Warn or disable command + W

[Anton Daneyko]

Dear All,
Is there a way to disable the closing of the tab on command+W? If not
disable, then ask for a confirmation?
It's not the first time this happens to me: I accidentally hit command+W
instead of command+2.

[Xian Xu]

there already is option for warning i think, in the general settings.

Post by Anton Daneyko
Dear All,
Is there a way to disable the closing of the tab on command+W? If not
disable, then ask for a confirmation?
It's not the first time this happens to me: I accidentally hit command+W
instead of command+2.

[Tom Feist]

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I think iTerm only supports internally the confirmation for Cmd-Q, and 'close multiple sessions', neither of
which would trigger for a single tab Cmd-W.

I'm using Butler (http://manytricks.com/butler/) which can support global hotkeys to trap Cmd-W (active only when
iTerm is frontmost app), and ignore it. You could probably do the same, or use the OSX System Preferences keyboard
shortcuts config to rebind it to something less easy to fatfinger.

System Prefs -> Keyboard -> Keyboard Shortcuts -> select 'Application Shortcuts' -> '+', select iTerm from list,
set command to be 'Close', and set a shortcut of something unlikely like Cmd-Ctrl-Shift-W or so.

HTH. Cheers,

Tom

Post by Xian Xu
there already is option for warning i think, in the general settings.
Dear All,
Is there a way to disable the closing of the tab on command+W? If not disable, then ask for a confirmation?
It's not the first time this happens to me: I accidentally hit command+W instead of command+2.

[TJ Luoma]

Post by Anton Daneyko
Is there a way to disable the closing of the tab on command+W? If not
disable, then ask for a confirmation?
It's not the first time this happens to me: I accidentally hit command+W
instead of command+2.

There is a preference setting to confirm closing:

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[Samuel Gómez]

Post by TJ Luoma

Post by Anton Daneyko
Is there a way to disable the closing of the tab on command+W? If not
disable, then ask for a confirmation?
It's not the first time this happens to me: I accidentally hit command+W
instead of command+2.

http://images.luo.ma/osx/iterm/preferences-session-always-prompt-before-closing.jpg

Upvote

[Dave Albert]

You can set an iTerm2 shortcut key to "ignore". Then is you want a short
cut to close a tab/window you could add another shortcut <alt><cmd>w to
close.

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Post by Anton Daneyko
Dear All,
Is there a way to disable the closing of the tab on command+W? If not
disable, then ask for a confirmation?
It's not the first time this happens to me: I accidentally hit command+W
instead of command+2.

[王然]

Great! Thank you!

圚 2014幎9月9日星期二 UTC+8䞋午2:53:33Dave Albert写道

Post by Dave Albert
You can set an iTerm2 shortcut key to "ignore". Then is you want a short
cut to close a tab/window you could add another shortcut <alt><cmd>w to
close.
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Post by Anton Daneyko
Dear All,
Is there a way to disable the closing of the tab on command+W? If not
disable, then ask for a confirmation?
It's not the first time this happens to me: I accidentally hit command+W
instead of command+2.