I often use Safari for browsing old.reddit.com on iOS. I have the Reddit preference to open links in new tabs enabled. Any time I click a link from Reddit it opens in a new focused tab. When I use the back gesture on this new tab it will close and return me to the spawning tab. This spawned/parent t…

This appears to be the same request but with fewer details. [image] Use GESTURES to go back and close tabs while browsing iOS Requests When operating the IPhone with only the right hand, the back operation is difficult. When a specific gesture is made, the user performs …

This is a problem on many sites that spawn new tabs. For example Google News, when one clicks an article link it opens in a new tab (to the respected news site). The only way to go back to Google News is to go into the open tabs dialog and select Google News tab. You might also close the news site t…

Back gesture closes new tab and returns to spawning/parent tab

Brave Feature Requests iOS Requests

dustincowles April 29, 2023, 4:35pm 2

This appears to be the same request but with fewer details.

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Back gesture closes new tab and returns to spawning/parent tab

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