While editing in an input field, I’m so used to going for Ctrl+W instead of Ctrl+Backspace because it’s more ergonomic. But almost all modern browsers use Ctrl + W to close tabs. Since when was this a convention? I’d love to go back in time and git revert this change. Incredibly frustrating.

TL;DR: old man yelling at clouds.

  • @[email protected]
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    91 year ago

    Doesn’t your browser warn you before closing a tab where you have entered text in an input field?

    • lckdscl [they/them]OP
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      31 year ago

      Yes, but that’s not always the case. For example, I use Portainer to drop into the shell of my Docker containers with a “terminal UI” and that tricks me into using Ctrl + W.

    • @[email protected]
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      21 year ago

      I am not entirely sure, but I think it depends on the page if it warns if text is in an input and you want to leave the page.