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Disable middle click tab bar

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My previous question: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1254024

With the latest update, the following css tweak to disable the creation of new tab when middle clicking the empty tab bar area no longer works.

https://pastebin.com/zSJYR8PJ

This along with the shortcut CTRL+SHIFT+P to open a new private window are features no other browsers have.

My previous question: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1254024 With the latest update, the following css tweak to disable the creation of new tab when middle clicking the empty tab bar area no longer works. https://pastebin.com/zSJYR8PJ This along with the shortcut CTRL+SHIFT+P to open a new private window are features no other browsers have.

Modified by ZetiX

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Hmm, still works for me, except the new tab + button wasn't working so I had to change its selector:

/* Block middle-click on tab bar */
#tabbrowser-tabs .arrowscrollbox-scrollbox {
  pointer-events: none;
}
/* Exceptions: tabs, new tab button */
.tabbrowser-tab, #tabs-newtab-button {
  pointer-events: auto !important;
}

This was in a new Firefox profile on Windows, so no title bar, no menu bar, tabs on top, etc.

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Hmm, still works for me, except the new tab + button wasn't working so I had to change its selector:

/* Block middle-click on tab bar */
#tabbrowser-tabs .arrowscrollbox-scrollbox {
  pointer-events: none;
}
/* Exceptions: tabs, new tab button */
.tabbrowser-tab, #tabs-newtab-button {
  pointer-events: auto !important;
}

This was in a new Firefox profile on Windows, so no title bar, no menu bar, tabs on top, etc.

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My bad, you're correct that it only stops the new tab button from working. I was really frustrated when posting this as I had to remove the css tweak from every device thinking it wouldn't work.

Thank you so much for resolving this!

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This might be better code to allow a long press on the new tab button (containers tabs menu), otherwise you can't click an item in this drop-down menu.

/* TAB - Pointer Events */
#tabbrowser-tabs .arrowscrollbox-scrollbox{pointer-events: none}
.tabbrowser-tab,
#tabs-newtab-button,
.tabs-newtab-button,
.new-tab-popup, .new-tab-popup > *{pointer-events: auto}
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Sorry for replying to this post again but is there another workaround for disabling this function or where the documentation for the tab bar CSS is?

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There appears to have been a change in Firefox 71 for the selector. I hardly use middle-click in that area, so I hadn't noticed it.


/* TAB - Pointer Events [tested:68-73] */
#tabbrowser-tabs :-moz-any(.arrowscrollbox-scrollbox, .tabbrowser-arrowscrollbox) {pointer-events: none}
.tabbrowser-tab, #tabs-newtab-button, .tabs-newtab-button {pointer-events: auto}
.scrollbutton-up, .scrollbutton-down {pointer-events:auto !important}
.new-tab-popup, .new-tab-popup > * {pointer-events: auto}  /*container tabs - longpress*/

Modified by cor-el

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cor-el said

There appears to have been a change in Firefox 71 for the selector. I hardly use middle-click in that area, so I hadn't noticed it.

Can I just say I love you so much. I really cannot use Firefox without this tweak and it's been driving me nuts each time it breaks. Thank you so much!