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Peter_Dinh
Brass Contributor
Jun 30, 2019
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Close “x” button

It would be very useful to hide or disable the close ‘x’ button on a tab because I often (and I guess many people)  click on it by accident, and thus close the tab unintentionally.
  • Quang Tonthat's avatar
    Quang Tonthat
    Jul 01, 2019

    Peter_Dinh I agreed, plus the 'x' looks very "ugly". Imagine you have 10 tabs, all with an 'x', looks nasty to me.

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SwedeHG
Copper Contributor
May 17, 2021
I generally don't have a problem with the 'x' for each tab. What does bother me is the 'x' in the top right corner that closes Edge. It works like a charm, but because I'm so used to closing windows by clicking on the 'x' in the top right corner of a window, I will often hit that 'x' to close a tab and Edge disappears. I understand the need for the 'x' in that position and it works great unless I'm just closing a tab. Perhaps that 'x' could be updated to have two functions - single click closes the current tab; double click closes Edge. This would eliminate me having to rebuild my Edge window.
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dftf-wip
Iron Contributor
May 17, 2021

The Edge team wouldn't be able to make it so single-clicking the X in the corner did anything different from double-click as that's not a difference Windows itself supports.

 

However, there is a way to make Edge not just close immediately when you click that X:

(1) In the Address Bar, enter edge://flags/#edge-ask-before-closing-multiple-tabs then press ENTER

(2) Change the dropdown for "Ask Before Closing Multiple Tabs" to Enabled

(3) Press the Restart button at the bottom, and wait for a new Edge window to appear

(4) In the Address Bar, enter edge://settings/appearance then press ENTER

(5) Turn "Ask before closing multiple tabs" to On

 

If you don't see "Ask before closing multiple tabs" in the Appearance section of the settings, close every Edge window you have open, then bring-up a new one.  You should then see it

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    SwedeHG
    Copper Contributor
    May 17, 2021

    Thank you, dftf-wip  I appreciate the help.  I've made the changes.  All I need to do is restart Edge.

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