Suggestion: Adjust vertical tab expansion when on the right to prevent users from clicking on the 'x'

[Brave-Matt]

Description

A bit of a niche issue but I do certainly see how this could be annoying for users. Basically, if vertical tabs are set to the right side of the screen, when you hover over those tabs, the panel expands and you're left with the cursor hovering over the "close (x) button and it is very easy to try to click there to select a tab but instead end up closing that tab:

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Steps to reproduce

1. Enable vertical tabs
2. Set them to show on the right and expand on hover
3. Hover (naturally) over the tab and click

Actual result

Too easy to accidentally click on the x and close the tab

Expected result

Should be able to hover and click confidently.

Reproduces how often

Easily reproduced

Brave version (brave://version info)

All

Channel information

• release (stable)
• beta
• 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/problem-with-vertical-tabs-on-the-right/584047