I would like to know if it is possible to close tabs in several applications like gedit or empathy by doing click on the middle mouse button (wheel or scroll button) like the same behaviour of Chrome and Firefox.
I would like to do it without having to use Compiz since i am not running Compiz (Using Ubuntu Classic (No effects)
Middle-click is used for Paste in Ubuntu. All you have to do to Copy is select any text and then Middle-click to Paste.
There must be a way to change that behavior. Perhaps you could even do it without going into the source code and re-compiling.
Do you really want give up the middle click paste?! Middle-click paste is one of the greatest conveniences of X desktops. It saves me a lot of time and I believe it kept me from getting the Carpal tunnel syndrome.
While tiring to figure how to get the closing-tabs-by-middle-clinking behavior, closing tabs one can close tabs by pressing Ctrl-w.
Edit: Sorry, I didn't realize that the question author was talking about middle-clicking ON the tabs to close them. Both functionalities can co-exist.
To actually answer the question here: this can only be achieved per application.
For gedit there is tabs-enhanced.
