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In Firefox 29 center clicking at the top of a tab in a maximized window will open a previously closed tab instead of closing the tab you clicked

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robianmcd
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In Firefox 29 center clicking at the top of a tab in a maximized window will open a previously closed tab instead of closing the tab you clicked.

Is this this the intended behavior? And if so is there any way to disable it?

Thanks

In Firefox 29 center clicking at the top of a tab in a maximized window will open a previously closed tab instead of closing the tab you clicked. Is this this the intended behavior? And if so is there any way to disable it? Thanks

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Middle-clicking a tab closes it, while middle-clicking an empty area of the tab bar opens a new tab.

Different behavior is probably caused by a tab-related add-on like Tab Mix Plus. If you're not sure if you have such an add-on, restart Firefox with add-ons disabled and check if the problem still occurs.

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Gingerbread Man
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Middle-clicking a tab closes it, while middle-clicking an empty area of the tab bar opens a new tab.

Different behavior is probably caused by a tab-related add-on like Tab Mix Plus. If you're not sure if you have such an add-on, restart Firefox with add-ons disabled and check if the problem still occurs.

robianmcd
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Turns out it was the plugin Colorful Tabs v23.5 that was causing the problem for me. I disabled it and everything is working as expected now.

Modified by robianmcd