In Windows, you can click (without releasing the mouse button) to the X to bring focus to it, and then press spacebar to try to close the tab. The X button has the clicking animation, but does not close the tab.
Yes, we should open an upstream bug, as this issue also occurs in Windows (and maybe Mac OS X). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/779581 Title: “Close” button in tabs not responding with the keyboard To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/779581/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
