Lion Safari Little Annoying Bug

Henry Li · Jul 21, 2011, 12:52 PM

Sometimes, when I have several tabs in my safari windows, I cannot close the existing tab, since the little cross doesn't appear. WTF! What Lion is doing to Safari!!!

Drunken Master · Jul 21, 2011, 12:59 PM

Was doing that to me yesterday but it seems to have stopped today...dunno.

They'll fix it soon enough, but I've had to resort to click on another tab and then on tab I want to close again to get the X to pop up.

Henry Li · Jul 21, 2011, 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Drunken Master

Was doing that to me yesterday but it seems to have stopped today...dunno.

They'll fix it soon enough, but I've had to resort to click on another tab and then on tab I want to close again to get the X to pop up.

Hey~ I did the same as you! But, it is really annoying

deannnnn · Jul 21, 2011, 02:02 PM

The title of this thread makes me think of small insect annoying you while you're at a lion safari in like Africa or something.

Guini · Jul 21, 2011, 02:19 PM

I've noticed the same little bug, think you're slightly over exaggerating though..

paulold · Jul 22, 2011, 12:27 AM

I've noticed the same issue. It seems to be related to full-screen mode of Safari and tabs that open when you click on links in a webpage that used to open into new windows. Full-screen mode forces these new windows into tabs and these tabs don't come with the little close x's. You can right click them and say close tab. Or if you end up opening a few of them, you can right-click the main tab and choose close all other tabs. Clearly a bug. Getting sloppy, Apple...

Drunken Master · Jul 22, 2011, 12:33 AM

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Originally Posted by deannnnn

The title of this thread makes me think of small insect annoying you while you're at a lion safari in like Africa or something.

We've identified the problem TS, don't worry, a Genius is on the way. He may still be in high school and thinks a nose piercing is a great idea but he's a genius, I'll tell ya what pardner.

paulold · Jul 22, 2011, 09:53 AM

I think I came up with a possible fix. I remembered that Safari has the option of opening any link into a new tab. I had mine set to Never. The other choices are Automatically and Always. I set mine to Automatically and now the tabs are behaving properly. I haven't had trouble closing any yet. Seems to make sense that the Never setting would interfere.

Not sure if it made any difference, but I stepped out of full-screen mode, set the preferences for the tabs to Automatically, and then returned to full-screen mode.

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Drunken Master macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jul 2011	Was doing that to me yesterday but it seems to have stopped today...dunno. They'll fix it soon enough, but I've had to resort to click on another tab and then on tab I want to close again to get the X to pop up. __________________ MUJI Fans 無印愛好者
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Guini macrumors newbie Join Date: May 2011	I've noticed the same little bug, think you're slightly over exaggerating though..
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paulold macrumors 6502 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Washington, DC	I've noticed the same issue. It seems to be related to full-screen mode of Safari and tabs that open when you click on links in a webpage that used to open into new windows. Full-screen mode forces these new windows into tabs and these tabs don't come with the little close x's. You can right click them and say close tab. Or if you end up opening a few of them, you can right-click the main tab and choose close all other tabs. Clearly a bug. Getting sloppy, Apple... __________________ MacBook Pro 2011 17" 2.2Ghz, iPad Wifi 32GB, iPhone 4S 64GB Verizon, iPod Classic 80GB, Apple TV 2, Time Capsule 1 TB
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Jul 22, 2011, 09:53 AM	#8
paulold macrumors 6502 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Washington, DC	I think I came up with a possible fix. I remembered that Safari has the option of opening any link into a new tab. I had mine set to Never. The other choices are Automatically and Always. I set mine to Automatically and now the tabs are behaving properly. I haven't had trouble closing any yet. Seems to make sense that the Never setting would interfere. Not sure if it made any difference, but I stepped out of full-screen mode, set the preferences for the tabs to Automatically, and then returned to full-screen mode. __________________ MacBook Pro 2011 17" 2.2Ghz, iPad Wifi 32GB, iPhone 4S 64GB Verizon, iPod Classic 80GB, Apple TV 2, Time Capsule 1 TB
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