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ctrl-w doesn't work in firefox 61.0.1 on Debian (ctrl-f4 does work though)

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Recently upgraded to 61.0.1 on Debian stretch. ctrl-w doesn't close tabs (but ctrl-f4 does). Can I change anything to make this work? I've confirmed that my window-manager etc is not grabbing ctrl-w and this worked fine in previous Firefox I had.

Recently upgraded to 61.0.1 on Debian stretch. ctrl-w doesn't close tabs (but ctrl-f4 does). Can I change anything to make this work? I've confirmed that my window-manager etc is not grabbing ctrl-w and this worked fine in previous Firefox I had.

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WHaaaaaa? Now it works. I haven't changed anything on my end (that I know of). Not even logging-out/-in.

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To repeat, I can do: ctrl-t for new tab, then ctrl-w does nothing but an immediate ctrl-f4 closes the new tab

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WHaaaaaa? Now it works. I haven't changed anything on my end (that I know of). Not even logging-out/-in.