Let’s walk through why that history powers Visual Studio and why changing a shortcut like Ctrl+W is such a challenge.

This is about them changing keyboard shortcuts [defaults], not the user changing their keyboard shortcuts.

This walked you through the process we followed to map Ctrl+W to close the current tab in Visual Studio 2026. For C# profile users, we held off on this change to avoid disrupting existing workflows, especially given potential conflicts with sequenced shortcuts. If you’re using the C# profile and want Ctrl+W to close tabs, you can easily set it up yourself in the keybinding settings.