This is just a tiny change i think would improve the vertical tabs.
Current State: To close the tab it needs to be expanded, expansion only happens when hovering the tab icon and than you have to move the mouse over the x to close it. Switching x button to the left of the tab icon would allow for faster closing of tabs, for Desktops it might be barely noticeable but on a laptop with a touch pad would be an improvement.
Since this might be locked to the UI used on the horizontal tabs, an alternative would be to hide the tab text in vertical and have the tittle show in a “balloon”. This way the x would be right next to the icon reducing the space taken during vertical tab expansion.
I was about to create a topic asking for something on the same regard.
The vertical tabs feature is great, I took a couple of days to get used tho, but there is no turning back for me, I just love it.
Closing a tab with your mouse or touch pad has being a nightmare because of this expanding feature and the “x” button being placed on the far right side. UI wise is the perfect placement but UX wise it isn’t.
My improvement suggestion: A “quick exit” feature. When the user hovers over a tab and press ctrl + left mouse click, it closes.
Im here to request this same change, but for the inverse reason as the posters above.
Current state:
After hovering the collapsed vertical tab, it expands, and the mouse cursor automatically ends up on the “X” button when expansion completes.
My issue with this is that when I hover a tab (before clicking) I usually want to change to that tab, not close it. But when the vertical tabs expand while im already clicking, I click the “X” on accident and close the tab instead of switching to it. Therefore moving the “X” to the left would prevent accidental closing of tabs.
Another solution to this would be to add an option to never expand vertical tabs when hovering them (I could just click on the small tabs without them moving beneath my cursor).
