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[โ€“] [email protected] 72 points 1 year ago (10 children)

I learned just enough coding and firefox framework to compile my own version of firefox with middle mouse closing tabs disabled

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

lol why not just not use the middle mouse button? Did you remap it to something else?

[โ€“] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Yes i have it mapped to a thumb mouse button for other applications. And then im browsing firefox, i wanna switch to a tab on the left, the button bumps against the keyboard, tab gets closed.

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

AutoHotkey can detect which program is active and rebind keys independently for each

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Makes sense, thanks for the explanation

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Are you aware of ctl + shift + t to reopen a closed tab? You can hit it multiple times too. Totally fine if you prefer this solution, but this is a useful tip regardless!

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not saying it wasn't worth it, but some other options that might work:

  • bind middle mouse to an extension (e.g open lastpass)
  • buy a mouse that lets you change keybindings on the mouse instead
[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

you cant bind middle mouse to anything in firefox, or in any browser I looked at. and I bound this button to middle mouse myself, it's used a lot in Blender and this is more comfortable than the default.

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