Accidentally hit shortcut and lost text in web browser. Can it be disabled?

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Published on 2013-10-21T02:46:43Z Indexed on 2013/10/21 4:10 UTC
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I have noticed that I occasionally hit some shortcut while typing that either kills the browser or otherwise causes me to lose e.g. a post I am writing. This typically happens if I type while on a bumpy road or something like that. It also just happened to my eight year old daughter ;-(

I think the shortcut in question is CTRL-w which (at least in Firefox) closes the current tab and consequently whatever content is being written. I would like to know if anyone has noticed this and if someone has a solution e.g. a way to disable "dangerous" shortcuts if at all possible.

Many thanks Ole (uniomni)

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