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• Sharon Talbot commented  ·  November 5, 2012 4:15 p.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  As a person with small hands, I'd like to state that Ctl-F4 does not work for me. This is a common interaction, so I should be able to do it one-handed. Ctl-W is a standard elsewhere.

• Justin commented  ·  September 20, 2012 6:43 a.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  I disagree. It's a travesty that Ctrl+W has ever been used for this purpose. It's as if starting today, it slowly became common on linux or osx to use Ctrl+C to close apps. Ctrl+F4 has been the standard for a long time now, just as Ctrl+C has meant copy. I still remember when each app used a different keystroke for Copy, and now we're backsliding on the CloseWindow command. I wonder where this misfeature started? I suspect Netscape.

• David commented  ·  June 18, 2012 4:09 a.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  I think this would be a great default.

  For those who don't know, you can middle click to close a tab.

• Bruno Leonardo Michels commented  ·  May 15, 2012 12:20 p.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  Ctrl+W is a pre-shortcut to access windows. I configured my VS to close a tab on Ctrl+W + Ctrl+W (double Ctrl W)

• Ian William James Halliday commented  ·  May 11, 2012 2:49 p.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  Hells yes! I make this change first thing every time I have a new install of VS.

• HarrC commented  ·  April 23, 2012 4:15 a.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  +1

• Anonymous commented  ·  April 5, 2012 6:33 a.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  Yes! Even Windows Explorer closes with CTRL+W...

• jalf commented  ·  March 16, 2012 5:22 a.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  Just to clear up a bit of the misinformation here, ctrl-w and ctrl-F4 *both* close the current tab in most browsers (including IE). CTRL-F4 is fairly common in Windows-only apps, but virtually every cross-platform app and many Windows-only ones, such as IE) allow you to close a tab with ctrl-W.

  Personally, I prefer ctrl-W because (1) it's much easier to reach with one hand than ctrl-F4, and (2) a number of apps only react to ctrl-W. It'd be nice if VS followed this convention.

• Michael Paterson commented  ·  March 9, 2012 9:13 p.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  @Cesar this has long been a standard of tab-driven apps like web browsers.

• Cesar commented  ·  March 9, 2012 5:43 p.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  This is a doubt of mine: Why Ctrl + W?
  It has been Ctrl + F4 for ages closing MdiChilds, Tabs and so.
  I noticed Notepad++ uses Ctrl + W and now this suggestion. Who invented this new "standard" and why "W" key? Just curious

• Michael Paterson commented  ·  March 9, 2012 10:21 a.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  Yes!

• Chris Wright commented  ·  March 9, 2012 1:27 a.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  I think Ctrl + F4 is generally the accepted standard for closing tabs (this is true in IE and Opera and other tabbed browsers)

• mrdev commented  ·  March 7, 2012 10:15 p.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  This is what Ctrl+F4 is for. IE tabs work the same way. This key combination dates back to the MDI windows. Ctrl+F4 to close mdi child or tab, Alt + F4 to close the app.

• Bill Henning commented  ·  March 6, 2012 12:06 p.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  First thing I do when setting up VS is to bind Ctrl+Q to my close tab command. That one hasn't ever conflicted with other VS keys for me, although I'm not sure if it would for Resharper or CodeRush.

• Ruben Bartelink commented  ·  March 3, 2012 6:38 a.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  Resharper and CodeRush use this for widen scope and it would be very annoying.

• Adam Patridge commented  ·  February 28, 2012 7:54 a.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  While it should definitely be a default (along with Ctrl+Shift+T), to get by until this is implemented, you can set up keyboard shortcuts yourself in VS2010: http://www.patridgedev.com/2012/02/14/closing-tabs-in-visual-studio-with-ctrlw/