Comment 2 for bug 563226

I don't think a user really cares whether it is an application or process or belonging to the "computer" itself as you word it. I think the user expects consistency in how they are able to close out windows/applications. It's logical that if Ctrl+Q is used to close out of other applications/windows, then it would do so consistently.

Maybe my use of the word "close" was confusing when "quitting" would have been better, but here's what I mean.

Open Firefox and look at the menu options for Ctrl+W, Ctrl+Shift+W, and Ctrl+Q. All those keyboard shortcuts do what the user expects. In Nautilus, they do not. Not only that, but Ctrl+Shift+W in Nautilus (actually labeled Shift+Ctrl+W) does what a user expects Ctrl+Q to. I think a user expects Shift+Ctrl+W in Nautilus to behave the same as Ctrl+Shift+W does in Firefox *and* there to be a Ctrl+Q option in Nautilus.

I'm so used to pressing Ctrl+Q to completely exit out of applications that I find myself doing the same in Nautilus. And I'm sure I'm not the only one to do so.

Using Ctrl+Q isn't misleading because I think you misunderstood my post. If a user can completely exit out of other applications by pressing Ctrl+Q, then it's only logical they would expect to be able to do the same in Nautilus.

You wouldn't make the close button behave differently, from a user's perspective, would you? I don't think so, so why do it with keyboard shortcuts for closing/quitting applications?

Also, I think you are misunderstanding what Ctrl+W does from a user's perspective.

Try this little experiment for yourself to see what I mean:

1. Open Nautilus
2. Press Ctrl+W

What happened? The Nautilus window went way. The same thing happens if you press Ctrl+W in Firefox, yet Firefox has a Ctrl+Q option as well.

Now try this:

1. Open Nautilus
2. Press Ctrl+T to open a new tab (same as Firefox)
3. Press Ctrl+W

What happened? It doesn't close the window as the menu suggests, it just closes the selected tab. It doesn't actually close the window unless there is only a single tab open. This is the same behavior as Firefox, yet Firefox has a Ctrl+Q option as well.

Now try this

1. Open several Nautilus windows
2. Press Shift+Ctrl+W

What happend? Every single Nautilus window closed, *not* just the one you were working with. How is that intuitive? Shift+Ctrl+W in Firefox, for example, will just close out the currently selected window, *not* all of them. To close out every Firefox window, you press Ctrl+Q which is what a user expects and should be able to expect in every application and Nautilus.

It's only logical.

Also, for clarification, I'm not suggesting that Ctrl+W be done away with in Nautilus. I think it is fine for it to close out individual tabs (although the language should say "Close Tab/Window") and the currently selected window when there is only one tab open.

However, I do believe:

1. Shift+Ctrl+W should only apply to the currently selected window just as it does in Firefox; and,
2. There needs to be a Ctrl+Q Quitting option that closes out all instances of Nautilus windows just as it does for other applications. User should be able to expect consistency in keyboard shortcut options for quitting applications.