Why in Pro can't I: ctrl-w

[Tallis]

Highlight an item in the bitmap gallery, hit the delete key, and have the thing disappear?

Have several drawings open, and successfully ctrl-tab to switch between them, but when I'm ready to close one of them, ctrl-w doesn't close it, but displays the apparently hardwired "import from web" box?

Isn't ctrl-w standard to close subwindows in most/all windows apps?

Thanks for any insight.

ps- ctrl-w in windows explorer closes it, ctrl-w in Word closes the active open document. ctrl-w in photoshop closes the active open document. i can go on.... I use it all the time.

[Soquili]

Tallis, I've never heard of using ctrl-w to close a windows. It's always been F4 as far back as Windows 3.0 and 3.1

[Anders 205]

Microsoft Internet Explorer navigation
CTRL+W (Close the current IE window)

Windows XP General keyboard shortcuts
ALT+F4 (Close the active item, or quit the active program)
F4 key (Display the Address bar list in My Computer or Windows Explorer or Windows Internet Explorer)
CTRL+W (Close the current Windows Explorer window)

Windows XP Dialog box keyboard shortcuts
F4 key (Display the items in the active list)

Microsoft Management Console (MMC) main window keyboard shortcuts
CTRL+W (Open a new window)
ALT+F4 (Close the console)

Read abt other keyboard shortcuts available in Windows XP

Cheers, Anders

[The Alien]

Afaik, CTRL+W is a windows-only shortcut.
I dunno exactly when it was added, but it's present in win98. I use it to close IE windows and Explorer windows

ALT+F4 can do this too, but the combo is not handy ( for people with short fingers.

I too find it useful to have a shortcut for these things; not necessarily a windows shortcut.

[Tallis]

ALT+F4 closes an entire application, not a subwindow, unless I stand to be corrected. I'm just talking about closing docs within a program.

[glenngosack]

try Ctl+F4 to close sub windows

[Anders 205]

ALT+F4 closes an entire application, not a subwindow, unless I stand to be corrected. I'm just talking about closing docs within a program.

All other Win shortcuts can be read via the link I gave you in my post. For instance:
CTRL+F4 (Close the active document in programs that enable you to have multiple documents open simultaneously)

Good luck!

Anders

[WolfMoonHP]

Anders...

Thanks for the link. There is a ton of useful information there.
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For the closing of windows, however, I don't find Ctrl-F4 to be as convenient as just clicking on the "x".
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Will

[Anders 205]

Anders... however, I don't find Ctrl-F4 to be as convenient as just clicking on the "x".
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Will

I can very well agree with you, Will.

All the best, Anders

[The Alien]

ALT+F4 closes an entire application, not a subwindow, unless I stand to be corrected. I'm just talking about closing docs within a program.

Indeed, although for IE and windows explorer windows, it doesn't matter which one you choose