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Re: Ctrl+ W ok as sole source close

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From: Patrick H. Lauke
Date: Jun 10, 2017 2:35AM

On 09/06/2017 23:33, JP Jamous wrote:
> You just answered your own question. So many people don't know about this shortcut. This is a browser shortcut and you cannot expect the user to know it.
>
> You have to provide a close button.

I disagree. You can also close the window (in Windows) using ALT+F4 -
the standard "close this" shortcut. Users can also still ALT+TAB out of
the window, etc. In short, all regular keyboard commands to
navigate/operate a windowed environment still work. I'd posit that users
that don't know these commands will have a tough time in general
navigating/using a windowed environment.

Now, would it be nice to provide an explicit close button? Possibly. Do
you HAVE to provide a close button? I'd argue that no, you don't.

P
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