Option to disable the audio icon on tabs

[sten003]

Hello Mozilla team.
Since I'm using vertical tabs, there is problem with switching cards. The mute button is right on the icon so I often end up muting a tab instead of switching to it (for example YouTube). It would be great to have an option to disable the audio indicator completely for those of us who don’t really need it. I can mute it with right mouse click and mute.

Thanks for considering it

[Jon]

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[Warpcore]

Agree, that mute icon is so annoy.  I mis-click on it so often...

[ttt7]

I strongly support having this option. Ever since the icon changed to move further right, not only does it distractingly move all tabs to its right when spawning and despawning (movement catches the corner of my eye non-stop), but also, it plops itself in the exact spot I instinctually click to switch to a tab, especially a new tab I just opened. I accidentally click the audio thing instead of moving to the tab, as I intended, probably at least 10 times per day. On the flip side, I have literally never once in my life intentionally clicked it. I don't need to mute tabs -- if a tab is playing something annoying, I'll just close it. If I really needed to mute it, I'd right click the tab and do it from there.

Quite frankly, this functionality is way too niche to be forcing all users to permanently dedicate first-tier "instantly activate with a single click" UI real estate to it. Even in an alternate universe where doing that made sense, overlapping it with a button that's constantly used for a more important task (switching tabs) would still be bad UX. Being able to see what tab is producing sound is theoretically useful, I guess, but I don't mind doing away with it to get rid of the other annoyances, if removing it entirely is easier than providing an alternative option without the interactivity that also doesn't move all tabs constantly as sounds start and stop playing.

[zenfon]

Mute function on tabs is the biggest mistake that exists in this browser

[dorkybot]

PLEASE give me an option to remove that icon. I click it dozen times a day when I want to switch to that tab. This is so annoying I'm thinking to switch browser!

[Agentvirtuel]

Hello

Is it this subject.

Without userChrome.css

With userChrome.css

.tab-icon-overlay{display:none!important;}

How to Create a userChrome.css File.
https://www.userchrome.org/how-create-userchrome-css.html 

For information purposes.
Firefox advanced customization and configuration options.
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-advanced-customization-and-configuration

[Agentvirtuel]

Additional information.

With the help of Browser Toolbox.
https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/devtools-user/browser_toolbox/index.html

https://www.youtube.com/embed/9w_EVtYmN8s

[ziv]

I like this idea 👍
Similar to mine: https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/ideas/option-to-not-have-buttons-on-tabs/idi-p/106538 😁
Hopefully this get implemented, at least in `about:config`.

[OwenCash]

This is one of those annoying "features" that nobody asked for and nobody wants, that Mozilla’s developers waste time on instead of fixing the numerous bugs with Firefox. I can name at least a dozen major websites that do not work properly with Firefox browser. 

[OwenCash]

This is one of those annoying "features" that nobody asked for and nobody wants, that Mozilla’s developers waste time on instead of fixing the numerous bugs with Firefox. I can name at least a dozen major websites that have issues with Firefox browser. 

[standapl]

Mute button is really annoying.

[Agentvirtuel]

Hello

A test, userChrome.css

.tab-audio-button{display:none!important;}
.tab-icon-overlay{display:none!important;}

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqb-Lok9OXw

[mmortal03]

On horizontal tabs, why can't the mute button just make use of the tab width that is already there, rather than widen the tab when it's playing? Doing it this way would both deal with the annoying tab resizing that shifts the whole tab row, catching your eye and making you think you might have accidentally closed a tab when a video starts/stops playing, but it would also allow for the mute button to remain present. People should be able to completely disable the mute button if they don't want it, but for me, the tab resizing/shifting that it causes is the most problematic part.

[standapl]

This userChrome.css code works. But users should be able to hide the mute button in preferences. The mute button is especially annoying for people with weak eyesight who accidentally click it.