Feature Suggestion: Lock/Protect Pinned Tabs from Accidental Unpinning & Closing

[GeorgeStyl]

Hi Zen Team,

First of all, I have to say: this browser is absolutely amazing. I’ve been using Zen as my primary browser for about 4 months now, and I am completely hooked. I use almost all of its built-in tools all day, every day, and the workspace management has completely changed how I browse.

Because I rely on Zen so heavily, I wanted to suggest a small quality-of-life upgrade regarding pinned tabs.

Right now, I frequently use pinned tabs to save specific deep-link paths within websites. However, I constantly find myself accidentally unpinning or closing them. This usually happens in two ways:

1. Accidental middle-clicks on the tab.

2. Double-clicking near the top of the tab area, which accidentally hits the '-' (collapse) and then the 'x' (close/unpin) buttons.

It gets pretty frustrating because once they are gone, I lose those specific paths and have to navigate back to them manually.

The Upgrade Suggestion:
It would be incredibly helpful to have a "Lock Pinned Tabs" toggle in the settings, or a right-click option to "Protect Tab." When enabled, it could:

1. Disable middle-click closing/unpinning for pinned tabs.

2. Hide or disable the close/unpin button unless the tab is explicitly un-locked first.

Thank you so much for all the hard work you put into Zen. Keep up the incredible work!

[LucasM314]

In case you close a tab by accident, you can restore it by pressing Ctrl + Shift + T (or Command + Shift + T if you are on a Mac)

[srsly4]

+1, I found this thread a second after a reverted my accidentally closed tab with Ctrl + Shift + T. The shortcut bring the tab back but it's not in the pinned position it was before.

'Lock Pinned Tabs' would be great. Or at least a simple modal asking, if you're sure to close pinned tab.