iPad Cmd+W to close the active app is a thing

[nStyle]

I didnt even realize Apple added this because I tried it before and it didn't work and I don't know exactly when they added it but now you can quit out of any app by pressing Cmd+W on a physical keyboard, just like the Mac (Cmd+Q).

Seriously I don't see it anywhere in the release notes but it works! Maybe OS16 did it but it could have been before.

[edited for clarity]

 

[Shirasaki]

Maybe that hotkey is part of the stage manager, which was not a thing before.

 

[cupcakes2000]

It’s been a thing for a while… but I don’t remember when exactly. Years though.

 

[nStyle]

It’s been a thing for a while… but I don’t remember when exactly. Years though.

Definitely not years. I tired it earlier this year and it didn’t work.

This answer is about the answer everyone gave before:

How to quit an iPad app using a keyboard - Apple Community

discussions.apple.com

Apple’s website doesn’t mention it and if you hold Command in a app to see the list of keyboard shortcuts, it doesn’t list it either.

Anyway, overall a pretty small addition but I appreciate it. Don’t even need Stage Manager turned on.

 

[Tagbert]

I didnt even realize Apple added this because I tried it before and it didn't work and I don't know exactly when they added it but now you can quit out of any app by pressing Ctrl+W on a physical keyboard, just like the Mac.

Seriously I don't see it anywhere in the release notes but it works! Maybe OS16 did it but it could have been before.

Why ctr-W and not cmd-Q as on the Mac? Why use a different key combo on the two platforms?

 

[Shirasaki]

Why ctr-W and not cmd-Q as on the Mac? Why use a different key combo on the two platforms?

Isn’t ctrl+w close the window and Ctrl+q close apps entirely?

 

[Tagbert]

Isn’t ctrl+w close the window and Ctrl+q close apps entirely?

Yes, it is. Which one does ctrl-w do in this case? @nStyle mentioned it as quitting the app. If it just closes the window that remains consistent with Mac usage.

 

[nStyle]

Sorry I don’t know why I typed Ctrl. I meant Cmd+W. So I guess it’s not exactly the same as Mac because Cmd+W on Mac closes the window but the app still runs but Cmd+W on iPad functions like Cmd+Q on Mac.

I would prefer Cmd+W to still just minimize the app and add Cmd+Q to quit the app I guess.

A little bizarre that it’s not published anywhere as far as I can see.