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This extension will help you to close already unnecessary tabs. Just click on extension's icon to close 'em. I've always assumed this because it is useful to clean up after using middle-button to open lots of Google results. I find it useful. Since new tabs are to the right and not to the left of the current tab, this makes sense. I don't know. And after drag it to left part of pane. And use "close tabs to the right". By clicking "Post Your Answer", you acknowledge that you have read our updated terms of service , privacy policy and cookie policy , and that your continued use of the website is subject to these policies.

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Ask Question. Firstly, why is this? Secondly, how do I add a button to close tabs to the left? I've looked through the Google Chrome Support, and couldn't find anything useful. Jason 4.

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Close Tabs to Left Too many tabs opened? Moses 9, 21 58 Pramod Pramod 1 9. Firstly why is this I've always assumed this because it is useful to clean up after using middle-button to open lots of Google results. Unless I want to close the window entirely, which I close on the left.

Why should the close button be visible at all times?

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So the user doesn't have to play hide-and-seek when they want to close a tab. Comment 56 Deleted. Comment 57 by Deleted I don't understand why the close button and favicon can't both be on the left. I don't think this makes them 'compete. The close button on mouseover sounds like a bad idea -- I dislike UI elements that appear and disappear the few times I launch Safari, this really annoys me -- making me appreciate Camino even more!

Camino tabs. Comment 57 Deleted. Comment 58 by Deleted What Apple has shown us is that they basically don't give a crap anymore about consistency or usability. Apple being lame doesn't mean it's okay for Google to be lame. That sounds like Adobe talking. Consistency is king in a GUI. The close button should always be on the left on a Mac. Comment 58 Deleted.

Comment 59 by Deleted As a daily user of Macs as long as they've existed I would have never noticed this 'issue'. I use Firefox and Safari every day and this difference never occurred to me. Adobe, yes -- that's a mess and I hate it. But the close button on a tab? Comment 59 Deleted. Comment 60 by alanho I believe this is a link to the wave: Comment 60 Deleted. Comment 61 by simpleb The close button should absolutely be on the left. The pictures above provide a compelling argument against this, but I argue they are not valid. Both the Pages and Automator x-buttons mean "delete," not "close.

Indeed, they should not appear from underneath a favicon… that makes no sense. Nor would it look attractive to place the close button on the left or right of a favicon. According to Apple's own human interface guidelines, "…an application that merely meets the minimum requirements may be acceptable, but probably does not deliver the features most users expect and is unlikely to inspire admiration and loyalty in its users" http: Additionally, "You will have to work extremely hard to make sure that any newly introduced elements fit in with those provided by Cocoa and Carbon" http: What does this mean?

While Apple never explicitly states where close buttons should be placed on browser tabs, it does state that they should fit in. Close buttons in titlebars have been on the left on Mac since , and I can't think of any better definition of "fitting in" than that. Comment 61 Deleted. Comment 62 by vymac Close buttons have been on the left since the beginning of the Mac, and it should stay that way, in my opinion. Comment 62 Deleted. Comment 63 by Deleted When I first saw the various discussions about the location of the close button, my first thought was 'you people are all insane.

Who cares where the bloody button is? The answer, much to my surprise, is nearly every goddamn time. As much as I love Chrome as my day to day browser, the sheer amount of time I'm wasting having to THINK about closing each and every tab, is justification enough for me to consider Chrome broken, and until this is fixed, I'll be forced to stick with Safari, much to my dismay. Comment 63 Deleted.

Comment 64 by pornel It might look weird to someone who've just switched from Windows version, but for regular Mac Opera users there's really nothing wrong with this. And close button is where it should be.

Comment 64 Deleted. Comment 65 by Deleted The real solution to the conflict with favicons is simple, although I doubt it will be popular: Comment 65 Deleted. Comment 66 by matt In my opinion, in the mac version the close button should go on the left and favicons should probably be dropped from tabs - no one ever missed them in Safari. Comment 66 Deleted. Comment 67 by davidpk On the left, please. As has been mentioned before, in the Mac UI, 'x' buttons on the left mean close, but they mean delete when they're on the right.

This means that a click on the 'x' button of a Chrome tab where it is now would mean 'Delete this webpage from the Internet'! Comment 67 Deleted. Comment 68 by sch For the record, I don't particularly mind the current configuration. I understand the compromise that was made, and believe it was worthwhile.

Comment 68 Deleted. Comment 69 Deleted. Comment 70 by tarob Google fails again. Comment 70 Deleted. Comment 71 by tarob You know what else in Chrome has close buttons on the wrong side? And positively reeks of Windows? Screen shot at 3. Comment 71 Deleted. Comment 72 by simpleb You do bring an interesting example. But, as has already been established, a rollover close button is less than user-friendly; it would be far better to have the close button always-visible, so you can see where you're aiming when you first touch your mouse. Then again, if Adium, which could be considered one of the definitive Mac apps, has its tabs display a close button over the icon, then maybe it's not such a big problem.

Comment 72 Deleted. Comment 73 by Deleted A bunch of mac apps work this way already, even Safari does. Comment 73 Deleted. Comment 74 by Deleted You know what's awesome? The fact that there have been 73 comments on here about how much "Google failed" with this decision, and yet not one attempt to fix the perceived problem yourselves. It wouldn't be that hard. Google has made a decision, and personally: I agree with it. If you don't, fork the code, and fix it.

Comment 74 Deleted. Comment 75 by jasonter To the folks suggesting we fork it: Because it still doesn't fix the problem in the "official" Google version which is the only place it matters , and some of us posting here do not have the experience or knowledge to make this change. Comment 75 Deleted. Comment 76 by rist Comment 76 Deleted. Comment 77 by thakis chromium. Issue has been merged into this issue. Comment 77 Deleted. Comment 78 by thakis chromium. Comment 78 Deleted. Comment 79 by rohi Comment 79 Deleted. Comment 80 by aaron. This bug has a status of WontFix, why is this still being discussed?

Comment 80 Deleted. Comment 81 by jasonter Because it needs to be fixed. It's a bug. Comment 81 Deleted. Comment 82 by simpleb Comment 82 Deleted. Comment 83 by Deleted I really would like to have the close button on the left. Just swap the favicon and x button. One small tick box in the preferences would be fine and keep everyone happy.

Comment 83 Deleted. Comment 84 by Deleted I just don't understand why it's an issue to swap the places of the favicon and close button. I really find it baffling. Just do it. Comment 84 Deleted. Comment 85 by kec Close button on the right is a problem. All the browsers that I currently use on OS X have the close button on the left: Safari, Camino, Opera, even FIrefox.

It's a headache to come to Chrome and to find it on the right. Make it a preference if you must. Image 1. Comment 85 Deleted. Comment 86 by sce It makes a ton of sense to leave the favicon where it is and change it to a close box on hover. It does not make sense to leave it where it is when all other mac apps put it on the left. Comment 86 Deleted. Comment 87 by hansbo Fix it, please. If competition with favicon is your first consideration, close button always wins with more essentiality.

Comment 87 Deleted. Comment 88 by xix This was brought forward from early Windows days and still exists in Windows 7. Can we not have that at least? I'd also vote for that in the Windows version of Chrome too.

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Also, the "New Tab" tab should have an empty tab icon to be more consistent. Comment 88 Deleted. Comment 89 by chrisq google. As pointed out in comments 61 and 67 it is consistent with other apps to have the "delete shortcut" button on the right side of the website snapshot icons on the new tab page.

Comment 89 Deleted. Comment 90 by n. I request that this issue be reopened. Comment 90 Deleted. Comment 91 by krisr chromium. Comment 91 Deleted.

Comment 92 by pet. Someone should open a new ticket for that one.

Comment 92 Deleted. Comment 93 by jpat I like comment 6. Mouseover the favicon changes to a close-tab button. Comment 93 Deleted. Comment 94 by aaron. Is there a temporary bandaid solution available to fix this?

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Perhaps an extension? This is driving me crazy. Comment 94 Deleted. Comment 95 by hez Gentoo Linux amd If I try drag a tab out of the bar to create a new window, chromium crashes. This probably reflects a bug in the program. The error was 'BadWindow invalid Window parameter '. To debug your program, run it with the --sync command line option to change this behavior. Comment 95 Deleted. Comment 96 by quintin Please can we have some of that linux code?

The close buttons seriously need to be on the left for the Mac! D Seriously though it seems like your whole bar is being flowed right to left so maybe has something to do with your right-to-left language settings? Comment 96 Deleted. Comment 97 by hez It's the almost latest chromium code, version , I have no right-to-left settings. After rebuild chromium to an earlier version 5. Then I try to rebuild with latest version , the bar problem didn't comes. IsRTL return bounds. Comment 97 Deleted. Comment 98 by quintin This truly is ridiculous. This is just one of a myriad UI issues in Chrome ium that stick out like a sore thumb and screams "I'm a crummy Windows port" rather than "I am or at least try to be a native Mac app".

Guess Google's never cared about the native platform for smaller markets like Mac Comment 98 Deleted. Comment 99 by aaron. Comment 99 Deleted. Comment by help. Are there truly no real Mac developers on the team who care? Comment Deleted. Comment by jpat The discussion is still continuing because obviously folks want this fixed. It's absurd that it's in the wontfix state since it's such a seemingly simple and cosmetic change.

As a coder, I would expect that a developer with an understanding of this code would be able to make this change within a few hours or so. Add in some testing and maybe this change could easily be done within a day. That's fine. We'll keep using this at least to post our frustrations. Comment by korala Why reinforce the conventions of OS X when your ultimate aim is to move people onto Google-branded hardware running Google-branded software? Comment by thakis chromium. So here's some background. I'm not on the UI team, so my recollection is not authoritative it also means you don't need to convince me that a left close button is the right thing, as I don't have any influence on this.

The UI guys are not against a left close button per se, but they are, "fundamentally opposed to something that looks or feels more awkward than what we have". We haven't found a way to put the close button on the left that is not awkward in some way. The options are I had screenshots of the versions I have patches for, but I can't find them at the moment: Swap favicon and close button patch at http: Since icons are always on the left of the title, it's not even more consistent with platform guidelines. Also, this has "the sub- perception level annoyance that comes from an expected control no longer being visible.

Also, change the tab resizing logic on tab close, so that it's still possible to rapidly close a lot of tabs some dude wrote a blog post saying this is why the close tab buttons are on the right -- turns out, this is still possible with the button on the left. Patch at http: This feels a bit weird there's a pretty out-dated trunk build at http: But this still has "the sub-perception level annoyance that comes from an expected control no longer being visible", so it won't fly anyway.

No patch for this, sorry. Chrome doesn't have a minimum tab width, so you need to be able to rely on favicons when switching tabs. It also makes it hard to switch to small background tabs chances are you close them instead. Maybe fixable? But probably not. I can't see how. As I said above, there's no need to write something and try to convince me that I'm wrong. Your best bet is probably a well-authored blog post with a suggestion that solves all the issues mentioned above.