How do I disable CTRL+W in Internet Explorer?

"Shenan Stanley" wrote:

> Pendant wrote:
> > I never use CTRL+W to close all windows.
> >
> > I don't ever want to use it.
> >
> > When I press it by mistake it sometimes results in loss of whatever
> > I've been working on, with no warning, and no recovery.
> >
> > Naturally, I want to disable this annoying shortcut.
> >
> > How can I do this?
> >
> > I've searched and cannot find anything that tells me how to do this
> > (it even took a while before I found a reference to the CTRL+W
> > shortcut!).
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any ideas.
>
> How do you - might I ask - accidentally press CTRL+W?
>

You can certainly ask, although I'm only partially puzzled as to why you do
- I can only assume that you believe that this is unlikely.

It's not only not unlikely, it's actually quite a distinct possibility, if
you're using the Dvorak keyboard layout: CTRL+W is right next to CTRL+V.

Hence my desire to disable this potentially destructive shortcut.

Pendant wrote:
> I never use CTRL+W to close all windows.
>
> I don't ever want to use it.
>
> When I press it by mistake it sometimes results in loss of whatever
> I've been working on, with no warning, and no recovery.
>
> Naturally, I want to disable this annoying shortcut.
>
> How can I do this?
>
> I've searched and cannot find anything that tells me how to do this
> (it even took a while before I found a reference to the CTRL+W
> shortcut!).

Looking around - I have found an inordinate number of references to the
CTRL+W One google search for it will bring up MANY hits) - but disabling
it...

List of the shortcuts in Windows XP/etc:
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/help/2503b91d-d780-4c80...08-2f48

I found how to disable all of the new "EXTRA" shortcut keys in Vista:
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/disable-winx-shortcut-key...n-windo

Maybe someone else will come up with something.

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Pendant wrote:
> I never use CTRL+W to close all windows.
>
> I don't ever want to use it.
>
> When I press it by mistake it sometimes results in loss of whatever
> I've been working on, with no warning, and no recovery.
>
> Naturally, I want to disable this annoying shortcut.
>
> How can I do this?
>
> I've searched and cannot find anything that tells me how to do this
> (it even took a while before I found a reference to the CTRL+W
> shortcut!).
>
> Thanks in advance for any ideas.

Shenan Stanley wrote:
> How do you - might I ask - accidentally press CTRL+W?

Pendant wrote:
> You can certainly ask, although I'm only partially puzzled as to
> why you do - I can only assume that you believe that this is
> unlikely.
>
> It's not only not unlikely, it's actually quite a distinct
> possibility, if you're using the Dvorak keyboard layout: CTRL+W is
> right next to CTRL+V.
>
> Hence my desire to disable this potentially destructive shortcut.

The Dvorak layout usage is uncommon - at least in my experience. It may
well be different where you are located or by preference but yes - you have
pinpointed my confusion.

QWERTY layout causes it to be less often an accidental press, as CTRL+Q and
CTRL+E aren't really used all that much I would presume.

Thank you for indulging my curiosity and broadening my thought processes on
the matter.

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Pendant wrote:
> I never use CTRL+W to close all windows.
>
> I don't ever want to use it.
>
> When I press it by mistake it sometimes results in loss of whatever I've
> been working on, with no warning, and no recovery.
>
> Naturally, I want to disable this annoying shortcut.
>
> How can I do this?
>
> I've searched and cannot find anything that tells me how to do this (it even
> took a while before I found a reference to the CTRL+W shortcut!).
>
> Thanks in advance for any ideas.
>

Sun, 3 Feb 2008 12:15:34 -0600 from Shenan Stanley
<newshelper RemoveThis @gmail.com>:
> Pendant wrote:
> > I never use CTRL+W to close all windows.
> >
> > When I press it by mistake it sometimes results in loss of whatever
> > I've been working on, with no warning, and no recovery.
> >
> > Naturally, I want to disable this annoying shortcut.
>
> How do you - might I ask - accidentally press CTRL+W?

Isn't it obvious? "I'm done with this window now, so I'll Ctrl-W to
get rid of it. Whoops! the focus was somewhere other than I thought,
so I got rid of a window I want to keep instead of one I wanted to
get rid of."

And there's also "I'm done with this window now, so I'll Ctrl-W to
get rid of it. Whoops! I just realized I still needed that window
after all."

--
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"If there's one thing I know, it's men. I ought to: it's
been my life work." -- Marie Dressler, in /Dinner at Eight/

Pendant wrote:
> I never use CTRL+W to close all windows.
>
> I don't ever want to use it.
>
> When I press it by mistake it sometimes results in loss of whatever
> I've been working on, with no warning, and no recovery.
>
> Naturally, I want to disable this annoying shortcut.
>
> How can I do this?
>
> I've searched and cannot find anything that tells me how to do this
> (it even took a while before I found a reference to the CTRL+W
> shortcut!).
>
> Thanks in advance for any ideas.

Shenan Stanley wrote:
> How do you - might I ask - accidentally press CTRL+W?

Stan Brown wrote:
> Isn't it obvious? "I'm done with this window now, so I'll Ctrl-W to
> get rid of it. Whoops! the focus was somewhere other than I
> thought, so I got rid of a window I want to keep instead of one I
> wanted to get rid of."
>
> And there's also "I'm done with this window now, so I'll Ctrl-W to
> get rid of it. Whoops! I just realized I still needed that window
> after all."

If you read the answer given by the OP to my query - I think you will find
that is not the case.

Here it is...
Pendant wrote:
> You can certainly ask, although I'm only partially puzzled as to
> why you do - I can only assume that you believe that this is
> unlikely.
>
> It's not only not unlikely, it's actually quite a distinct
> possibility, if you're using the Dvorak keyboard layout: CTRL+W is
> right next to CTRL+V.
>
> Hence my desire to disable this potentially destructive shortcut.

Even peaked my interest in trying a few new keyboards. hah

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