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Disable Command-Q for quitting applications
Authored by: marklar on Jun 11, '05 08:28:59PM

Does this work with Tiger?

I am most interested in disabling this in games, specifically UT 04...can't tell you how many times I'm in contact, go to jump (command key) and call for a weapon switch (the Q is mapped to shield gun) and bye bye game...

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks



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Disable Command-Q for quitting applications
Authored by: calvarez on Nov 04, '05 01:03:15PM

You can change/disable keys for any app right in the GUI. Just go to the Keyboard/Mouse prefs pane, and add an item under the Application shortcuts. Add an item for cmd-q and make the menu title anything that doesn't actually exist (I put in the word "Nothing" just to remember what it is later). Then cmd-q will no longer work in that app. You can add something else for quit, or just use the menu.

For some reason this doesn't work under "All applications."



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Disable Command-Q for quitting applications
Authored by: cssbz on Nov 22, '05 09:04:42AM

Sounds good, but it doesn't work for me on 10.4.3. I can see "Nothing" listed as a description for command-Q for Safari.app in Keyboard Shortcuts, but pressing command-Q still quits Safari. :(



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Disable Command-Q for quitting applications
Authored by: jacobolus on Feb 01, '06 09:44:51AM

Yes it does work, but only for cocoa apps. I'm not sure about those games...



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