[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #44605] Tab handling in GUI: Close tab with middle mouse button

[Armin Müller]

Follow-up Comment #5, bug #44605 (project octave):

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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