Browser tab cannot be closed from address bar

[rozgwi]

REPRODUCIBILITY: always
BUILD ID = OS VERSION: 4.2.0.21
HARDWARE: Xperia X
UI LANGUAGE: German
REGRESSION: Yes

DESCRIPTION:

up until now a browser tab could quickly be closed by hitting the menu and clicking on the white x button that appears in the tab count indicator leftmost on the address bar.
with the new design introduced with Verla, thar said x button does not close the tab anymore.

PRECONDITIONS:

a minimum of one tab open in Browser

STEPS TO REPRODUCE:

1. Tap on the menu icon
2. Notice white x button appearing on the address bar
3. try to tap it to close the current tab

EXPECTED RESULT:

The current tab closes

ACTUAL RESULT:

Only the opened menu closes again

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Has been described in another thread but not reported as bug

[Levone1]

feature, not a bug. It’s in release notes…

[rozgwi]

duh, you’re right…
why oh why?

[attah]

Idunno… seems somewhat accidental, but deemed an acceptable loss.
Turns out the button is covered by a transparent area stealing taps, not actually disabled, or removed.

Browser redesign in Sailfish 4.2 feedback thread

I made a PR to bring back the close button here: https://github.com/sailfishos/sailfish-browser/pull/905 It seems like at first the close button not being interactive was a mistake. All the functionality to close the tab was still there, the toolbar was just set to disabled by the animator and the menu was covering it. It wasn’t a “close menu” button. For the next Sailfish release the button will then be removed, because it isn’t clickable. My PR reverts that and makes it interactive. Now some…

[bane07]

So ironic. Until now i didnt know this option existed to close current tab. Now that i know, the feature is no more.

[robthebold]

This is a feature I’d actuslly ptefer not to have . . .

Maybe I wouldn’t mind so much if it was easier.to close current tab from tab list, but current one is listed last!

OTOH, tiled tabs in landscape view is a nice improvement .