386271 - Ctrl+W close tab is a serious design flaw

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Firefox :: Keyboard Navigation, defect)

Description

[Gevin Giorbran]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.8.1.4) Gecko/20070515 Firefox/2.0.0.4
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.8.1.4) Gecko/20070515 Firefox/2.0.0.4

In filling out this form, if I need to type a capitol W, if I miss the right shift key and hit the control key, or accidentally hit both, the tab will close and I will lose all my data. 

In writing this bug I remembered the undo closed tab option, and was just shocked to find that the long email I had written to a friend and lost suddenly was miraculously retrieved. Hooray, but how many people brilliant enough to consider that option. The ctrl+w close tab needs re-designed. Your the absolute best! Thanks 

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Write a masterpiece.
2. Sign your name Wilbur
3. Be born with a clumsy pinky finger.

Comment 1

[Jesse Ruderman]

Closing tabs is too common an action to not give it an easy-to-hit shortcut.  Fixing this by changing the shortcut would make Firefox inconsistent with other Windows and Mac apps.  I think this should be wontfixed in favor of bug 252646.

Comment 2

[Marco Bonardo [:mak]]

marking as invalid cause it's by design (internet explorer also uses CTRL+W to close tabs)
as said bug 252646 is the correct way of thinking this