I’ve opened the following issue on Github. If you feel passionately about this issue — which you all seem to — please comment (nicely) on the Github issue and let the devs know you’d like to see this issue fixed:
opened 04:54PM - 26 Jul 24 UTC
feature/tabs-bar
design
feature-request
OS/Desktop
### Description
Large number of users are saying that they are constantly click… ing in the "dead zone" that appears above a tab after the new horizontal tabs implementation:
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/7bc70e00-13a1-4ae7-8ee2-debab7dc7d3a
It is worth noting that enabling or disabling the `#brave-horizontal-tabs-update` appears to have different effects for some users. Some users report that the issue with the "dead zone" only occurs with the flag enabled:
> I have to add that I only have this behaviour when i have the flag " Updated horizontal tabs" set to disabled under brave://flags. So for now I have set it to default in order be be more productive today. But please note that I do not like this design and would prefer to re-disable this option.
Other users still encounter the issue disabled or enabled:
> yupp, happening here even with the flag for “new horizontal tab design” disabled.
Setting aesthetics aside entirely, I would suggest we make the tab design optional (surface flag to settings) or at minimum, expand the tabs clickable vertically to go all the way to the top of the window, since most people aren't clicking above tabs to move the window anyway.
### Steps to reproduce
1. Have new tab design
2. Accidentally click in dead zone above tabs.
### Actual result
Many users failing to click tab.
### Expected result
Not clicking on the dead zone
### Reproduces how often
Easily reproduced
### Brave version (brave://version info)
1.68.128
### Channel information
- [X] release (stable)
- [X] beta
- [X] nightly
### Reproducibility
- [ ] with Brave Shields disabled
- [ ] with Brave Rewards disabled
- [ ] in the latest version of Chrome
### Miscellaneous information
User reports:
https://community.brave.com/t/new-update-changed-tab-shape/559629/5
https://www.reddit.com/r/brave_browser/comments/1eb8swb/what_fresh_hell_is_this/
https://www.reddit.com/r/brave_browser/comments/1eceeco/how_to_revert_to_old_tab_style/
https://www.reddit.com/r/brave_browser/comments/1ec437z/brave_updated_horizontal_tabs_design_doesnt_work/
https://www.reddit.com/r/brave_browser/comments/1ebwkkd/im_glad_i_use_vertical_tabs/
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