Thu 16 Mar 2017 11:28:33 AM UTC, comment #5:
I made a quick survey covering 4 software products, which is not representative. In general, there is a number of common ways to close a tab (using MS Windows, maybe different on Mac and Unix). Most software is offering a number of methods in parallel, for convenience. None of them is offering all.
Mouse
click left on the tab "X" symbol (Firefox, Notepad++, Matlab, Octave)
double-click left on the tab (Firefox via addon, Notepad++ via setting)
click middle on the tab (Firefox, Notepad++, Matlab)
click right tab + context menu + close (Firefox, Notepad++, Matlab)
Keyboard shortcuts
Ctrl + W (Firefox, Notepad++, Matlab)
Ctrl + F4 (Firefox, Matlab, Octave)
Menu
File -> Close (Notepad++, Octave)
Forgot anything?! Maybe...
The other way round:
Firefox is missing
Menu File -> Close
Notepad++ is missing
shortcut Ctrl + F4
Matlab is missing
double-click left on the tab
Menu File -> Close (since R2012b ribbon interface, I guess)
Octave is missing
click middle on the tab (until now)
shortcut Ctrl + W
double-click left on the tab
click right tab + context menu + close
=> In the sense of having functionality orthogonal across different software products, I would like to withdraw my suggestion to make this function configurable. I would rather plead to offer 5 or 6 of the above mentioned methods in parallel.
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