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Windows desktop app abruptly quits on closing last tab with Ctrl+W; align behavior with macOS via System Tray #10161
Description
Activity
Related: #11069 adds File → New Window and ⌘N / Ctrl+N to reopen or focus the main window, addressing the macOS reopening problem reported in #435.
It leaves Windows/Linux last-window-close behavior unchanged, so it does not resolve this issue or add tray support. Keeping the host alive after closing its last window would still need a separate change.
The same issue also occurs on Linux: pressing Ctrl+W closes the entire application without any warning or confirmation.
Reacted by Danny França+1 on this one, very much needed
Summary
On Windows (installed via
.exe), pressingCtrl+Wwhen no editor tabs or terminals are open (or closing the last remaining tab) abruptly terminates the entire desktop application process without any confirmation or warning.Motivation & Context
Cmd+Wleaves the application active in the Dock / Tray, which allows reopening or restoring the application without terminating the background process.Ctrl+Wto close tabs in succession. When the last tab closes,Ctrl+Wdirectly kills the entire app and drops running background processes.Ctrl+Qgesture to exit the application cleanly.Proposed Solution
DesktopLifecycleto keep the background process alive on Windows uponwindow-all-closed, mirroring the macOS experience.I have prepared a PR to address this cleanly.