close window tab box

[caramba22242]

When I am browsing the internet and close a window using the cross on the top right of a page, all my pages close and it takes me back to a bare desktop.
I am warned that by clicking on that button multiple tabs will close but I can't seem to close just the top page I am viewing .
Any ideas guys??

[Buenchico]

Clicking the 'cross' box, at the top right of a tabbed browser doesn't close a window. It closes the program.

To close a single tab, click on the cross at the top of that tab.

For example, I've just paused while typing this reply and opened a couple of extra tabs. (One for Google, the other for the BBC website). Here's a screenshot from my PC:
http://i9.tinypic.com/4poe63a.png

The active tab is the one labelled 'close window tab box in The An....'.

To close this tab, I'd click on the white cross, in the red box, next to the label. (By doing so, I'd only close the Answerbank page. The others would still be available).

The two other tabs, for Google and the BBC, have the red box greyed out, because those tabs aren't 'active' (i.e. currently visible). I can switch to those tabs by clicking on them, or I can close those tabs by clicking on the greyed out boxes.

Chris

(PS: That screenshot is from Firefox but Internet Explorer 7 should be very similar)

[caramba22242]

Hi Chris,
I only have the one cross.
I open Mozilla firefox and that opens their start page with the cross in the top right corner.
I type in a search request in the search box and a list comes up.
I select something from the list and that opens up that web page but I still only have the one cross in the top right corner.
So....When I close the page I've just viewed it also closes Mozilla Firefox.
P.S I couldn't view your snapshot as only a blank page came up but I think I know what you mean as I used to have a separate cross for the page I was viewing.
Not any more.

[Buenchico]

Odd! That link works for me.

Much as I love Firefox, I've never quite worked out why it chooses to open some pages in a new tab, but others in the existing tab. It doesn't bother me though, because I nearly always right-click on links. This gives the option of choosing a new window or a new tab (which is what I usually select).

You can also open a link in new tab by middle-clicking on it. This would normally open the tab in the background but if you've selected "When I open a link in a new tab, switch to it immediately" under Tools > Options > Tabs, the new tab will appear in the foreground. (Another way to open a link in a foreground tab is to hold down Shift while middle-clicking).

Remember, as well, that both Internet Explorer and Firefox will open a link in a new window by holding down Shift while left-clicking.

Chris

[Buenchico]

Oops! Sorry!

I didn't intend that to come out in bold text. I obviously forgot to enter the HTML code, to turn off bold text, after 'right-click'. I really must learn to use the 'preview' button before posting ;-)

Chris

[poinsy]

Can I just confirm a few things.

1) You are using Firefox?

2) Which version?

3) You are definitely using the close button on the Tab bar (on the same horizontal level as the Tabs themselves), not the Close button for the Firefox application itself?

4) You have multiple Tabs open.

Sorry if I sound a tad condescending, it's difficult to grasp people's IT skill level like this.

As an aside, there is a great extension for Firefox called TabMix Plus, which offers loads of useful features for dealing with Tabs, and it includes a Session Manager which is superior to Firefox's own.

Paul

[Panic Button]

Give up and use Microsoft Internet Explorer

[caramba22242]

I can't panic button as I had to format my hard drive and l lost my pre installed version of Windows and am now using a bootleg copy.
Buenchico mate I don't know what you mean by middle clicking? There are options in Firefox Tools regarding tabs etc but I don't know what setup to use to make all sites open as a new window pane.
Poinsy. I have the latest version of Firefox but I can't get the pages I view to open in a separate window so I only have the One tab showing..A white cross on a red background at the very top of the screen on the blue bar

[Buenchico]

Hi again.

Almost every mouse these days has a scroll wheel between the left and right buttons. That scroll wheel can also be clicked on. That's what's meant by 'middle-clicking'. Try it!

Don't bother trying to open new windows. Stick to new tabs.
Go to Tools > Options > Tabs. Select 'New pages should be opened in anew tab'. Also place a tick alongside "When I open alink in a new tab, switch to it immediately'. Click 'OK'

In future, when you click on a link, use the scroll wheel, not on the left button. That should open a new tab (in the foreground). If, for some reason, you can't click on the scroll wheel, right-click on the link and choose between a new tab or a new window.

Chris