Prevent closing the pinned tab when using Ctrl + W

[kanlukasz]

A good example is how it works in Firefox - pinned tabs cannot be closed using Ctrl + W

When I have many tabs open (but only two are pinned), I use Ctrl + W to quickly close tab by tab (using the mouse is really unfriendly because #40290)

As a result, pinned cards are also closed. This is undesirable behavior

[bpasero]

@kanlukasz you can always restore a closed tab (including it's pinned state) via Ctrl+Shift+T (Reopen closed editor), did you see that?

[kanlukasz]

@bpasero yes, I know that and sometimes I use it.
Anyway, I still think that this option could be useful

My point of view:

Pinned tabs means something different to me than a regular tab
Usually it is something like:

• important tab
• something we want to keep open all the time

I use it for Git Graph , for .log files etc.

The question remains whether pinning should mean locking (maybe these should be two separate issues, I don't know if there is a ticket about locking tabs)

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[Svish]

Yes, please.

It's way too easy to accidentally close a pinned tab. Especially when you ctrl + w multiple tabs, and it doesn't happen in a linear way. When I pin a tab, I'd like it to stay pinned "forever" until I intentionally unpin and close it.

And yes, you can "undo" withctrl + shift + t, but that's only useful when you just closed it and you notice it right away. Not when you quickly close 15 files, and the pinned file was file number 8.

[ProfLander]

This issue should be fixed at the source instead of being brushed off with a workaround and closed by the triage bot.

Blocking close is a standard UI expectation for pinned tabs, especially those modeled after web browsers.

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[bkowshik]

Ref: #100738 (comment) 14 votes are in, just 6 more to go! 🤞

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