[PLUG] Change firefox open tab order

2017-05-09 Thread Mike C. 

> Once upon a time with earlier versions of firefox I could change the
> sequence of open tabs by moving them. Then firefox removed that feature. Is
> there a way of moving open tab order in the newer firefox version?
>
>

   "This stopped working a couple of years ago.

I can move a tap to another position but as soon as I lift my finger from
the trackball button the tab snaps back to its original position."

In my mind there are 3 possible sources to this problem.

1. Feature removal
2. Know issue (Bug)
3. Unknown issue (corruption of FFox install)

1. The tab groups feature was removed in FFox 45. Not sure if that's applicable.
2. The only known tab related issue I could find is when flash is playing in a 
tab users have problems switching tabs. Not the same as moving, but possibly 
related?
3. For weird issues, Mozzilla support mentions the possibility of a hacked 
user.js file. The user.js file doesn't exist by default.

That leaves me to suggest run FFox in safe mode first, then check for a user.js 
file and remove it if one is found and then re-install and/or upgrade FFox.

HTH!


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Re: [PLUG] Change firefox open tab order

2017-05-09 Thread John Jason Jordan 
On Tue, 9 May 2017 05:52:09 -0700 (PDT)
Rich Shepard  dijo:

>   It occrred to me that perhaps ghostery, adblock-plus, or using the
>'classic' layout might be the culprit. This is a low priority item
>(needed only when a site locks me in and I need to close the tab to
>escape) so I'll get to it Real Soon Now.

I have Adblock Plus 2.8.2 and Classic Theme Restorer 1.6.5, but not
Ghostery, therefore, if the culprit is an extension Ghostery is at the
top of the suspect list. On the other hand, I glanced at the reviews
and didn't see any complaints about tab behavior, although I did note
that it has become a commercial product.

Another thought occurred to me - I have Chromium and Opera as well as
Firefox, and dragging tabs around works the same as it does in Firefox.
If you have any other browsers installed, see if you can drag tabs
around. If so, then the problem is in Firefox, if not, my bet would be
that the problem is some setting in your desktop.  
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Re: [PLUG] Change firefox open tab order

2017-05-09 Thread Rich Shepard 
On Mon, 8 May 2017, John Jason Jordan wrote:

> At the risk of insulting your intelligence, have you checked add-ons,
> plugins and extensions? (Rant: Why three different names for what are
> essentially the same thing?)

John,

   It occrred to me that perhaps ghostery, adblock-plus, or using the
'classic' layout might be the culprit. This is a low priority item (needed
only when a site locks me in and I need to close the tab to escape) so I'll
get to it Real Soon Now.

   Why three terms? To ensure that everyone understand the topic. Dif'rent
stokes for dif'rent folks, eh?

Thanks,

Rich
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Re: [PLUG] Change firefox open tab order

2017-05-08 Thread John Jason Jordan 
On Mon, 8 May 2017 17:37:09 -0700 (PDT)
Rich Shepard  dijo:

>   This stopped working a couple of years ago.
>> Window manager? Desktop environment?
>   Xfce4.

Xfce4, c'est à moi aussi, yet no problem here.

At the risk of insulting your intelligence, have you checked add-ons,
plugins and extensions? (Rant: Why three different names for what are
essentially the same thing?) I believe there is a way in Firefox to
launch it in 'safe mode' where all such stuff is not used. It probably
won't help, but it's worth a shot.
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Re: [PLUG] Change firefox open tab order

2017-05-08 Thread Galen Seitz 
On 05/08/17 17:37, Rich Shepard wrote:
> On Mon, 8 May 2017, John Jason Jordan wrote:
> 
>> I have always been able to drag tabs around, including from one window to
>> another window, and if I drag a tab completely off of Firefox it opens the
>> tab in a new window.
> 
>This stopped working a couple of years ago.
> 
>I can move a tap to another position but as soon as I lift my finger from
> the trackball button the tab snaps back to its original position.
> 
>> I wonder if the problem is in your Firefox.
> 
>Not too likely. It's been this way for quite a few versions.
> 
>> Window manager? Desktop environment?
> 
>Xfce4.

Works fine here with xfce 4.8, ff 52.1.0, CentOS 6.9


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Re: [PLUG] Change firefox open tab order

2017-05-08 Thread wes 
On Mon, May 8, 2017 at 5:37 PM, Rich Shepard 
wrote:

> On Mon, 8 May 2017, John Jason Jordan wrote:
>
> > I have always been able to drag tabs around, including from one window to
> > another window, and if I drag a tab completely off of Firefox it opens
> the
> > tab in a new window.
>
>This stopped working a couple of years ago.
>
>I can move a tap to another position but as soon as I lift my finger
> from
> the trackball button the tab snaps back to its original position.
>
> > I wonder if the problem is in your Firefox.
>
>Not too likely. It's been this way for quite a few versions.
>
>
>
I've never heard of this. I just went and installed Firefox version 45.9.0
(esr) and ran it, and re-arranged my tabs like normal. So something weird
must be going on with your particular setup.

-wes
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Re: [PLUG] Change firefox open tab order

2017-05-08 Thread Rich Shepard 
On Mon, 8 May 2017, John Jason Jordan wrote:

> I have always been able to drag tabs around, including from one window to
> another window, and if I drag a tab completely off of Firefox it opens the
> tab in a new window.

   This stopped working a couple of years ago.

   I can move a tap to another position but as soon as I lift my finger from
the trackball button the tab snaps back to its original position.

> I wonder if the problem is in your Firefox.

   Not too likely. It's been this way for quite a few versions.

> Window manager? Desktop environment?

   Xfce4.

Rich
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Re: [PLUG] Change firefox open tab order

2017-05-08 Thread John Jason Jordan 
On Mon, 8 May 2017 16:20:11 -0700 (PDT)
Rich Shepard  dijo:

>Apologies; I should have included that in the origingal post. The version
>is 45.9.0.

I have always been able to drag tabs around, including from one window
to another window, and if I drag a tab completely off of Firefox it
opens the tab in a new window. 

My current version is 52.02 from the Ubuntu 14.04 repos. I don't know
if I ever had 45.9.0, but this feature has always worked the same for
many years, including a couple years with Fedora.

I wonder if the problem is in your Firefox. Window manager? Desktop
environment? 
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Re: [PLUG] Change firefox open tab order

2017-05-08 Thread Rich Shepard 
On Mon, 8 May 2017, wes wrote:

> What version are you running?

wes,

   Apologies; I should have included that in the origingal post. The version
is 45.9.0.

Rich
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Re: [PLUG] Change firefox open tab order

2017-05-08 Thread wes 
What version are you running?

-wes

On Mon, May 8, 2017 at 3:52 PM, Rich Shepard 
wrote:

>Once upon a time with earlier versions of firefox I could change the
> sequence of open tabs by moving them. Then firefox removed that feature. Is
> there a way of moving open tab order in the newer firefox version?
>
>My web searches turn up initial tab order, how to use firefox tabs, and
> similar results, but not what I'm looking for. Except for a question about
> doing this on andriod and the answer is that it's not possible on that OS.
>
> Rich
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Re: [PLUG] Change firefox open tab order

2017-05-08 Thread Dick Steffens 
On 05/08/2017 03:52 PM, Rich Shepard wrote:
> Once upon a time with earlier versions of firefox I could change the
> sequence of open tabs by moving them. Then firefox removed that feature. Is
> there a way of moving open tab order in the newer firefox version?


I just tried it on version 53.0 (64-bit) on Ubuntu 14.04. It still works 
here.

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[PLUG] Change firefox open tab order

2017-05-08 Thread Rich Shepard 
   Once upon a time with earlier versions of firefox I could change the
sequence of open tabs by moving them. Then firefox removed that feature. Is
there a way of moving open tab order in the newer firefox version?

   My web searches turn up initial tab order, how to use firefox tabs, and
similar results, but not what I'm looking for. Except for a question about
doing this on andriod and the answer is that it's not possible on that OS.

Rich
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