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>Why can I not middle-click task-bar items to close the app yet? This seems like an obvious feature since that's how you close tabs on a tabbed window. Because
by anonymfus 11y ago
>Why can I not middle-click task-bar items to close the app yet? This seems like an obvious feature since that's how you close tabs on a tabbed window.
Because middle-click on taskbar button opens new window/instance of application.
- WorldWideWayne 11y agoIt doesn't do anything in Windows 10. (Perhaps, just when taskbar items are ungrouped, but I'm not sure.)
- anonymfus 11y agoThat is strange. It works for me both with conventional (just checked FireFox 39, Opera 12, Visual Studio 2015, Notepad) and WinRT (Calculator) applications.
- WorldWideWayne 11y agoMaybe I need to check again. In any case, closing a window via middle-click would make so much more sense IMO.
- WorldWideWayne 11y agoIt turns out that I had all Settings or Control Panel type windows open when I tried that last time. Those windows don't have a new-window function. So, I think if we need a reason to change the functionality of middle-click on a taskbar-item, that's it. Every window should have a close-window function and there would be no confusion over what middle-click means. (Then again, I guess the designer was probably trying to protect non-power users when they decided that. A close-window function is obviously a destructive act. But power-users are such a powerful group, so I think they need to cater to use a bit more by giving us the gosh-darn options that we want!) EDIT: Also, I take it back. I'll keep it on this machine for now and see what happens...