Ctrl-F4 to close tabs

[slouw]

Am I right in saying this is not configurable?
I would prefer Ctrl-w simply to line up with browser tab action.

[rtb]

Hi slouw,

It is possible to map Ctrl+W to close a tab using the following steps:

1. In the 'Terminal / Emulation / Mapped Keys' category of the Session Options dialog click the 'Map a Key...' button.
   
2. Press Ctrl+W when prompted for the key you want to map in the Map Key dialog.
   
3. In the Map Selected Key dialog, select 'Menu Function' in the 'Function' dropdown menu.
   
4. In the 'Menu Function' dropdown menu select 'MENU_TAB_CLOSE'.

As a note, we don't usually map Ctrl accelerators (hotkeys) because remote UNIX applications often require the use of Ctrl keys to send signals/commands depending on the remote application. For example, Ctrl+W in a bash shell is often the default for deleting the previously typed word, but mapping Ctrl+W to close a tab could cause the loss of data and work performed when one only wanted to delete a previously typed word.

Does this help to answer your question?

[slouw]

Hi Todd
Thanks. Indeed thinking about it the same function (Ctrl-w) exists for Cisco IOS which has a UNIX character. I use it alot. Is it possible to make Ctrl-w do something different when the current tab is not connected? The UNIX/IOS function would then not apply...
I doubt it but anyway thanks for any further feedback.

[rtb]

Hi slouw,

It is not currently possible to define Ctrl+W to perform differently based on the connection state of a session.

Because of this, it is possible to map functions to different combinations of keys.

For example:

• Alt+W
• Shift+W
• Alt+Shift+W
• Ctrl+Alt+Shift+W

Do the above alternative key combinations help accomplish your goal?