ESC should close tabs

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ESC key should close one tab, not all of them.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by sebas.sc...@yahoo.com.ar on 14 May 2009 at 9:10

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On this one i'm actually not sure I agree. Mind you, different people might see 
that
differently. Perhaps we should allow choosing which one its attached to.

Original comment by dra...@gmail.com on 20 May 2009 at 1:25

• Changed state: Accepted
• Added labels: Component-Gui, Milestone-0.8, Type-Enhancement

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Yes, you are right, may be you could add an option in preferences? i'm just to 
used
to closing tabs with ESC.

Original comment by sebas.sc...@yahoo.com.ar on 20 May 2009 at 1:44

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I think it's logical to close tab with ESC, as closing the window already has a
window manager keybind.

Original comment by Zarevucky.Jiri on 20 May 2009 at 5:13

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I think this one is more of a "Boss" feature. Where you have to get rid of the 
window
ASAP to try and hide it from someone who has come in :P

Am i wrong?

Original comment by dra...@gmail.com on 20 May 2009 at 5:33

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That's not a bad idea, but you could implement a feature present in Msn Plus 
for WLM:
Pressing ctrl+alt+space all conversations and contact list are hiden (sent to 
tray)
and WLM's icon's changed to a system one so the Boss doesn't find anything out 
of the
ordinary ;)

Original comment by sebas.sc...@yahoo.com.ar on 20 May 2009 at 5:37

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perhaps this can be added as an addin :P

I think the issue is to have the ability to hit a single keystroke easily that 
will
allow the current window to close quickly.

ESC is easy to reach without screwing up, while pressing a double or tripple
keystroke is much harder.

I've settled on Control-T to close a tab, and ESC to close the window.

Now ultimately i want to have a keybinding preference panel that allows the 
user to
setup his own. This will come.

Original comment by dra...@gmail.com on 22 May 2009 at 7:32

• Changed state: Fixed

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I like the idea of being able to set up the keybindings, but for now i prefer 
much more ctrl+w than 
ctrl+t, most programs that dont close tabs with ESC close then with ctrl+w and 
ctrl+t is used to open 
new tabs. I don't know what the rest think, but i believe we should return to 
ctrl+w.
I also agree with the idea of closing everything with only one keystroke, but 
this should be 
configurable, as galaxium will also be intended for desktop use and MSN users 
should be very used 
to closing tabs with ESC.
By the way, don't you think we could add an option in preferences to be able to 
change tab 
placement? I mean like in pidgin, you can choose to have tabs at the top, 
bottom, left, right, lef 
vertical and right vertical, two last ones are not so useful, i believe, but i 
actually love my tabs placed 
on the left, so it would be nice to have that too.

Original comment by sebas.sc...@yahoo.com.ar on 29 May 2009 at 2:30

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I have fixed this issue, now tab placement allows setting between those 6 
options in:

Preferences->Interface->Conversations

Original comment by dra...@gmail.com on 29 May 2009 at 3:43

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Great thanks phil!

Original comment by sebas.sc...@yahoo.com.ar on 29 May 2009 at 9:40

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Phil, tabs should have a maximum width, at least for placement on the sides, 
when a 
contact has a long nickname the tabs look huge.

Original comment by sebas.sc...@yahoo.com.ar on 29 May 2009 at 9:11