Avoid closing tabs with , which developers commonly use to Delete Back Word.
More Better Ctrl-W Extension
This is useful if you're accustomed to using
After installing this extension, click *Keyboard shortcuts* to assign custom bindings:
- You can assign a custom keybinding to close tabs, e.g.,
- You can assign a custom keybinding to delete the word before the cursor, e.g.,
- You can also assign any keybinding to *do nothing*, e.g., if you'd like to disable
Note that *delete back word* doesn't work from the address bar — it'll delete the previous word from whatever input has focus on the page, if an edit control has focus. Sorry! That's just a limitation of using an extension.
This extension is open source — you can find it on GitHub.
https://github.com/tallybark/more-better-ctrlw
Source Manifest.json
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