How to make ALL tabs show a "close" button?

[wakanasakai]

In firefox 21.0b5, I've been in the "about:config" area trying to find a way to make ALL tabs show a "close" button. The closest that I've gotten is this preference.
browser.tabs.closeButtons

0 = "Close" button only on the active tab.
1 = "Close" button only on the active tab.
2 = No "close" button on any tab.
3 = "Close" button to the right of the right-most tab.
4 & above = Same as 0.

Any suggestions?

[manto]

In your description above, 0 and 1 are listed as doing the same thing. But actually, 1 is supposed insert the "close" button on all of the tabs. See: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.tabs.closeButtons

[JayhawksRock]

browser.tabs.closeButtons = 1 works for me. Using a theme or user style CSS, Tabmix Plus or any other tab related extension? .... disable them all and see what happens Or restart in Mozilla Safe mode and see what happens

[James]

There is no 4 and above for values.

This is old but it shows what each value 0, 1, 2, 3 does.
http://jeffersonscher.com/FxPrefs/tabClose.html

[wakanasakai]

I use zero tab-related add-ons, so they couldn't have caused this glitch. However, when I re-started firefox in safe mode, all 11 of the tabs had "close" buttons. Then I re-restarted firefox normally, & now all 11 of them still all have "close" buttons.

I have found what causes the glitch. My laptop's screen is 1600 x 900, & my firefox doesn't have any side or bottom frames to it's window (or lack of a window; my laptop has the abomination that is Windows 8). I have firefox's UI set up so that all of my tabs are displayed on their own bar. If I have 1 to 11 tabs, they all have a "close" button, but if I have 12 or more tabs, only the active tab has a "close" button. This is with the preference browser.tabs.closeButtons set to a value of 1.

Is there any way to make all of the tabs show a "close" button when I have more than 11 tabs, which is almost always?

[Frank Lion]

If I have 1 to 11 tabs, they all have a "close" button, but if I have 12 or more tabs, only the active tab has a "close" button. This is with the preference browser.tabs.closeButtons set to a value of 1.

Is there any way to make all of the tabs show a "close" button when I have more than 11 tabs, which is almost always?

It's dropping the close buttons in tab overflow mode, i.e. more than 10 or so tabs.

You fix it with this -

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.tab-close-button,.tab-close-button > .toolbarbutton-icon {
   display: -moz-box !important;
   opacity: 1.0 !important;}   

[wakanasakai]

That looks like it would work, but what am I supposed to do with it? I understand that I'm supposed to edit something & add/change something to that, but what file am I supposed to edit?

[L.A.R. Grizzly]

Is there any way to make all of the tabs show a "close" button when I have more than 11 tabs, which is almost always?

Keep Tab Close "X" Buttons Visible:

1. Type about:config in the Firefox address bar. Hit Enter.
2. Go to "browser.tabs.tabClipWidth" in the list.
3. Right click, select "Modify", change to desired setting number.
4. Change setting to 1, default is 140.

[wakanasakai]

@ L.A.R. Grizzly
I just tested it, but the "close" buttons still don't show (except on the active tab) when I have 12 or more tabs.

[L.A.R. Grizzly]

@ L.A.R. Grizzly
I just tested it, but the "close" buttons still don't show (except on the active tab) when I have 12 or more tabs.

Sorry it didn't work. I'm on a desktop machine. Maybe there's something else needed for a laptop.

[malliz]

Sorry it didn't work. I'm on a desktop machine. Maybe there's something else needed for a laptop.

Don't be silly

[L.A.R. Grizzly]

Sorry it didn't work. I'm on a desktop machine. Maybe there's something else needed for a laptop.

Don't be silly

Well, I am silly! I just meant, maybe there's another config setting or something the OP needs for his 1600 x 900 resolution. I'm using 1024 x 768.

[mightyglydd]

You fix it with this -

Code: Select all

.tab-close-button,.tab-close-button > .toolbarbutton-icon {
   display: -moz-box !important;
   opacity: 1.0 !important;}   

WFM, thanks Frank, I was getting 9 tabs before the x button disappeared.

[L.A.R. Grizzly]

Well, now I'm confused. I'm not using Frank's code and I can have 30 tabs open and my x buttons are on every tab!

[the-edmeister]

^ what else do you have installed that you forgot about having??

Don't know how you do "user" mods, but I have Greasemonkey, Stylish, and also have some mods in userChrome and userContent css files. Easy for me to forget about what I modded and where the mod was done.