Shortcut Q: Closing Firefox tabs with mouse?

[citydreamer]

Hey guys,

Recently made the switch to Mac from PC - after over 12 years of exclusively, intensively using PC. Already I'm loving my MBP, and I've been trying to pick up as many nifty shortcuts as I can.

I couldn't figure out this one: Is there a way to close an individual Firefox tab by clicking it in conjuction with pressing a key? This way, I won't have to go straight to the "x" every single time when using the mouse. Cmd+W works, but only on immediate screen. I used to simply middle click to close a tab, but my new mouse's wheel button sucks!

Thanks for your time!

 

[No1nfoProvided]

I don't think there's a way of doing it. I've actually been looking for a way to a substitute for middle click on my trackpad, but to no avail

 

[mac2x]

Hey guys,

Recently made the switch to Mac from PC - after over 12 years of exclusively, intensively using PC. Already I'm loving my MBP, and I've been trying to pick up as many nifty shortcuts as I can.

I couldn't figure out this one: Is there a way to close an individual Firefox tab by clicking it in conjuction with pressing a key? This way, I won't have to go straight to the "x" every single time when using the mouse. Cmd+W works, but only on immediate screen. I used to simply middle click to close a tab, but my new mouse's wheel button sucks!

Thanks for your time!

⌘ – middle click works (I have a Magic Mouse with Magic Prefs to give me a middle click)

 

[citydreamer]

I don't think there's a way of doing it. I've actually been looking for a way to a substitute for middle click on my trackpad, but to no avail

Have you tried checking out Firefox add-ons? I did a quick search and found this one:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5981/

⌘ – middle click works (I have a Magic Mouse with Magic Prefs to give me a middle click)

Hey mac2x,

My middle button (wheel button) actually sucks... but I found some cool Firefox add-ons that helped alleviate the issue!

Thanks

 

[spinnerlys]

Which add-on did you find to solve the issue?

Btw, this one is one nifty add-on: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/39/

 

[No1nfoProvided]

Have you tried checking out Firefox add-ons? I did a quick search and found this one:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5981/



Hey mac2x,

My middle button (wheel button) actually sucks... but I found some cool Firefox add-ons that helped alleviate the issue!

Thanks

Thanks for the help. This should make things a bit easier.

 

[citydreamer]

Which add-on did you find to solve the issue?

Btw, this one is one nifty add-on: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/39/

Well, I actually found a combination of a few add-ons to somewhat remedy my original situation. And with them, I actually found some other pretty cool features too!

First, I added "Rights to Close," which lets me double-right-click on a tab to close it. Also, simply double-right-clicking on the tab bar or even on the actual page closes it! Pretty cool.

I also had "Tab Utilities" which offered a ton of features, including setting actions to happen (like close tab, close other tabs, protect tabs, etc) with different mouse+key combinations (alt+click, ctrl+click, double click, etc). It solved my issues and offered me a lot more cool features, but it was too complicated and actually changed some stuff it shouldn't have... I didn't have time to configure it, so I just disabled it for now. I'll most likely revisit it in the feature.

I also found "All-in-One Gestures," which is a kick ass program that lets you perform browsing functions by either right/left/middle clicking on the screen, holding it, and making a shape (like, an "L" shape closes a tab, and a horizontal line going form right to left performs "Back"). Not only functional but pretty damn cool.

Anyway, no built-in functions in Mac or Firefox for my original issue, but I found a lot of cool remedies via Firefox add-ons.

Hope that helps!