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Safari 4 was set to ask before closing multiple tabs, but when I upgraded to 5 this was no longer an option. I've looked in Preferences with no luck and the Help menu has no information. Now I lose websites when the window is inadvertently closed.
iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.2), Safari 5
Now I lose websites when the window is inadvertently closed.
Several alternatives...
If you close a window or quit Safari, when you relaunch Safari go to the menu bar click History > Reopen All Windows From Last Session.
And since you are running Lion you can enable the Lion "resume" feature.
Open System Preferences > General
Select: Restore windows when quitting and re-opening apps
This "answer" for FIREFOX is not applicable to the question about SAFARI.
Brilliant! I was wondering if there was a way to just disable the cmd-Q in Safari, it's the only place where having the Q next to the W in "Querty" is so inconvenient.
I made my Cmnd-Q into a "Home" key, which is innocuous for me. I tried to make the Q into another "Close Tab" so if I accidently hit it rather than Cmnd-W it would do the same thing, but then Cmnd-W didn't work. (I think.) So having the Q do something harmless is just fine.
Thank you, this has bothered me since they changed it.
Under History, there's a command to Reopen Last Closed Windows. I guess if you made the mistake of closing a window with multiple tabs, and before you do anything else, realize this mistake, then you can get it back. I just tried it, and it works.
It's not what you're looking for, but it may meet your needs.
Mr. EMan wrote: Under History, there's a command to Reopen Last Closed Windows. I guess if you made the mistake of closing a window with multiple tabs, and before you do anything else, realize this mistake, then you can get it back. I just tried it, and it works.
No, this does not restore the state of the pages, or content of fieldsl, or state of Flash apps etc.
William Donelson wrote:
Mr. EMan wrote: Under History, there's a command to Reopen Last Closed Windows. I guess if you made the mistake of closing a window with multiple tabs, and before you do anything else, realize this mistake, then you can get it back. I just tried it, and it works.
No, this does not restore the state of the pages, or content of fieldsl, or state of Flash apps etc.
Sorry. I didn't realize that Safari 4 could do that.
The original question asked about how to get Safari 5 to give a warning when closing multiple tabs, as Safari 4 did. I just wanted to give a solution to restore the tabs if you accidentally close a window. It's better than nothing.
How do I set Safari 5 to ask before closing multiple tabs?
