App closes when i try to close a file

[ericjanofski]

Type: Bug

On a mac when i have VS Code open i typically have the left column as files explorer, a center col with an open file and a right column with claude or codex.

If i have a single open file in the center and i hit command+w on the keyboard it doesn't just close the file it closes the entire window. This disrupts my agentic flow and is very frustrating. I'm opening and closing files ocnstant. hitting command+w should never just end the whole working session!

VS Code version: Code 1.122.0 (Universal) (6a49527, 2026-05-27T14:03:01-07:00)
OS version: Darwin arm64 24.6.0
Modes:

System Info

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Load (avg)	2, 2, 2
Memory (System)	64.00GB (9.00GB free)
Process Argv	--crash-reporter-id 8da8093c-0346-4d35-9103-9d0ec9180851
Screen Reader	no
VM	0%

Extensions (43)

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Remote Explorer	ms-vscode.remote-explorer	ms-vscode	0.5.0
Composer Intelephense	muath-ye.composer-intelephense	muath-ye	1.0.1
laravel-goto-components	naoray.laravel-goto-components	naoray	1.2.0
SFTP	natizyskunk.sftp	Natizyskunk	1.16.3
Laravel Blade Snippets	onecentlin.laravel-blade	onecentlin	1.38.0
Laravel Extension Pack	onecentlin.laravel-extension-pack	onecentlin	1.3.0
Laravel Snippets	onecentlin.laravel5-snippets	onecentlin	1.19.1
Codex – OpenAI’s coding agent	openai.chatgpt	openai	26.519.32039
laravel-jump-controller	pgl.laravel-jump-controller	pgl	0.0.34
Laravel Artisan	ryannaddy.laravel-artisan	ryannaddy	0.0.33
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vscode-pdf	tomoki1207.pdf	tomoki1207	1.2.2
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[vs-code-engineering]

Thanks for creating this issue! It looks like you may be using an old version of VS Code; the latest stable release is 1.122.1. Please try upgrading to the latest version and checking whether this issue remains.

Happy Coding!

[ericjanofski]

Bow wow wow, seems to be fixed!

[ericjanofski]

Ope! It happened again. I had a single doc open. i hit command+w and the whole workspace closed. not sure why as I reopened it again to test and it just closed teh file.

[Yoyokrazy]

could you please open the keyboard shortcuts menu and check what commands you have configured to cmd+w? It will be command workbench.action.openGlobalKeybindings and then you can check what will be configured.

Additionally you can enable screencast mode to have the exact command shown when you press cmd+w which may help you diagnose what action is triggering by mistake. This is like because some amount of your editor context is causing an unexpected command to trigger.

I see that bound for myself personally, so determining which of those commands are triggering will let you change the keybinding for it.

[ericjanofski]

Thank you, that was helpful. I removed the "Close Window" keybinding and will just use Shife+Cmd+W to close the window.

Here's what i had before: