How can I prevent Ctrl+W from closing Thunderbird?

[Dave Rado]

I frequently use Ctrl+W to close tabs in Thunderbird but I don't want it
to close the application, only open tabs. When I have many email tabs
open I frequently press Ctrl+W once too often and accidentally close the
application, and then have to wait ages for it to reopen, which is
infuriating. Is there any setting I can change to prevent Ctrl+W from
closing the entire application?

Dave

[Sjouke Burry]

Rightclick on leftmost tab, and select `close other tabs`

[WaltS48]

However, if you have the Calendar tab open and don't want to have to
reopen it, select that tab and right click > Close Other Tabs.

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[Onno Ekker]

Go to about:config and toggle the pref
browser.tabs.closeWindowWithLastTab to false.

Onno

[eisneun]

you can change a setting in config editor to prevent TB from closing
when closing the last tab.
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/config-editor
in the search bar in config editor, enter:
mail.tabs.closeWindowWithLastTab
the default value setting is true. double click on it to change the
value to false.

[eisneun]

On 9/27/2017 3:46 PM, Dave Rado wrote:

[Dave Rado]

Many thanks, that worked.

Dave

[Dave Rado]

That's a nice workaround and worth remembering, thanks - but I still
don't want Ctl+W to close the application. However, changing the setting
in config editor as described by eisneun fixed that.

Dave

[Dave Rado]

On 28/09/2017 00:10, WaltS48 wrote:
> On 9/27/17 6:46 PM, Dave Rado wrote:
>> I frequently use Ctrl+W to close tabs in Thunderbird but I don't want
>> it to close the application, only open tabs. When I have many email
>> tabs open I frequently press Ctrl+W once too often and accidentally
>> close the application, and then have to wait ages for it to reopen,
>> which is infuriating. Is there any setting I can change to prevent
>> Ctrl+W from closing the entire application?
>>
>> Dave
>
>
> However, if you have the Calendar tab open and don't want to have to
> reopen it, select that tab and right click > Close Other Tabs.

Thanks, that's helpful too.

Dave