Version 1.73.101 Chromium: 131.0.6778.139 (Official Build) (arm64)
I tried using a clean test profile and the problem was still there. I want to just be able to close a single tab with cmd-w, as was the case before.
As you can see in that chart, cmd-w on MacOS should close the current tab, not all tabs in the current window, so this just tells me what I already know.
@luhmann, I just want to confirm some things with you.
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When you’re using
⌘ + wto try to close a single tab, do you have multiple tabs open? -
If you press
⌘ + ndoes it open a new window or a new private window? -
If you go to brave://settings/system/shortcuts does it show
⌘ + was the assigned shortcut for Close tab? -
If you were to install Brave Beta or Brave Nightly does this issue happen there as well?
Thanks for helping @Saoiray
- I have multiple tabs open
- New window. (Cmd-t opens a new tab)
- I installed Brave Beta and cmd-w works as expected in the beta.
Thanks for checking that, @luhmann.
- I wanted to confirm multiple tabs were open, as a single tab should close the window. Just ensuring that’s not the cause of the issue.
- I asked about a different command to check if something like “sticky keys” (e.g., for
Shifton Windows) might be affecting it. If it opened in private mode, that could be a clue. - Since it works as intended on Beta, it’s not OS settings. This suggests the issue is either profile-specific or version-specific.
Given you tested another profile and the issue persisted, it’s likely a bug in the current version—unless changes were made to brave://flags or custom filters at brave://settings/shields/filters, which are shared across profiles.
The only thing I can think of that might interfere in brave://flags would be if you changed up Brave Commands. But I guess something to check.
The only thing I changed in brave://flags is to enable the “file system access API”
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The problem is gone with Version 1.73.104 Chromium: 131.0.6778.204 (Official Build) (arm64)
Thanks!
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