After yesterday's update of Safari to version 26.0 (20622.1.22.118.2) and MacOS to version 15.7 (24G222), tabs in Safari stopped closing via the Trackpad. Also, the text or address input panel does not work when clicking on the tab itself. Tell me what to do?
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iMac 27″, macOS 15.7
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The tabs on Safari 26 are quite elongated now and the close (x) indicator remains on the left end of the tab. I don't use a trackpad on Tahoe, but it would seem to be a simple point and single tap to close the tab. If I open a new tab in Safari 26, the address input field is still active. It is not active if I open an arbitrary website in a new tab.
Neither clicking the close button (x) of the tab, nor clicking on the tab itself to enter text or an address helps - nothing works after yesterday's update.
I have an iMac 27 inch 2019, MacOS Sequoia. I can't close any tab in Safari right now...
I am having the same issue with both the 'x' and entering text into the tab in Safari 26 on an M2 MacBook Pro. As a workaround, I can close a tab by right-clicking (control-left-click) and selecting close tab.
Hope that helps.
I am also having the same issue and have reported this to Apple. Let's see when they are going to fix the issue.
same problem here
Сan't close tabs in Safari
