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After deleting a tab, can Firefox resume the tab on the left instead of the right?

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mcoxshop
mcoxshop

In many cases when one opens a new tab, the new one is opened on the right of the "parent tab". After reading the web page of the new tab, one often decides that the new tab is no longer useful and deletes it. Firefox automatically opens the tab on the right of the deleted tab, rather than resuming the "parent tab" on the left. This seems to be an ineffective design as probabilistically there are perhaps >90% chance one wants to go back to the "parent tab".

Q1: should Firefox change the default for resuming the left? Q2: is there a setting that user can change?

In many cases when one opens a new tab, the new one is opened on the right of the "parent tab". After reading the web page of the new tab, one often decides that the new tab is no longer useful and deletes it. Firefox automatically opens the tab on the right of the deleted tab, rather than resuming the "parent tab" on the left. This seems to be an ineffective design as probabilistically there are perhaps >90% chance one wants to go back to the "parent tab". Q1: should Firefox change the default for resuming the left? Q2: is there a setting that user can change?

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jonzn4SUSE
jonzn4SUSE
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Just check and these settings are true for me. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tab-open-close-control/

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