Using CTRL+W to close tabs in Visual Studio

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In Tools | Options | Keyboard...

1. Add CTRL+W as a Global shortcut for Window.CloseDocumentWindow
2. Remove the CTRL+W shortcut for Edit.SelectCurrentWord

The caveat to this is if you are used to using CTRL+W to select the current word. If you do, find another shortcut that works for that.

In my VS Code it was command: workbench.action.closeActiveEditor (Linux)

thank you! every time i install VS i forget this and i choose File.Close instead... hair-tearer for sure!

Imagine the organization which can not assign "CTRL+W" to close the window in their flagship development product for a decade or more. Actually much more than a decade. This is not a snarky comment. I am just amazed users need an non-trivial community effort to solve that.

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The 2nd bullet did the magic! thanks

Thank you! :)

First thanks from 2022!

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For those on Resharper, it appears Ctrl+W is used by a couple commands. In order to get Ctrl+W to close a window, you have to clear the Resharper keyboard settings first.

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Thank you so much! ❤️

Thank you !

Still useful to this day :)