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While editing in an input field, I'm so used to going for Ctrl+W instead of Ctrl+Backspace because it's more ergonomic. But almost all modern browsers use Ctrl + W to close tabs. Since when was this a convention? I'd love to go back in time and git revert this change. Incredibly frustrating.

TL;DR: old man yelling at clouds.

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[–] OptimusPrime@lemmy.moonling.nl 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

CTRL + SHIFT + T (multiple times if needed) will reopen the last closed tab.

Problem solved

[–] lckdscl@whiskers.bim.boats 7 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I know, but this happens only when editing text. Tab closed = text gone.

[–] buckykat@lemmy.fmhy.ml 8 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Doesn't your browser warn you about closing a tab with an active text input field in it? I get an "information you've entered may not be saved" popup.

[–] OptimusPrime@lemmy.moonling.nl 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Not with CTRL + W

It “force closes” the tab. Correct me if I’m wrong.

[–] jaykstah@waveform.social 3 points 1 year ago

Hmm just tested cause I was curious. I guess it depends on the site?

Firefox and chromium still prompted me with "are you sure" using CTRL+W on gmail and lemmy but closed without confirmation on Twitter

[–] buckykat@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I get the same warning popup behavior closing the tab with the mouse or with ctrl-w

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