Add a close_tab action / shortcut — Ctrl+W closes the whole pane (all tabs) and the workspace

[elite-benni]

Type: Feature request / UX

Version: limux-bin 0.1.19 (Arch, GTK4/libghostty)

Summary

There is currently no keyboard shortcut to close a single tab. The only way to close one tab is clicking the × on the tab in the top bar. Ctrl+W is bound to close_focused_pane, which destroys the entire pane — and because tabs are nested inside a pane, this takes every tab in that pane with it. If the pane is the only one in the workspace, the workspace collapses too.

Steps to reproduce

1. Open a workspace with a single (unsplit) pane.
2. Open two or more tabs in it (Ctrl+T).
3. Press Ctrl+W.

Expected

Ctrl+W closes only the focused tab. With multiple tabs open, the other tabs and the workspace remain.

Actual

Ctrl+W closes the whole pane — all tabs in it — and since it's the only pane, the workspace closes as well. All work in that workspace is gone in one keystroke. I believe I would not need a shortcut to destroy the workspace. (but thats just my opinion)

There is no close_tab action in the action list at all, so Ctrl+W's "close" intent unavoidably operates at the pane level.

Proposed fix

• Add a close_tab action that closes only the focused tab within the active pane.
• Suggested default: bind close_tab to Ctrl+W (matching virtually every other terminal/browser), and move close_focused_pane to Ctrl+Shift+W or similar.
• Make it available in the Keybindings editor so users can rebind it.

Impact

Ctrl+W is universal muscle memory for "close this tab." In limux it silently destroys the whole pane and workspace, which is an easy and costly accident.

[YngveMolnes]

+1. I use ctrl+w in a terminal all the time to delete last word. This completely breaks my flow. In general the product should not steal these shortcuts https://gist.github.com/tuxfight3r/60051ac67c5f0445efee