Cmd-W closes window in Safari... or does it?!

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David Roper Author

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Cmd-W closes window in Safari... or does it?!

Am I imagining it, or did Cmd-W use to close the active tab only?

Now when I want to close a tab, I hit Cmd-W and suddenly my entire Safari window closes.

I notice in the File Menu that Cmd-W is set to close window and there is now no keyboard shortcut to close a tab.

When did this change and why? Is there any way to get the old functionality back?

Thanks

I am using Safari 5.1.7, Mac OS X 10.7.4 on a Mac Pro

Mac Pro (Early 2008), Mac OS X (10.7.4), 8 core 3.2 GHz + 6GB RAM

Posted on Jun 28, 2012 6:41 AM

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Answer 1

CT

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Jun 28, 2012 6:54 AM in response to David Roper

That's weird. On my verson (5.1.6) command-w still closes tabs. shift-command-w closes windows.

Of course, you have to have some tabs open...

If there are no tabs open (just a single window) then command-w closes the window and the File menu has "Close tab" greyed out with no keyboard shortcut.

charlie

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Answer 2

Jun 28, 2012 8:59 AM in response to David Roper

Does this change if you play with Tabs Preferences?

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Answer 3

David Roper Author

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Jun 28, 2012 9:06 AM in response to David Roper

Thanks for th suggestions, but I solved it...

I had tried a utility called AppMenu Magic, and when I uninstalled this all went back to normal.

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