Tdesktop: Need a setting to disable exit on Ctrl-W

[Low-power]

Steps to reproduce

1. Start Telegram desktop client
2. Open a chat
3. Press Ctrl-W

Expected behaviour

A setting to control this behavior should be available in the Settings dialog. I prefer to completely ignore this key binding, but the setting should also provide a behavior to this key binding that close the current chat session, instead of exit the program.

Actual behaviour

The whole Telegram program exited.

Configuration

Operating system:
Debian GNU/Linux 8

Version of Telegram Desktop:
1.1.10

Used theme:
Default

Logs:

[15:32:30.844 00-0000713] Waiting for taskThread to finish (localimageloader.cpp : 128)
[15:32:32.947 00-0000714] Shortcut event catched: Ctrl+W (mainwindow.cpp : 592)
[15:32:32.949 00-0000715] Session Info: stopping session dcWithShift 5 (session.cpp : 158)
[15:32:32.950 00-0000716] Session Info: marked session dcWithShift 5 as killed (session.cpp : 168)
[15:32:32.950 00-0000717] Waiting for connectionThread to finish (connection.cpp : 281)
[15:32:33.002 00-0000718] Telegram finished, result: 0 (main.cpp : 48)

[john-preston]

@Low-power It should just close to tray if the tray icon is available and enabled.

[Low-power]

I known the program will not exit if I enabled the tray icon, however I expect the program to exit when I pressing Alt-F4 (that is closing the window).

[stek29]

that close the current chat session, instead of exit the program.

Didn't understand this. You mean what Esc does?

[Low-power]

You mean what Esc does?

Yes

[stek29]

@Low-power then just use it

[Low-power]

@stek29 You probably misunderstood this issue. I mean I want to disable CTRL-W key binding; I'm not looking for a way to close a chat that Esc does.

[stek29]

Disable for what? Can't you just not press it?

[Low-power]

I often press this key binding mistakenly when trying to press CTRL-V, because W is next to V in my keyboard.

[thetoastcaper]

Perhaps only make Ctrl+W close the window when it's on the toplevel chat list?

[Ceda-EI]

Why does Telegram Desktop need to introduce a non-standard keyboard shortcut to exit it when the functionality already exists in practically every window manager / desktop environment? This should be disabled.

[thetoastcaper]

Ctrl+W is a quite common shortcut for closing the current tab/window on many programs.

[Ceda-EI]

It is a common shortcut for closing tabs in browsers and by analogy, it should close the chat in TG Desktop. There is not a single application that I know of which uses Ctrl + W to exit.

EDIT: By closing the chat I mean do the same thing as Esc

[john-preston]

@Ceda-EI If you press it in a Chrome window with last tab the window is closed. The window is closed in tdesktop as well.

[Ceda-EI]

With last tab
You cannot specify a special case and call it common. Also, carrying the analogy, it should do that if I only have 1 chat (analogous to last tab)

[john-preston]

@Ceda-EI In tdesktop you always have only one "tab" opened, which is closed by Ctrl+W. If I find time to implement chrome-like tabs in tdesktop, Ctrl+W will close a single tab.

[Ceda-EI]

@john-preston No, you don't have only one "tab" opened, you have only one "tab" focused just like you can focus only one tab in browser. Each "chat" is a "tab". Ctrl+W makes no sense in this context. It is best to disable it rather than make it a duplicate of Esc (or disable esc and use that solely to cancel replies and edits and use ctrl+W to leave chat)

[SmartManoj]

Use AHK as workaround

[Aokromes]

https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop/issues/3366#issuecomment-299989401 better ticket.