On Tue, 20 Feb 2007 08:45:57 +0100, Joe wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > KS wrote: > > Long time ago Firefox used to behave like a normal Linux application > > with regards to keyboard shortcuts to close/quit the application. > > However, somewhere during the 1.5.x release or with 2.0, the Ctrl+Q > > does not do anything. Ctrl+W closes one tab at a time only and > > Ctrl+Shift+W quits the application (with more than 1 tabs open > > also). > > > > Why is it that it does not follow the *normal* keyboard shortcut of > > Ctrl+Q for quitting the application? All the applications that I > > used with either KDE or GNOME have Ctrl+Q as the shortcut to quit > > application. Am I missing something while expecting that Firefox > > should also behave like the others on Linux at least? > > You have to consider that Firefox's main target is Windows, not Linux. > Actually, according to the mozilla documentation, they specifically > write code that is portable, and even has guidelines on how to do it. > > That being said, the program is different, only in slight ways between > a Windows version and a Unix version. You can press ctrl-w to close a > window (current tab). Pressing the same key when only one window is > open will exit the program. > > Koqueror, the all-in-one file manager and browser, on the the other > hand follows the same rule to close the windows, however ctrl-w will > not close the program, nor will ctrl-q. Sadly to say, you're going to ..huh??? Both c-w and C-q works for me, both in kde and fluxbox, on both Iceweasel and Konqueror. ..now if the konq crew could use c-t rather than shift-ctrl-n for a new tab... > have to get used to new shortkuts, or you can download the source code > and change the shortcuts and recompile. > > Alt-F4 (the Windows shortcut for closing a program) works on both. ..and in kde but not in fluxbox, it'll take you to the 4'th pane. -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;o) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
