Don't move the target while I'm clicking Continuity

Finding

On desktop I often close a lot of browser tabs at once.

In Chrome this is easy. I close one tab, and the close button of the next tab is already under my cursor, so I can keep clicking in the same place until I am done.

On some other platforms the tabs resize the moment one closes. The next close button moves somewhere else, and I have to find it and move the cursor again for every single tab.

Idea

When an action is likely to be repeated, keep the target where it is until the user is finished.

The tab strip can hold its widths while the pointer is still in it, and only re-lay itself out once the pointer leaves.

Close → close → close, without moving the mouse between them.

The same applies anywhere a list has a button on every row: deleting, dismissing, approving, removing.

Why I like it

The user never notices it when it works. They only notice the version where they have to chase the button.

It costs nothing to hold a layout still for a few seconds, and it turns a slow, careful task into a few quick clicks.

If the user is about to click again, don't move what they are clicking.