Dead pixels above tabs

[Trelligan]

I cannot click a tab with my cursor at the top of the window because there is a 'dead pixel' range above it. [I have tabs at the top of my browser.] I find this to be 'fiddly', and have to futz about with small mouse motions to hit the tab precisely which slows me down.
There is a UI design principle that active elements on the edge of a window extend completely to the edge; this allows the user to 'throw' the mouse cursor to the edge, and get a usable reaction. This principle is followed for the Menu, Minimize, Maximize and Close buttons but not the tabs. (I am unsure why the Trashcan icon has the dead pixels above it; some kind of guard?) The buttons on the left and right also reach to the left and right window edges, respectively.
I have searched this forum and cannot find this issue mentioned. There is probably a specific term for this that I can't think of.

Since this is a fundamental change that some users will object to, it should be an option - either in the regular Tabs setup, or some other advanced setup, or in theme settings.

I use Windows 7 64-bit, and am a new user of Vivaldi, version below.

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[Pesala]

@trelligan The principle is called Fitts’s Law

Go to Settings, Tabs, Tab Display and enable "Remove Tab Spacing in Maximized Windows."

I am not sure why this is not the default setting. Maybe because many users fill the tab bar with tabs and need those few pixels to grab the window title bar?

The Trash Can is on the Tab Bar, while the Minimize, Restore, Exit buttons are on the Windows Title Bar. If you enable Tab Thumbnails you can see why there are dead pixels above the Trash Can if there are dead pixels above the tabs, but not if you enable the suggested option in settings. The same reasoning applies to the New Tab button.

[pauloaguia]

Before I switched over to the vertical tab bar, those pixels were the only way for me to pick up the window straight from maximized and drag it to another screen (as I work in a multi screen environment). All with just one click. Same thing if you want to drag it from maximized to the left or right of the screen to tile it with another window.

If those pixels were not there, I'd have to restore the window, move the mouse and pick it up in its new location before I could move it...

[Pesala]

@pauloaguia Understood. People like to use the mouse easily. There are a few pixels between the New Tab button and the Trash Can, and (in Windows) one can use the Windows key + cursor keys to move windows.

I do think the option should be available for those who want it, but I think the default should be to remove the pixels. In my opinion, Fitts' Law is more important when selecting tabs or opening the Close Tabs menu, than being able to drag the window around.