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[jazzfish]

21 days for Dreamwidth, #7:
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Problem: the W key is right next to the Q key, which makes for severe annoyances when I hit Cmd+Q instead of Cmd+W and close the entirety of Firefox instead of the tab I'm on.

Obvious yet nonworkable solution: turn on "Warn me when I'm closing multiple tabs" in Firefox's preferences. I don't know why it won't warn me when I Cmd+Q, but it won't. (Maybe I have something else set, maybe Cmd+Q is a system "quit this program" command that overrides Firefox's individual preferences.)

Suggestions?

Comments

[marcmagus]

Use the keyconfig Extension to turn off the Cmd+Q keybinding for quit, or rebind it to something you're less likely to hit by accident.

Opera on Linux uses Ctrl+Shift+Q, which is pretty good,though next to Ctrl+Shift+W. I just turned it off entirely; I don't quit Firefox very often.

[jazzfish]

I'm reasonably sure you can change that in the System Prefs as well. Or can you not change it if it's a built-in shortcut? Regardless, I'm reluctant to override global mappings on principle. (The principle of not confusing myself when I encounter a system that hasn't been customized to heck and back.) Mostly I'm hoping for a way to change Firefox's behavior. I should have been more clear.

[thanate]

How irritating-- Safari doesn't do that, so it's not inextricably a system thing.

[jazzfish]

As in, it warns you if you Cmd+Q? Hmpf. One more stupid Firefox 4 trick.

[skreidle.livejournal.com]

You can actually edit which key combo is responsible for quitting the program--I don't remember how off the top of my head, but I found it before for my Powerbook for the same reason--so that cmd-Q no longer quits Firefox. (I think I changed mine to cmd-Shift-Q.)

[jazzfish]

Yeah, it's in the System Prefs. I'm reluctant to override global mappings on principle. I'll do it, like with remapping the nigh-worthless Eject key to be a proper Delete key, but it makes me uneasy. Personal quirk.

[skreidle.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure I overrode the mapping for Firefox only, not all programs.. incidentally, I can't recommend the Sessions addon for Firefox enough--I haven't lost a tab yet due to program crashes or restarts.

[jude.livejournal.com]

if you have it set to autosave your tabs when you quit, it doesn't bother asking you. this probably overrides the "warn me when I close multiple tabs" function. (quick test: open a bunch of tabs and then one new window. when you close the bajillion tabs, does it warn you? if so, it's the autosave overriding, I'd think.)

[jazzfish]

I didn't have it set to autosave tabs, actually, but I do now. I'm betting this is just another stupid FF4 trick. Worst. Upgrade. Ever.

[rbandrews]

Just switch to Dvorak. They're on totally opposite sides of the keyboard.

[rbandrews]

Also, in Chrome, you can re-open tabs you've closed accidentally, even if you kill the app.

[jude.livejournal.com]

you can also do this in Firefox.

[jazzfish]

That's kind of handy.

I tend to be pretty conservative in my software choices; I used Netscape Navigator until sometime in 2001, I think. I hate switching.