'Show Icon Only' should move tab to the left by default

Bug #768569 reported by Cris Dywan
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Midori Web Browser
In Progress
Medium
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Bug Description

The 'Show Icon Only' menu item should move the tab to the left, but otherwise leave it to be re-positioned freely as it is now.

Tags: bitesize

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Cris Dywan (kalikiana)
Changed in midori:
status: New → Confirmed
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gue5t gue5t (gue5t) wrote :

I personally feel this would not be what a user expects when they attempt to show only the tab's icon. It's better to be conservative in guessing what the user wants rather than assuming they want an unrelated behavior and make them undo an automatic action, leading to frustration.

That said, the ability to easily move a tab to the left might be something to add (especially as an action that can be activated with the keyboard?), though I admit I don't really see the usefulness of the ability.

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Arturo Torres Sánchez (r2d2.art2005) wrote :

This behavior differs from what is seen in Chrome and Firefox (and maybe Opera? I don't know if it has this feature).

But, as gue5t says, the option does what it says it does: Show Icon Only. Maybe we should change the option label to something like “Pin as app tab” (as Firefox does; maybe change some words) and then move pinned tabs to the left.

Changed in midori:
importance: Undecided → Medium
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Limeth (limeth) wrote :
Cris Dywan (kalikiana)
Changed in midori:
milestone: none → 0.5.12
status: Confirmed → In Progress
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