<![CDATA[Cmd+W closes the window instead of the tab.]]>Hello,

As the title says, Opera closes the whole window instead of the current tab. It has been happenning randomly since yesterday.

Anyone got the same issue?

Bye!

]]>https://forums.opera.com/topic/29322/cmd-w-closes-the-window-instead-of-the-tabRSS for NodeTue, 21 Apr 2026 17:33:26 GMTWed, 24 Oct 2018 10:22:03 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Cmd+W closes the window instead of the tab. on Wed, 21 Aug 2019 12:02:04 GMT]]>Still not working reliably on 63.0.3368.35.
Interesting responses here are the one from ant8672 and totyahu. Switch to another application and back to Opera and it starts to work correctly?! Weird...

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/179713https://forums.opera.com/post/179713Wed, 21 Aug 2019 12:02:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cmd+W closes the window instead of the tab. on Mon, 19 Aug 2019 08:39:32 GMT]]>@sergeyivan My solution: I went back to Windows 10... 🤣

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/179531https://forums.opera.com/post/179531Mon, 19 Aug 2019 08:39:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cmd+W closes the window instead of the tab. on Wed, 14 Aug 2019 11:38:59 GMT]]>I'm surprised how long it takes to fix such an annoying bug.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/179055https://forums.opera.com/post/179055Wed, 14 Aug 2019 11:38:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cmd+W closes the window instead of the tab. on Tue, 13 Aug 2019 09:22:02 GMT]]>I have another workaround: switch to another app, then switch back to Opera and the bug is gone for that session.

62.0.3331.119 - still not fixed

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/178989https://forums.opera.com/post/178989Tue, 13 Aug 2019 09:22:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cmd+W closes the window instead of the tab. on Sat, 13 Jul 2019 21:42:20 GMT]]>macOS Mojave 10.14.4
Opera 62.0.3331.66

still happening!!!

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/175932https://forums.opera.com/post/175932Sat, 13 Jul 2019 21:42:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cmd+W closes the window instead of the tab. on Fri, 26 Apr 2019 09:54:49 GMT]]>@ant8672 that works! thanks

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/169192https://forums.opera.com/post/169192Fri, 26 Apr 2019 09:54:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cmd+W closes the window instead of the tab. on Wed, 20 Mar 2019 16:02:56 GMT]]>I also experience this!! its so frustrating and it also happens pretty inconsistently. I can't tell what what might be causing it. Sometimes, navigating or closing tabs with the mouse seems to fix the issue but never permanently.
please fix!!

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/166176https://forums.opera.com/post/166176Wed, 20 Mar 2019 16:02:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cmd+W closes the window instead of the tab. on Tue, 19 Mar 2019 15:43:56 GMT]]>Have the same problem in 58.0.3135.107 on mac... slightly annoying

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/166138https://forums.opera.com/post/166138Tue, 19 Mar 2019 15:43:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cmd+W closes the window instead of the tab. on Mon, 11 Mar 2019 18:50:28 GMT]]>@leocg said in Cmd+W closes the window instead of the tab.:

They probably would complain about the status of the bug.

😂

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/165727https://forums.opera.com/post/165727Mon, 11 Mar 2019 18:50:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cmd+W closes the window instead of the tab. on Mon, 11 Mar 2019 16:08:35 GMT]]>They probably would complain about the status of the bug.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/165720https://forums.opera.com/post/165720Mon, 11 Mar 2019 16:08:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cmd+W closes the window instead of the tab. on Mon, 11 Mar 2019 12:51:26 GMT]]>@avl said in Cmd+W closes the window instead of the tab.:

Everyone, my most sincere apologies, I read some information wrong: the fix for the remaining issue that occurs after opening a new window was not backported to O58 in time for the initial release, so it'll only be in the next O58 update to come along. This will be released at the start of next week.

Public bugtracker would help significantly in cases like this. Everyone would be able to track the status of the issue instead of complaining in comments.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/165709https://forums.opera.com/post/165709Mon, 11 Mar 2019 12:51:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cmd+W closes the window instead of the tab. on Fri, 08 Mar 2019 21:08:46 GMT]]>58.0.3135.90 - cmd+w closes the window (intermittent issue). Also window close button sometimes closes another window. Extremely annoying.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/165588https://forums.opera.com/post/165588Fri, 08 Mar 2019 21:08:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cmd+W closes the window instead of the tab. on Wed, 06 Mar 2019 08:49:11 GMT]]>58.0.3135.68 - still happening a lot.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/165444https://forums.opera.com/post/165444Wed, 06 Mar 2019 08:49:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cmd+W closes the window instead of the tab. on Tue, 26 Feb 2019 12:04:25 GMT]]>The solution proposed by @ant8672 worked for me, in the absence of an internal Opera fix.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/165019https://forums.opera.com/post/165019Tue, 26 Feb 2019 12:04:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cmd+W closes the window instead of the tab. on Sat, 23 Feb 2019 23:00:59 GMT]]>Updated to the latest version 58.0.3135.68 but the problem is still there.

And that's clearly an Opera bug, as I use Cmd+W a lot across all apps and no other app has ever had this problem.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/164865https://forums.opera.com/post/164865Sat, 23 Feb 2019 23:00:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cmd+W closes the window instead of the tab. on Fri, 22 Feb 2019 09:50:29 GMT]]>How long this one will stay unfixed? This is ridiculous..

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/164764https://forums.opera.com/post/164764Fri, 22 Feb 2019 09:50:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cmd+W closes the window instead of the tab. on Thu, 21 Feb 2019 15:17:27 GMT]]>Still happening for me (Mojave 10.14.3, Opera 58.0.3135.65). Extremely annoying and no improvement after the latest updates. Clearly an Opera bug — I use this shortcut a lot and no other app ever had this issue.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/164723https://forums.opera.com/post/164723Thu, 21 Feb 2019 15:17:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cmd+W closes the window instead of the tab. on Mon, 11 Feb 2019 20:07:58 GMT]]>@ant8672 Interesting, thanks for the suggestion.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/164222https://forums.opera.com/post/164222Mon, 11 Feb 2019 20:07:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cmd+W closes the window instead of the tab. on Sun, 10 Feb 2019 13:41:35 GMT]]>Hi,

Has anyone tried creating a keyboard shortcut under App Shortcuts to override the Close tab shortcut? It may sound weird, but it is worth trying as a user-side patch if it does work.

I'm currently using this now but I cannot recall the last time it has closed the window so I want to see if this idea can work for others too.

Screenshot

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/164162https://forums.opera.com/post/164162Sun, 10 Feb 2019 13:41:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cmd+W closes the window instead of the tab. on Fri, 08 Feb 2019 14:59:23 GMT]]>Tested on multiple Macs and still happening with latest version.
This is very annoying, as Chrome, FF and Safari don't have such a bug.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/164083https://forums.opera.com/post/164083Fri, 08 Feb 2019 14:59:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cmd+W closes the window instead of the tab. on Sun, 03 Feb 2019 11:11:56 GMT]]>Still happening and reproducible on my MacBook Pro as of Stable 58.0.3135.53

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/163830https://forums.opera.com/post/163830Sun, 03 Feb 2019 11:11:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cmd+W closes the window instead of the tab. on Wed, 30 Jan 2019 18:26:51 GMT]]>This may be an Opera bug but it is definitely not confined to macOS.

I've been using Opera on macOS Sierra (10.12.6) and two Windows 10 machines and keep getting the same annoying behaviour.

All was good until November 2018.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/163613https://forums.opera.com/post/163613Wed, 30 Jan 2019 18:26:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cmd+W closes the window instead of the tab. on Tue, 29 Jan 2019 14:36:32 GMT]]>@shintoplasm01 said in Cmd+W closes the window instead of the tab.:

@headspacedude So please could you explain to me why the Cmd+W shortcut works perfectly for closing tabs and not windows in Chrome and Firefox? It's not an incompatibility with system-wide macOS shortcuts, it's an Opera bug which is still waiting for a fix.

Yes, just to be clear, this is an Opera bug :). It appeared when updating to macOS 10.14 because Apple changed the behavior of how often menus and shortcuts get refreshed.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/163527https://forums.opera.com/post/163527Tue, 29 Jan 2019 14:36:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cmd+W closes the window instead of the tab. on Tue, 29 Jan 2019 14:14:20 GMT]]>@headspacedude So please could you explain to me why the Cmd+W shortcut works perfectly for closing tabs and not windows in Chrome and Firefox? It's not an incompatibility with system-wide macOS shortcuts, it's an Opera bug which is still waiting for a fix.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/163522https://forums.opera.com/post/163522Tue, 29 Jan 2019 14:14:20 GMT