Better Ctrl W in Chrome with OffiDocs

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Run the Chrome online web store extension Better Ctrl W using OffiDocs Chromium online.

# Better Ctrl-W Vim users are used to using the `Ctrl-w` key combination for deleting the last word when in insert mode.

That's no problem for Mac OS users when using chrome, as the keyboard shortcut for closing a tab is Cmd+w.

This is a problem when using the browser on either Linux or Windows machines, as `Ctrl-w` is the shortcut for closing a window.

So, when editing a text, a Vim user might accidentally close the current tab by issuing a `Ctrl-w` command, sometimes losing important text that was being edited.

That annoyance motivated people to discuss solutions on [a StackOverflow thread][1], in which user [`samson`][2] commented he created [a Chrome extension][3] precisely to: 1.

Assign `Ctrl-w` to an extension shortcut that does absolutely nothing 2.

Assign a hotkey to close the current tab (I like to use `Alt-w` to mimic Mac OS's `Cmd+w`) The problem with his extension is that it only works with the currently active tab, and I regularly use `Shift + Click` to highlight a bunch of tabs, so that I can close them all at once.

His plugin didn't support multiple highlighted tabs, so I created my own.

# Usage To use this plugin as it's intended, you have to set up the keyboard shortcuts after installing it.

Go to `chrome://extensions/shortcuts` and set the following shortcuts: 1.

Assign `Do absolutely nothing` to `Ctrl-w` 2.

Assign `Close highlighted tabs` to `Alt-w` or any other key combination of choice This way, `Ctrl-w` will no longer close the current tab by mistake when editing it, and you will be able to use `Alt-w` to close either the current of all highlighted tabs.

[1]: https://superuser.

com/a/1207752 [2]: https://superuser.

com/users/276658/samson [3]: https://chrome.

google.

com/webstore/detail/ctrlw/goejokenmdamcapadhgghgpeeaeaaedc?hl=en

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Better Ctrl W web extension integrated with the OffiDocs Chromium online