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fix: make Ctrl+W context-aware to preserve word deletion in editor #2390

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6 changes: 6 additions & 0 deletions pkg/tui/components/tabbar/tabbar.go
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Expand Up @@ -146,6 +146,12 @@ func New(maxTitleLen int) *TabBar {
}
}

// SetCloseTabEnabled enables or disables the close-tab key binding.
// When disabled, Ctrl+W passes through to the editor for word deletion.
func (t *TabBar) SetCloseTabEnabled(v bool) {
t.keyMap.CloseTab.SetEnabled(v)
}

// SetWidth sets the available width for the tab bar.
func (t *TabBar) SetWidth(width int) {
t.width = width
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3 changes: 3 additions & 0 deletions pkg/tui/tui.go
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Expand Up @@ -1775,7 +1775,10 @@ func (m *appModel) handleKeyPress(msg tea.KeyPressMsg) (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {

// Tab bar keys (Ctrl+t, Ctrl+p, Ctrl+n, Ctrl+w) are suppressed during
// history search so that ctrl+n/ctrl+p cycle through matches instead.
// Ctrl+w (close tab) is disabled when the editor is focused so that the
// standard "delete word" shortcut works while typing.
if !m.leanMode && !m.editor.IsHistorySearchActive() {
m.tabBar.SetCloseTabEnabled(m.focusedPanel != PanelEditor)
if cmd := m.tabBar.Update(msg); cmd != nil {
return m, cmd
}
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