Undo for Accidentally Closed Tab
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Undo for Accidentally Closed Tab
I won't claim this is an earth-shattering need, but it would be nice.
Any chance of implementing a menu command for "Undo Tab Close"?
Accidentally closing tabs happens occasionally (at least to me) and it would be nice to have a quick way to restore it. Especially if the tab had no relation to other tabs -- its location is "far away," or a very long UNC path like "\\ox-baker\and\AndretheGiant\versus\Dustyrhoades\and\JerryBrisco\announced\by\GordonSolie\".
Yes, I realize there are a myriad of ways to open new tabs, such as shortcut keys and bookmarks, so you can get back manually with a few steps.
But in the name of efficiency...
Dennis
Any chance of implementing a menu command for "Undo Tab Close"?
Accidentally closing tabs happens occasionally (at least to me) and it would be nice to have a quick way to restore it. Especially if the tab had no relation to other tabs -- its location is "far away," or a very long UNC path like "\\ox-baker\and\AndretheGiant\versus\Dustyrhoades\and\JerryBrisco\announced\by\GordonSolie\".
Yes, I realize there are a myriad of ways to open new tabs, such as shortcut keys and bookmarks, so you can get back manually with a few steps.
But in the name of efficiency...
Dennis
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Even more than having an option to UNDO a 'close tab' action, I would like to ELIMINATE the specific action of d-click to close tab.
It is quite anti-intuitive: Clicking should always be a select or open action -- not the inverse.
Yes, I know that other apps use d-click to close items, and that some folks have learned this exception and have come to expect it. But, IMNSHO, users should at least be able to opt out of this behaviour where it is offered.
It is quite anti-intuitive: Clicking should always be a select or open action -- not the inverse.
Yes, I know that other apps use d-click to close items, and that some folks have learned this exception and have come to expect it. But, IMNSHO, users should at least be able to opt out of this behaviour where it is offered.
okay -- that is an example.
My point, however is that the vast majority of items/objects do not have "close" as the default action, but rather call a forward-going action like "open", "edit", "view", "open with...", etc.
Please provide an option to not close a tab when d-clicking it.
It should be a lot less effort than implementing the initial request of "undo" at the top of this thread.
And as Dennis said at the outset: "I won't claim this is an earth-shattering need, but it would be nice." ;)
[EDIT: added missing phrase]
My point, however is that the vast majority of items/objects do not have "close" as the default action, but rather call a forward-going action like "open", "edit", "view", "open with...", etc.
Please provide an option to not close a tab when d-clicking it.
It should be a lot less effort than implementing the initial request of "undo" at the top of this thread.
And as Dennis said at the outset: "I won't claim this is an earth-shattering need, but it would be nice." ;)
[EDIT: added missing phrase]
Last edited by fgagnon on 2006 Mar 29, 17:49, edited 1 time in total.
Sorry to reopen this old discussion, but this just caught me unawares, and found this thread ...
I don't see CLOSE on any context menu, or is that different from the rt-click menu?
When I rt-click a tab, I get the move right/left options and rename tab (BTW, I too, am looking forward to the "save tab names" enhancement - just thought I'd mention it).
PJ in (sunny and warm!) Fla :D 8) :D
OK, new user warning is in effect, BUT ...nikos wrote:... get the default action from the context menu...
I don't see CLOSE on any context menu, or is that different from the rt-click menu?
When I rt-click a tab, I get the move right/left options and rename tab (BTW, I too, am looking forward to the "save tab names" enhancement - just thought I'd mention it).
PJ in (sunny and warm!) Fla :D 8) :D
just to add to the confusion...
but when you double-click the bar along the top, the window maximises!
and the bar is much bigger than the icon... and in x2's tabs there is also a bar area and a little icon!
...if close was added to the menu as default, then double-clicking the icon could close the tab?! and maybe double-clickin the bar could do somethin else? :D
when you look in the "system menu in window corners" you do see 'close' as the default action & when you double-click that same icon in the top-left corner, hey presto - the window closes...for example check the system menu in window corners
but when you double-click the bar along the top, the window maximises!
and the bar is much bigger than the icon... and in x2's tabs there is also a bar area and a little icon!
it's d-clicking the icon that triggers the default action... now since we have an both a bar and an icon (and since close is not on the menu)...d-click is traditionally associated with the default menu action
...if close was added to the menu as default, then double-clicking the icon could close the tab?! and maybe double-clickin the bar could do somethin else? :D