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Prevent "You are about to close X tabs" when closing tabs TO THE RIGHT

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When I right-click on a tab in Firefox 27 and choose 'Close Tabs to the Right' I am prompted with the message: "You are about to close X tabs. Are you sure you want to continue?"

How can I prevent this message from appearing?

When I right-click on a tab in Firefox 27 and choose 'Close Tabs to the Right' I am prompted with the message: "You are about to close X tabs. Are you sure you want to continue?" How can I prevent this message from appearing?

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To prevent this message you can set the browser.tabs.warnOnCloseOtherTabs pref to false.

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Make sure that these tabs are set to true on the about:config page:

  • browser.tabs.warnOnClose
  • browser.tabs.warnOnCloseOtherTabs

You can open the about:config page via the location bar

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Unfortunately, this solution does not work for me.

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To prevent this message you can set the browser.tabs.warnOnCloseOtherTabs pref to false.