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Even with "ask to save tabs" unchecked, Firefox keeps asking to save tabs

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LB7979
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Firefox 32.0 for Linux.

The option "warn me when closing multiple tabs" is UNchecked in my preferences, but every time I close multiple tabs Firefox asks "Do you want Firefox to save your tabs for the next time".

I then check "do not ask next time", and when I restart the browser, the "warn me when closing multiple tabs" is still UNchecked, however Firefox still asks to save tabs.

Also, in my about:config the browser.tabs.warnOnClose shows "false". However, Firefox does not seem to respect that.

So Firefox actually remembers my settings, but does the opposite?

How can I get Firefox to respect the settings and disable that tab-closing warning message?

Firefox 32.0 for Linux. The option "warn me when closing multiple tabs" is UNchecked in my preferences, but every time I close multiple tabs Firefox asks "Do you want Firefox to save your tabs for the next time". I then check "do not ask next time", and when I restart the browser, the "warn me when closing multiple tabs" is still UNchecked, however Firefox still asks to save tabs. Also, in my about:config the browser.tabs.warnOnClose shows "false". However, Firefox does not seem to respect that. So Firefox actually remembers my settings, but does the opposite? How can I get Firefox to respect the settings and disable that tab-closing warning message?

Réiteach roghnaithe

There are also these prefs:

  • browser.tabs.warnOnCloseOtherTabs
  • browser.showQuitWarning
  • browser.warnOnQuit
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cor-el
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Réiteach Roghnaithe

There are also these prefs:

  • browser.tabs.warnOnCloseOtherTabs
  • browser.showQuitWarning
  • browser.warnOnQuit
LB7979
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Ok, by turning browser.warnOnQuit to 'false', now it doesn't show that warning. No idea how warnOnQuit got set to 'true' in the first place though...

The other 2 options were also set to 'true' but didn't seem to be the problem.

Thank you, it works perfectly now.

cor-el
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browser.warnOnQuit is true by default, so that value shouldn't be a surprise. When you have toggled it to false then it should now appear bold (user set).