Middle Click Closes Tab Eclipse Plugin

The Middle Click Closes Tab Eclipse Plugin is a valuable tool for Eclipse users as it provides the ability to close tabs with a simple middle mouse button click. This functionality is already present in Firefox, where a middle click on a tab closes it, and provides a much larger target area compared to the tab close button.

Closing multiple tabs can be a challenge as the remaining tabs get resized and the small close buttons move around. However, with this plugin, one can easily close multiple tabs without any inconvenience. It helps users who are accustomed to using the middle click to close tabs in Firefox from closing Eclipse Editor tabs by mistake.

Installation of the plugin is straightforward as users only need to drop the plugin into their Eclipse "plugins" folder and then restart Eclipse with the "-clean" option. Once installed, closing tabs is as easy as moving the mouse cursor over the tab and clicking the middle mouse button.

To disable the functionality, users can either remove the plugin file from the Eclipse plugins directory or disable it using the Eclipse plugin management tool. The plugin was tested with Eclipse versions 3.1 - 3.3, ensuring its compatibility with most recent versions of Eclipse.