Bug 502569

Summary:	Add Meta+W as a Close Window shortcut
Product:	[Plasma] kwin	Reporter:	Antti Savolainen <antti.savo>
Component:	general	Assignee:	KWin default assignee <kwin-bugs-null>
Status:	REPORTED ---
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	cwo.kde, nate, xaver.hugl
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	6.3.4
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Arch Linux
OS:	Linux
See Also:	https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=508187
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:

Description Antti Savolainen 2025-04-08 14:57:02 UTC

SUMMARY
With the move to try and "Metafy" all system level shortcuts (like https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kwin/-/merge_requests/6964), I would like to suggest adding Meta+F4 as a an alternative default shortcut to Alt+F4

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux: Arch Linux
KDE Plasma Version: 6.3.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.12.0
Qt Version: 6.9.0

Comment 1 Antti Savolainen 2025-04-08 15:33:52 UTC

After having some conversations, Meta+W would make more sense so that it's more uniform with browser behavior (Ctrl+W)

Comment 2 Zamundaaa 2025-04-08 16:08:00 UTC

Meta+W specifically is already in use for the overview

Comment 3 Nate Graham 2025-04-09 17:03:43 UTC

Yeah, I'm not sure how much sense this makes.

Comment 4 Antti Savolainen 2025-12-16 23:24:27 UTC

Gnome seems to have Meta+Tab do the same as Alt+Tab. Maybe Plasma should do the same.

Comment 5 Antti Savolainen 2025-12-17 00:51:51 UTC

BTW, should I just mark this as a duplicate of Bug 508187 and copy all the info there?

Comment 6 cwo 2025-12-20 09:47:36 UTC

(In reply to Antti Savolainen from comment #4)
> Gnome seems to have Meta+Tab do the same as Alt+Tab. Maybe Plasma should do
> the same.

Plasma does since https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kwin/-/merge_requests/6964

It's a default binding, so it might not apply if you customized your switcher settings before that setting was included.

Comment 7 Antti Savolainen 2025-12-20 09:51:31 UTC

I don't think I ever customized my task switcher settings. Anyways, I set them to default now. Thanks.