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| Thread ID: 127218 | 2012-10-10 09:33:00 | Chrome - Prevent browser from closing when last tab is closed | Erayd (23) | Press F1 |
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| 1306216 | 2012-10-10 09:33:00 | As per the thread title - is there any way to prevent Chrome from closing the main window after the last tab is closed? Ideally, closing the last tab would simply result in the 'new tab' one being displayed, however anything that keeps the window up will do. Whatever is suggested also needs to work on extension tabs, settings etc - so please don't recommend extensions such as Last Tab Standing (chrome.google.com); they aren't suitable. |
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| 1306217 | 2012-10-10 22:00:00 | You could have it re-launch it by having Chrome set up as your Windows "shell"? Or are we talking linux here? | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1306218 | 2012-10-11 02:50:00 | You could have it re-launch it by having Chrome set up as your Windows "shell"? Or are we talking linux here?Definitely Linux! | Erayd (23) | ||
| 1306219 | 2012-10-11 07:24:00 | Install the Chrome toolbox. Then in options/general/tab check the "Don't close current browser window when closing last tab, create a new tab instead" box. :p | wuppo (41) | ||
| 1306220 | 2012-10-11 08:39:00 | Install the Chrome tool box. Then in options/general/tab check the "Don't close current browser window when closing last tab, create a new tab instead" box. :pAssuming you mean this (chrome.google.com), it does't have any such option (see attached screenshot), and it doesn't seem to be able to prevent tabs from closing - according to the extension details (chrome.google.com), this is a Windows-only feature. Note that I'm running Linux, so Windows-only solutions aren't of any use to me. Edit: It also appears to be masquerading as a Google-created extension, which it isn't. This makes me incredibly suspicious of it. |
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| 1306221 | 2012-10-11 18:29:00 | Use Firefox. | somebody (208) | ||
| 1306222 | 2012-10-11 20:38:00 | Use Firefox.Firefox cannot prevent Chrome from closing the main Window, and is therefore not a solution. I don't want to change browsers - I just want to slightly change the way my current one behaves. If there genuinely isn't a solution I'll consider patching it to add the feature, but I'd prefer not to go down that road unless I really have to. |
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| 1306223 | 2012-10-12 04:45:00 | That is the problem with Chrome. It is too locked down by Google who want you to use it their way, just like IE. | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1306224 | 2012-10-12 05:07:00 | That is the problem with Chrome. It is too locked down by Google who want you to use it their way, just like IE.You're kidding, right? (dev.chromium.org) | Erayd (23) | ||
| 1306225 | 2012-10-12 05:16:00 | Yes, because the majority of end-users who switched from IE to Chrome because Google kept nagging them will know how to compile their own version, let alone actually implement any changes they want. | Agent_24 (57) | ||
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