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While the close button on editor panes is always available, even when the tab is not active/selected, the close buttons on windows like execution or output are only visible for the pane inside a container which was last active, whether it currently has the focus or not. This seems a bit inconsistent and inconvenient since it's quite annoying having to switch to a window first to close it when I know anyway what's in there and I don't need it anymore. BTW: The close button on incative windows could be a bit less obtrusive to avoid a unnecessarily cluttered look, e.g. with a gray instead of black X.
Passing to Jano/HIE.
Sorry but I don't agree. Close buttons on editor tabs should behave like in output panes, not the contrary. It's too easy to close an editor tab when you want to select it, just because you click on the X button. Also, with Metal L&F the X button does not blink when mouse is over, which makes it easier to click it by mistake.
just my 2 cents: I'm having opposite problem, I'm having trouble targeting the close 'x', the are got smaller compared to 3.5?
*** This issue has been marked as a duplicate of 37741 ***