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How to close window only if closing last tab is about:newtab

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Sqverl
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Is there a way to achieve this behaviour: Let's say I have a last tab left open, for example mozilla.org or any other site. When closing that tab I want firefox to open about:newtab. This can be achieved by setting closeWindowWithLastTab flag in config. But here is the catch when closing that about:newtab I want to close window.

So basically - Close window with last tab only if it is about:newtab. Also I want the close button on last tab to remain there.

P.S. Last tab close button extension did not help.

Is there a way to achieve this behaviour: Let's say I have a last tab left open, for example mozilla.org or any other site. When closing that tab I want firefox to open about:newtab. This can be achieved by setting closeWindowWithLastTab flag in config. But here is the catch when closing that about:newtab I want to close window. So basically - Close window with last tab only if it is about:newtab. Also I want the close button on last tab to remain there. P.S. Last tab close button extension did not help.

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kobe
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Have you tried the following about:config tweak?

I dont think you can make that domain specific.

Sqverl
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As I mentioned in the post. I have, but as you already pointed out it's not domain specific. Which is exactly my problem. Maybe someone heard of an extension that does that or something?

kobe
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Oh oops, also see https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/last-tab-close-button/?src=ss not sure what youre looking for, but domain based, not there.

Sqverl
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Yep, tried that also. did not work. Ok, i think you made it pretty clear that no one made an extension to check domain before closing tab. So... there is no right answer... for now... i hope...

cor-el
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