Pendant wrote:
I never use CTRL+W to close all windows.

I don't ever want to use it.

When I press it by mistake it sometimes results in loss of whatever
I've been working on, with no warning, and no recovery.

Naturally, I want to disable this annoying shortcut.

How can I do this?

I've searched and cannot find anything that tells me how to do this
(it even took a while before I found a reference to the CTRL+W
shortcut!).

Thanks in advance for any ideas.

Shenan Stanley wrote:
How do you - might I ask - accidentally press CTRL+W?

Pendant wrote:
You can certainly ask, although I'm only partially puzzled as to
why you do - I can only assume that you believe that this is
unlikely.

It's not only not unlikely, it's actually quite a distinct
possibility, if you're using the Dvorak keyboard layout: CTRL+W is
right next to CTRL+V.

Hence my desire to disable this potentially destructive shortcut.

The Dvorak layout usage is uncommon - at least in my experience. It may
well be different where you are located or by preference but yes - you have
pinpointed my confusion.

QWERTY layout causes it to be less often an accidental press, as CTRL+Q and
CTRL+E aren't really used all that much I would presume. ;-)

Thank you for indulging my curiosity and broadening my thought processes on
the matter.

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