Don't you wish you could close windows in Win7 by ctrl + middle mouse click?

Sunbed · 13 Apr 2010 at 20:30

At the moment you can open windows/programs by middle mouse clicking them in the taskbar... but there is no shortcut to close them?! Why???

Any of these would be fine:

Ctrl + Middle mouse
Shift + Middle mouse
Alt + Middle mouse

Alt F4 is just crap sorry.

Anyone know how to make a tweak?

Pho · 13 Apr 2010 at 20:48

If you press the middle mouse on the preview window which comes up when you hover over an item it closes.

Muel · 13 Apr 2010 at 21:23

There's also a little X to close it in the preview window anyway.

Mattus · 13 Apr 2010 at 21:27

Sundance said:
At the moment you can open windows/programs by middle mouse clicking them in the taskbar... but there is no shortcut to close them?! Why???

Any of these would be fine:

Ctrl + Middle mouse
Shift + Middle mouse
Alt + Middle mouse

Alt F4 is just crap sorry.

What's wrong with Alt+F4? Personally, I find any shortcut which requires both the keyboard and the mouse quite awkward.

Sunbed · 13 Apr 2010 at 21:45

Pho said:
If you press the middle mouse on the preview window which comes up when you hover over an item it closes.

Yeh but you have to wait for the hover. I just can't afford to waste these precious milliseconds

Muel said:
There's also a little X to close it in the preview window anyway.

The little 'x's are old school. I've been closing tabs n' takin' names in Firefox and Chrome using middle click for ages - now I want it in Windows!

Mattus said:
What's wrong with Alt+F4? Personally, I find any shortcut which requires both the keyboard and the mouse quite awkward.

OKOK alt F4 is alright I guess, but my keyboard is weird; it's a bit curvy so it is a little awkward to stretch up there. For me Alt-tab is an example of a nice shortcut, Alt-F4 just isn't - too stretchy

Randomface74 · 13 Apr 2010 at 21:47

No I don't wish this.

Sunbed · 13 Apr 2010 at 21:52

billysielu said:
No I don't wish this.

Why? I can't see a downside.

Currently middle clicking opens a new window, even when holding ctrl, shift, or alt - wasted shortcuts people!

It's made worse by the fact that right click > close is harder in Windows 7. The little 'x' is further away than in XP. Does my head in.

Pho · 13 Apr 2010 at 21:58

Sundance said:
Yeh but you have to wait for the hover. I just can't afford to waste these precious milliseconds

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1884-mouse-hover-time-change.html

Randomface74 · 13 Apr 2010 at 22:01

Just because you don't see the downside it doesn't mean there isn't one. Infact I'd put money that there is a downside, due to it not already being implemented this way. There's probably a good accessibility reason for it.

Ratbag · 13 Apr 2010 at 22:03

I used this before my windows 7 PC passed away.

Sunbed · 13 Apr 2010 at 22:12

Pho said:
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1884-mouse-hover-time-change.html

Nice!

billysielu said:
Just because you don't see the downside it doesn't mean there isn't one. Infact I'd put money that there is a downside, due to it not already being implemented this way. There's probably a good accessibility reason for it.

Yes, I'm not saying there isn't a downside, only that I haven't found one yet. Also from your response it appears that you can't see a downside either, as you would have specified it already. "it's probably the way it is for a good reason" isn't a good enough counter argument for me, sorry

Ratbag said:
I used this before my windows 7 PC passed away.

Will try this first. Thanks!