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Control+W. A simple keyboard shortcut. A double edged sword!
I use control+w probably hundreds of times a day as I'm constantly opening and closing new tabs in my browser. And using the convenient control+w keyboard shortcut to quickly close the tab when I'm finished with it. But sometimes, sometimes, you inadvertently do that shortcut on your keyboard and it can close the tab down that you're working in and once it's gone, whatever you was working on in that tab, such as writing something in a text field, is gone! Gone forever as though it never existed.
Sometimes I've control+w'd full on essays and things before I've got to post it because of doing that lol. It just happens when you're not really a certified and educated typist and you're not really looking at the keyboard and before you know it bang! The tab or the browser is gone in a nano second lol
I know it. You know it. Anyone that uses a keyboard and keyboard shortcuts knows it! Talking of keyboard shortcuts. How do you disable control+w shortcut and what can you replace it with instead? It seems the most comfortable key to press without having to move your finger much and mostly, all the other keys around it are taken up by some other command.
Example Firefox keyboard shortcuts
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Cristian
I think a cool feature should be implemented here, something to "lock" certain tabs from being closed. Like when you are working on something really important or you want to keep a page open for future reading a good way to prevent this should be done with a "lock" feature.
And there is actually an extension for this problem: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/lock-it/magjmoeipkknhmpcojpeomlfgaofhfho
Just installed it, I'll let you know how well it works, I bet you can find the same thing for Firefox. I personally used Chrome and I rarely use keyboard shortcuts, control+W also closes tabs on Chrome but I use the mouse instead, I totally understand you issues, I actually do this myself with the mouse! Like writing a CD response or a CD post and I end up closing it before hitting the publish button. Very frustrating! I think a cool feature should be implemented here, something to "lock" certain tabs from being closed. Like when you are working on something really important or you want to keep a page open for future reading a good way to prevent this should be done with a "lock" feature. And there is actually an extension for this problem: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/lock-it/magjmoeipkknhmpcojpeomlfgaofhfho Just installed it, I'll let you know how well it works, I bet you can find the same thing for Firefox.
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