Ubuntu
rekonq package

Ctrl +W doesn't close last tab

Bug #635973 reported by Scott Kitterman
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
rekonq (Ubuntu)
Won't Fix
Undecided
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: rekonq

Ctrl +W is "Close tab", but when there is only one tab, it doesn't do that. It instead closes the old tab and opens a new one. This is unfortunate and not consistent with how modern browsers that people commonly use (Firefox and Chromium) behave.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: rekonq 0.5.80-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-20.29-generic 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-20-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Sep 11 15:26:00 2010
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Alpha i386 (20100909)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: rekonq

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Scott Kitterman (kitterman) wrote :
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Kyubutsu (jf) wrote :

i dont see an issue with this.
as example: in chromium, closing the last [or first tab, depending how you look at it] quits the application, if thats what i wanted i would have exited the program couple other ways.
the behaviour in rekonq is fine with me, so i do not consider this to be a flaw.
my rationale: ctrl-w shouldnt close the application, so when all other tabs are terminated, home should always remain. makes sense to me

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Scott Kitterman (kitterman) wrote :

ctrl-w closes a window. I don't see why the number of remaining windows is relevant. If the user specifically says they want a window closed, to do something else is user hostile (typed into my Chromium browser session, because right now it's enough of a better browser to offset it's lack of integration with the workspace).

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Rohan Garg (rohangarg) wrote :

Actually Ctrl + W close a tab, but, this was a upstream decision to not close the window if there is only one tab remaining and to use Ctrl + Q to quit the application, this was discussed with upstream and they are going to stick to this behaviour. Marking as Won't Fix

Changed in rekonq (Ubuntu):
status: New → Won't Fix
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