Add Ctrl+W handling #13445

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opened 2026-01-31 03:42:56 +00:00 by claunia · 4 comments
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Originally created by @hello-smile6 on GitHub (Apr 14, 2021).

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Allow Ctrl+W to close a tab, similar to the behavior of Chromium

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@WSLUser commented on GitHub (Apr 14, 2021):

You can do this yourself within settings.json. Just bind the keybinding to the Close Tab Action. See the MS Terminal Docs.

@WSLUser commented on GitHub (Apr 14, 2021): You can do this yourself within settings.json. Just bind the keybinding to the Close Tab Action. See the MS Terminal Docs.
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@DHowett commented on GitHub (Apr 14, 2021):

indeed!

@DHowett commented on GitHub (Apr 14, 2021): indeed!
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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Apr 14, 2021):

For the record, the docs can be found here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/terminal/

Also, closing a pane is already bound to ctrl+shift+w, you'll find that'll probably work for you 😉

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Apr 14, 2021): For the record, the docs can be found here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/terminal/ Also, closing a pane is already bound to `ctrl+shift+w`, you'll find that'll probably work for you 😉
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@hello-smile6 commented on GitHub (Apr 14, 2021):

Oh!

@hello-smile6 commented on GitHub (Apr 14, 2021): Oh!
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Reference: starred/terminal#13445