Close document vs. Quit program

[Bug Importer]

At the moment Close (Ctrl+W) and Quit (Ctrl+Q) do the same thing when a
single document is open. If possible, Close should close the document, not
the program, when executed on a single document. Another option is, when
Close is executed on a single document, that the window closes the current
document and opens a new document.

[Horkana-users (horkana-users)]

I have a strange feeling the current behaviour is actually
what is preferred by the Gnome Human Interface guidelines.
Would have to check though, it is all very confusing.

[Buliabyak-users (buliabyak-users)]

At least, making the _Close_ command _open or create_
something would be utterly weird. Inkscape does not exist
apart from its documents.

[Hedley Finger (hfinger)]

The Close command is not creating a document, it is closing a document. What happens next is part of Inkscape's shutdown routine, which could be easily modified to simply open a new blank document. The user buliabyak-users is simply putting policy/code/guidelines above what users actually WANT and what the majority of other apps do on all platforms, for example, such as OpenOffice.org, Gimp, Firefox tabs, Thunderbird Penelope (Eudora add-on), Notepad++, and most others. It's a usability issue and I for one find it an absolute pain which breaks my workflow and train of thought to have to start a new instance of Inkscape. Usually I keep one instance of Inkscape minimised while a work on another instance, just to make sure that Inkscape is kept running so I can open a new blank document quickly.

This is not a technical issue, it is user expectations and usability issue. Have you considered why so few other apps, whether SDI, MDI or whatever, do not behave as Inkscape does? Because users don't want this behaviour!

[Hedley Finger (hfinger)]

This should have a changed importance of Wishlist, along with #170550, #171596, #171935, and #170803.