61507 - Ctrl-W performs two different functions on Linux

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 55408

(Core :: DOM: UI Events & Focus Handling, defect, P3)

Description

[Casey Perkins]

The keyboard shortcut Ctrl-W, which, according to the File menu (and according
to common convention) is for closing a window, often does something else on
Linux. Namely, it deletes the text in the location bar.
This behavior is inconsistent and confusing. When a user presses a keyboard
command, they should not be left to guess what action will be carried out. I'm
all for a keyboard command to delete location bar text, but it would be nice if
it wasn't one that was already assigned elsewhere.
I haven't noticed this to be a problem on Windows builds.

Comment 1

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

Unfortunately, this is a feature that is much requested by Unix users...  The
issue is a collision between the keyboard navigation keys used by emacs/bash/a
bunch of other stuff and the Mozilla accelerators.  This has been much
discussed, and the current split-personality behavior was a compromise, I believe.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 55408 ***

Comment 2

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

mass verification of duplicate bugs: to find all bugspam pertaining to this, set
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if you think this particular bug is *not* a duplicate, please provide a
compelling reason, as well as check a recent *trunk* build (on the appropriate
platform[s]), before reopening.