Option - Left Tab activated after closed Tab

[prdlik]

Please return back the function where closing a tab activates the tab to the left and not the tab to the right. I would be interested to know who wanted this function and why.

My behavior is that I click on a link on a page with Ctrl and a new tab opens. When I close it, I want to go back to what I was working on. Instead, the other open tab is activated.

When closing a tab, the tab to the right is activated (previously the tab to the left would get activated). (Obsidian 1.10.0 Desktop (Early access) - Obsidian)

[jaydu]

Agree. To your question see Wrong tab is shown after tab is closed or deleted - #6 by jaydu where I speculate on why the change was made.

[WhiteNoise]

@prdlik

My behavior is that I click on a link on a page with Ctrl and a new tab opens. When I close it, I want to go back to what I was working on.

If this is what you want, I think you should open a different FR asking for the “last active tab to be reactivated”, which can be on the left, right, separated by other tabs, or in another tab group all-togheter.

Addendum: I created the FR myself to track this

Reactivate previous active tab after closing current tab

Right now, when the current active tab is closed, the tab on the right is activated. This is a common pattern in web browsers. Given that obsidian is an editor, it would preferable to default to (or add the option to) reactivating the previously active tab. This will speedup users who want to resume working on their last active tab/note.

[prdlik]

In fact, I’ve never really thought about which Tab gets activated before. It’s only now, when making the change, that I’ve started to think about it. So my problem will definitely be solved if the settings is returned to how it was before. Alternatively, an option could be added in Settings if someone really appreciates the new setting.