowser-tabs[closebuttons="activetab"] > #tabbrowser-arrowscrollbox > .tabbrowser-tab:hover > .tab-stack > .tab-content > &:not([selected]) { display: unset !important;} }

If you do not want X on pinned tabs just remove " &[pinned], " part.

Modified by Piterk

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