Bug 390194 - Allow closing windows and quitting apps from the Task Switcher
Summary: Allow closing windows and quitting apps from the Task Switcher
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 308331
Alias: None
Product: kwin
Classification: Plasma
Component: tabbox (show other bugs)
Version: 5.12.0
Platform: Ubuntu Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: KWin default assignee
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Reported: 2018-02-10 03:32 UTC by Nate Graham
Modified: 2018-09-19 13:39 UTC (History)
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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 ***