Comments on: Keep Firefox Open When Closing The Last Tab

By: scott

scott — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 19:11:48 +0000

awesome.! that really was annoying especially with mouse gestures

By: Dom

Dom — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 07:52:08 +0000

If it’s relevant… There are instructions on removing the new tab button and adding a close button to the last tab at http://exploringtech.com/2009/07/firefox-35-two-problems/

By: Wobble

Wobble — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:52:34 +0000

Thanks stu for the tip. Saves me some screen real estate.

By: stu

stu — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:17:51 +0000

@ James: There is an option in the preferences, under tabs.

Is there a way to remove the new tab button?

By: James

James — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:34:23 +0000

By default you can’t close the last tab without using the Ctrl+W shortcut since there is no X on the tab.

However, what is more annoying is the fact that tab bar is always visible even if you’re only viewing one tab, especially on netbooks with limited screen real estate.

To fix this, again navigate to about:config in your address bar then head to browser.tabs.autoHide and double click the value to change it to true.