How can I get the same CTRL+W behaviour from Sublime Text

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In the past, ctrl+w used to close a single tab in Sublime Text (3), and if there were no tabs left open, it would close the text editor. How can I achieve the same behaviour in the updated Sublime Text? ST 4

EDIT: The setting I was looking for is "close_windows_when_empty": true

Sublime Text 4 behaves in the same way for me (Win 11) - how does it behave for you? — Ermiya Eskandary, Oct 03 '21 at 20:57
(On Windows 10 19043) CTRL+W closes each file, and once all files are closed, nothing happens — WhiteBerry, Oct 03 '21 at 20:58
Update Sublime - I'm on Build 4113 (Help > About) on default settings and it closes each one separately. — Ermiya Eskandary, Oct 03 '21 at 21:00
EDIT: The setting I was looking for is "close_windows_when_empty": true I am also on Build 4113. As I said, CTRL+W closes each file individually, but when there are no files open, it does nothing. What I would want is the behaviour as it was in Sublime Text 3 i.e. when there are no files open, CTRL+W closes Sublime Text. — WhiteBerry, Oct 03 '21 at 21:03

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 03 '21 at 21:08

Sublime Text 4 behaves for me as described - it closes all open files and when no files are open, it closes the editor.

However, you may have had your key bindings changed by a plugin/misconfiguration etc.

Preferences > Key Bindings will open up a file.

Ensure that for ctrl+w, the command is set to close not close_file.

Once changed, restart Sublime.

It should look like below:

...
{ "keys": ["ctrl+w"], "command": "close" },
...

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 06 '21 at 12:51

Really strange, for me this settings wasn't working:

"close_windows_when_empty": true

tried and tested everything else, finally I've completely uninstalled Sublime 4 and reinstalled it (using AppCleaner, deleted all configs etc).

Now:

"close_windows_when_empty": false

is really set to false, BUT the last window is always closing "everything". exacty what I wanted. It works even the settings tells something else. So: Reinstall possibly helps

How can I get the same CTRL+W behaviour from Sublime Text

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