Make close tabs easier for rounded tabs - X on mouseover

[jwm-mbartek]

With the new UI, the only ways to close tabs are:
1) Select the tab and thereby reload the page
2) Right click on the tab and select close from context menu.

Previous behavior, if I remember right - You could mouse over the tab and the full tab with X would appear, allowing tab closing. 

The current setup really slows down workflow and is counterintuitive. 

[kelimuttu]

When you say with the new AI, are you referring to the Smart Window feature?

[dftf]

I suspect they meant to type "UI" and are referring to the new rounded Nova look

[kelimuttu]

I was confused because I  couldn't replicate the issue on my side. I checked Nightly and release but I can still see the x menu to close the tab when I move my mouse over the tab. 

@dftf can you perhaps see if you can replicate it? 

[dftf]

Why don't you tag the original user, @jwm-mbartek ?

They're on a Mac; I'm on Windows, so this may not be an issue I can replicate.

From their screenshot, it looks like they have Firefox in full-screen mode and none of the tabs are showing the 'X' to close them.  Maybe when you have a certain number open, and the tabs reduce in-size, the X gets removed from them?

Surely most of Mozilla in the US use Mac devices?  Can't they test this internally?

[jwm-mbartek]

I opened a fresh window and that's exactly the behavior I see. X is visible if there are a small number of tabs. X disappears due to small tab size with a lot of tabs open. It would be good to have it reappear on mouseover.

[jwm-mbartek]

I meant UI. May I blame autocorrect? No.

In any case I've attached a screenshot. Note that the cursor is over a tab without activating X menu. The activated tab is the last one visited. In order to get the close tab, the tab must be loaded. This is on a Mac Pro.