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Multiple tab closure now very unfriendly

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Why is there now no option to close present tab only when clicking on X. The old (default) warning was excellent. With no warning, clicking the X kills Firefox - and all open tabs. This has lost me hours of work already. i certainly don't want to go down the route of restoring all tabs first. I can't rely on it, for instance, holding all comments made on a form. And for that matter, I wouldn't want that to reinstate a login.

Please can we return to the warning with 2 options Close all tabs and Close current tab only.

Why is there now no option to close present tab only when clicking on X. The old (default) warning was excellent. With no warning, clicking the X kills Firefox - and all open tabs. This has lost me hours of work already. i certainly don't want to go down the route of restoring all tabs first. I can't rely on it, for instance, holding all comments made on a form. And for that matter, I wouldn't want that to reinstate a login. Please can we return to the warning with 2 options Close all tabs and Close current tab only.

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cor-el
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You only close all tabs (i.e. close the current window) if you click the X that is part of the window controls on the Title bar or Menu bar or the close X at the far right end of the Tab bar if the Menu bar is hidden as well and the window control are moved to the Tab bar. To close a specific tab, you need to click the close X on that tab or alternatively middle click the tab with the mouse wheel. This has always been the case there hasn't been recent changes to this behavior as far as I know, so do not get confused. You may have changed which of the toolbars are visible.