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   Message 9,704 of 9,710   
   Nuno Silva to Dave Yeo   
   Re: Keyboard shortcut question   
   24 Feb 26 06:30:18   
   
   From: nunojsilva@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 2026-02-23, Dave Yeo wrote:   
      
   > NFN Smith wrote:   
   >> When I have the browser open, I frequently (but not always) close   
   >> tabs with Ctrl-W.   
   >>   
   >> However, I generally forget about the presence of Ctrl-Q to close   
   >> out Seamonkey entirely, at least until I'm sloppy with pressing   
   >> keys, and hit that one accidentally, and the result is that   
   >> Seamonkey immediately closes with no further dialog.   
   >>   
   >> I don't mind having the ability to close entirely with a shortcut,   
   >> but on the occasions I do it accidentally, it is annoying to have   
   >> everything closed immediately, without any confirmation.   
   >>   
   >> I made checks of all the options in Edit -> Preferences, and also in   
   >> about:config, and I don't see anything that would be like   
   >> "Promptforexit" that is offered.   
   >>   
   >> Is there something I'm missing, or does that function simply not exist?   
   >>   
   >   
   > Seems to me, with a new profile and more then one tab open, closing   
   > the browser gives a popup asking if you are sure. It also has a   
   > checkbox to stop that behaviour which most of us probably click. I   
   > know I do and then forget about it.   
   > Should be a setting to turn it back on somewhere. Might have to test   
   > with a new profile and compare prefs.js with it working and not   
   > working.   
   > Dave   
      
      
   IIRC the built-in behaviour (i.e. with no extensions changing it) is   
   that the popup will be shown unless SeaMonkey is set to save tabs on   
   quit and reopen them when started.   
      
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   Nuno Silva   
      
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