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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Ctrl-Q vs. Ctrl-W vs. Alt-F4
From:       Maciej Pilichowski <bluedzins () wp ! pl>
Date:       2009-01-12 16:50:01
Message-ID: 200901121750.01821.bluedzins () wp ! pl
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On Monday 12 January 2009 17:09:49 Jos Poortvliet wrote:

> On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 4:50 PM, Markus <kamikazow@web.de> wrote:
> > Am Monday 12 January 2009 16:16:35 schrieb Celeste Lyn Paul:
> >> * What Alt+F4 does, especially in service applications
> >> (applications like Kopete which don't quit when you click the
> >> close button), and
> >
> > IMHO Alt-F4 should always equal with the X-button.
>
> +1

-1.

It relies too heavily on current MDI ban. With MDI it would lead to 
altering the main window. Because first you close (by pressing 
alt+f4) all child windows and then one more key press and you closed 
the main window.

Even for tabbed MDI this would be a slight confusion because of (x) in 
tabs.

And another reason -- in such case there would be a need for yet 
another action/shortcut "close the main window (directly)".

And yet another reason ;-) -- Ockham razor (in case of what you are 
proposing ctrl+w would be the same as alt+f4).

Alt+f4 should mean the same as clicking on [x] _on the app window_.

Cheers,
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