[Pidgin] #6138: Ctrl+W does not close tab

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#6138: Ctrl+W does not close tab
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  Reporter:  chrisrauh     |       Owner:  lschiere
      Type:  defect        |      Status:  closed  
  Priority:  minor         |   Milestone:          
 Component:  unclassified  |     Version:  2.4.2   
Resolution:  fixed         |    Keywords:          
   Pending:  0             |  
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Comment (by deryni):

 The checkbox is not even a preference in pidgin, it simply reacts to what
 the accelerator is on the Conversation->Close menu item. You can see this
 for yourself by bringing up the preferences window, turning the option on,
 checking the Conversation->Close menu item, and then while having both the
 menu and the preferences window active hovering over the Close item and
 hitting backspace (assuming you have GTK+ set up to allow on-the-fly menu
 item changing) you will see the Escape accelerator disappear and the
 preference checkbox uncheck. That being said, by default we do not provide
 an accelerator for the Close menu and as such the preference should not be
 checked.

 And as to which people would prefer by default, I don't know. Escape has
 been used by most/many of the official clients for ages, whereas ctrl-w is
 a more recent growing 'standard' for closing tabbed pages. I don't want to
 guess about which is more popular or more expected, other than to say that
 ctrl-w means delete-word to me as much as it means close-tab whereas
 escape has no other meaning. That being said I don't use either of them to
 close a tab.

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Ticket URL: <http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/6138#comment:7>
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