Re: removing Apple-Q from Safari?

Greg,

5 should read: Save MainMenu.nib then quit and relaunch Safari.

-lucas

On Thu, 4 Nov 2004, Lucas Rockwell wrote:

> Greg,
>
> This is easy.
>
> If you have the Apple dev tools installed you can modify the MainMenu.nib
> and remove the connection between command-q and the terminate method. Here
> is how to do it:
>
> 1) Find Safari in the Finder, right-click on the application and
> choose "Show Package Contents."
>
> 2) Navigate to Contents/Resources/English.lproj and find the MainMenu.nib
> file. Double click this file and it will open in Interface Builder.
>
> 3) Double click on MainMenu in the MainMenu.nib window. Once you have done
> this, click on the word Safari in the MainMenu (looks like the Safari tool
> bar) that opens up, click on "Quit Safari" and then choose Attributes from
> the popup in NSMenuItem Info window (you may first have to click on
> AppController to get the Info window open).
>
> 4) Simply remove the "Q" from the box that reads "Key Equivalent:" and
> uncheck the box next to the Apple command symbol right below that in the
> "Key Modifier:" line.
>
> 5) Quit Safari (if it is running), start it back up, and viola, no more
> command-q or Quit in the Safari menu.
>
> Let me know if this is not clear. ;-)
>
> Note, you will have to do this each time Safari is updated.
>
> -lucas
>
> On Thu, 4 Nov 2004, Greg Merritt wrote:
>
> >
> > Ok, here's an odd request...
> >
> > I use Safari pretty exclusively, and am a heavy tabs user. I also like
> > to use the Apple-W command for closing tabs.
> >
> > Now, maybe once or twice a month, I'll hit Apple-Q instead of
> > Apple-W... and poof! there go all of my beautiful tabbed browsing
> > sessions as Safari gracefully quits.
> >
> > Can anyone refer me to a resource that would show me how to modify the
> > behavior of Safari so that it ignores Apple-Q, maps the Quit function
> > to a more complex key sequence (Apple-ctrl-option-shift-Q, heh), or
> > removes Quit altogether? I know that there are haxies for *adding*
> > Quit to the Finder; hopefully there's a way to *remove* it from Safari.
> >
> > Thanks!
> > -Greg
> >
> >
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