Bug 390194

Summary:	Allow closing windows and quitting apps from the Task Switcher
Product:	[Plasma] kwin	Reporter:	Nate Graham <nate>
Component:	tabbox	Assignee:	KWin default assignee <kwin-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	notuxius
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	5.12.0
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Ubuntu
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Nate Graham 2018-02-10 03:32:45 UTC

Many other GUI environments' window managers implement a feature whereby while switching windows or apps, you can close the current one via a key on the keyboard without leaving the Task Switcher:

macOS: while switcher is open, quit app with Q key
Unity: while switcher is open, quit app with Q key
GNOME: while switcher is open, close window with W or F4 key

This is a great productivity booster and it would be absolutely lovely if KWin had the same feature. I would propose closing the current window with the W key, and quitting its parent app with the Q key.

Comment 1 Martin Flöser 2018-02-10 06:11:19 UTC

I expected this request when I heard that GNOME supports this.

Personally I don't think it makes any sense to use the task switcher for window closing, but I would not oppose to a patch.

Comment 2 Martin Flöser 2018-02-10 06:33:36 UTC

For what is worth to mention: the backend supports closing a window and exports it the QtQuick side. Just do: model.close(currentIndex) from Qml side to close the currently selected window.

Comment 3 Alexander Mentyu 2018-09-19 13:39:42 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 308331 ***