357724 - ctrl-w behaviour on last tab with multiple windows is broken

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 341067

(Firefox :: Tabbed Browser, defect)

Description

[John Levon]

The behaviour appears to be broken. If I have multiple windows open,
then trying to close the last tab on *any window* just redirects me
to about:blank. This means I am forced to use the mouse (!) to close
windows.

It should only happen for the last window firefox has open.

See bug 236721 that implemented this behaviour.

Comment 1

[Simon Bünzli]

What's wrong with Alt+F4 and Ctrl+Shift+W?

Furthermore, having Ctrl+W behave differently depending on how many windows are open might just confuse those users who don't track the number of open windows.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 341067 ***

Comment 2

[John Levon]

It's called "RSI".

Comment 3

[Simon Bünzli]

(In reply to comment #2)
> It's called "RSI".

In that case you've got the further alternatives to
* hide the tab bar when only one tab is open (which makes Ctrl+W close the window again),
* install an extension to revert to the former behavior (the usual answer) or
* use the keyconfig extension to make a one key shortcut (e.g. F4) to improve the situation for yourself.

Comment 4

[Worcester12345]

(In reply to comment #2)
> It's called "RSI".
> 

What does RSI stand for? (http://www.acronymfinder.com/af-query.asp?String=off&Acronym=RSI&Find=Find&sourceid=mozilla-search)