Using x to close tab, closes the current in background window
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Description
Describe the bug
I use Brave on MacOS and recently I've started experiencing that pressing x closes the current tab in another window. I don't think I've observed it on Windows.
It doesn't always happen, but quite often. Alt-tab back and forth most often solves it, but by then the damage is done.
To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
- Open tabs in multiple Windows
- Choose a tab and click x
- See that a tab in the other window is closed
Browser and Vimium version
Browser: 1.84.141 Chromium: 142.0.7444.176 (Official Build) (arm64)
Vimium: 2.3.1
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reproducing the issue on macOS with tabs in multiple browser windows, following the listed steps and checking whether pressing x closes a tab in the other window. Trace the tab-close handling from that interaction and verify that only the active window's current tab closes; repeat the reproduction steps to confirm the fix.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100