[CC] Close Tab & Switch to Above/Below Tab for Automate Vertical Tabbar

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This CC tutorial is complement to my Automate Floating Vertical Tabbar for Mouse & Keyboard CSS mod. So, what does it do?

1. Add Close tab & switch to above/below tab (a.k.a. next/previous order tab) commands.

2. Auto-reveal tabbar from hidden or minimized (favicon) state when closing Active tab.

3. Highlight Active tab before closing tab, then auto-hide/minimized tabbar after closed tab.

LSS, it make closing active tab less confusing & let you take control of consecutive active tab after closing current active tab.

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How to Command Chains?

Please read this tutorial: https://help.vivaldi.com/desktop/shortcuts/command-chains/

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ReadMe

1. First, go to Settings > Tabs > Close Tab Activation, select ONLY Activate Above in Tab Order. Remember to also uncheck Always Activate Related Tab.

   

2. Next, create 2 new CC with below code:

   Close Tab & Switch to Above Tab

   

   Close Tab & Switch to Below Tab

   

3. Finally, setup 2 new keyboard shortcut or mouse gesture with above CC:

   

4. Personally I use 1 & 2 for switch to above/below tab, thus it's very convenience for me to setup Alt+1 & Alt+2 for Close & switch to above/below tab, just like in good old Opera Presto.

5. This CC shortcuts should also work with top/bottom position automate tabbar as long as you are using :focus-within to setup automate tabbar, because this CC using Focus Tab bar command to reveal the tabbar from hidden/minimized state.

6. If you are not using Automate (auto-hide/minimized) Tabbar, you can simplify the CC formula by remove Focus Tab bar & Deselect Tabs. You might wanna keep Focus Page because it improved access to the web content after closing a tab.

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Quirk/Limitation

Obviously, you won't be able to access Always Activate Related Tab & Activate Recently Used Order close tab behavior, but it's a trade-off for better control of active tab. You will know exactly which tab will be activated after closing current active tab, no more unpredictable & confusing guesswork after you closed current tab.

Then, click X button or Ctrl+W to close active tab will always switch to above tab. If you preferred always switch to below tab after closing active tab, then do this:

1. Select Activate Below in Tab Order in Settings.

2. Swap the 2 CC formula around...

3. Replace the first command of Move Active Tab Forward with Move Active Tab Backward.

That's all for this CC tutorial. Hope this will help u enjoy Automate Vertical Tabbar a lot more!

P/S Currently I'm working on Close Tab to 4 ways active tab (above/below/recent/newest) CC. It might render this CC obsolete, but everyone preferred something slightly different, so this tutorial might still be useful for someone... LOL

EDIT: Close Tab to 4 ways active tabs done it completed, get it here: https://forum.vivaldi.net/post/511470