My favorite keyboard shortcut is command + w

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by matthaeus • 15 years ago

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I love to close tabs that way.

What's your favorite?

akkartik• 15 years ago

alt-enter to open urls in a new tab.

mikeleeorg• 15 years ago

Somewhat related: It irks me how the Quit shortcut (Command + Q) is so close to Close shortcut (Command + W). I've accidentally shut my browser down and lost all of my browser-based work more than once by hitting Q instead of W.

A solution for anyone else who's interested: remap the two shortcuts; details here -> http://simonwillison.net/2004/Jun/8/remappingShortcuts/

steventruong• 15 years ago

If you're using Chrome, sometimes you can Command Shift T and it'll reopen the entire browser along with all the tabs the way it was before you shut it down.

ggchappell• 15 years ago

That article about remapping shortcuts in OS X is nice. Sadly, it was written a while ago, and, while the method in it does allow me to add a new shortcut in Snow Leopard[1], it apparently does not deactivate the old one. Thus, my newly created shortcut quits Firefox; but so does command-Q. :-(

[1] In the instructions in the article, replace "Keyboard & Mouse" with "Keyboard". Otherwise, follow the instructions exactly.

plasma• 15 years ago

CTRL+T for new Chrome tab, CTRL+Tab to cycle tabs (or CTRL+1, ... 9)

Windows D for desktop, Windows E for explorer, CTRL+R for Run (especially in Windows Vista/7).

My favorite keyboard shortcut is command + w

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