Very cool idea. I don't know if I'll personally use it; as a dvorak user, it's harder to accidentally hit cmd-q when you mean it hit cmd-w. Then again, it's also easier to hit cmd-q some times because the q sits just above the cmd.
Command-Q
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Re: Command-Q
#12Doesn't Auto Resume in Lion render this useless?
Re: Command-Q
#13System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Keyboard Shortcuts -> App Shortcuts -> + -> select app, menu entry is usually "Quit ", and set it to cmd-ctrl-q, or something similar.
(There's probably a more generic way by editing your ~/Library/KeyBindings/DefaultKeyBinding.dict, but I'm not sure what the appropriate selector would be)
Of course, these just change the binding, the 'hold to confirm' is quite a nice UI feature.
Edit: The reference I was remembering is http://www.hoboes.com/Mimsy/hacks/disabling-quit-rewriting/ and appears to still work in Lion. Still on a per-app basis though.
Re: Command-Q
#14This seems like the kind of thing Apple will integrate into OS X in 3.. 2.. 1...
Re: Command-Q
#15The idea is definitely good, but I think the "problem" it solves might be overrated - after all, if an app has unsaved content, it will ask you to verify your action, so you never really lose anything but a second or two of time restarting the application the few times you do this mistake, if at all.
Re: Command-Q
#16System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Keyboard Shortcuts -> App Shortcuts -> + -> select app, menu entry is usually "Quit ", and set it to cmd-ctrl-q, or something similar. (There's probably a more generic way by editing your ~/Library/KeyBindings/DefaultKeyBinding.dict , but I'm not sure what the appropriate selector would be) Of course, these just change the binding, the 'hold to confirm' is quite a nice UI feature. Ed…
Since "Quit " is different for every application, my workaround is to rebind "Hide Others" (or "Show All") for all applications to CMD+Q. Every application has a "Hide Others" (or "Show All") and these menu items are pretty harmless.
Re: Command-Q
#17Doesn't Auto Resume in Lion render this useless?
Have you tried to auto-resume a bunch of Safari tabs/windows? All the pages reload, which on my computer is anything but instant.
Re: Command-Q
#18It would be great if there was a way to bypass or disable CommandQ temporarily.
Like an option in the menu, or something else (not sure what) for people like me who have the menu bar icon disabled.
Re: Command-Q
#19Just today I was wishing that Chrome's Hold-to-Quit functionality was an OS-wide feature. Thank you very much for creating this, it was an instant purchase in my book.
FWIW all: in Chrome, the setting is in the Chrome menu, not in preferences. Screenshot: http://paulirish.com/i/fcba70.png
But it should really be in Preferences...
Re: Command-Q
#20The idea is definitely good, but I think the "problem" it solves might be overrated - after all, if an app has unsaved content, it will ask you to verify your action, so you never really lose anything but a second or two of time restarting the application the few times you do this mistake, if at all.
There's an important exception: browsers, particularly those that don't have an option for automatically restoring all tabs from the prior session. This may be a vanishing exception, but still a possibility.