I just downloaded MATLAB 2025a and all is working well so far except a strange quirk: There is no easy way to close a figure window using standard Mac keyboard shortcuts.
In previous versions, I can close a figure window by pressing the standard Cmd+w. This keyboard shortcut is used across Mac to close windows, browser tabs, documents, etc. Its a very generic keystroke and not in the list of MATLAB-specific keyboard shortcuts.
It’s very bizarre because literally all other generic Mac keyboard shortcuts still work fine in MATLAB 2025, even when applied to figure windows. For example, I can minimize the figure window using Cmd+m. I can also toggle between figure windows using Cmd+`. So other Mac keyboard shortcuts apply to figures fine.
Adding to the mystery, I can still use the exact same Cmd+w keyboard shortcut to close an m file that is open in the editor. So the Cmd+w shortcut is recognized within MATLAB 2025. But does not work to close a figure.
Maybe its just me being nitpicky, but its really annoying because I use a lot of keyboard shortcuts in my work. Currently the only alternative is to reach all the way to my mouse and move the mouse to the x and click to close the figure, or I have to type "close" in the command window. Each of these takes at least 10x longer than hitting Cmd+w to quickly close a single figure.
Anyone else experiecing this? Any fix?I just downloaded MATLAB 2025a and all is working well so far except a strange quirk: There is no easy way to close a figure window using standard Mac keyboard shortcuts.
In previous versions, I can close a figure window by pressing the standard Cmd+w. This keyboard shortcut is used across Mac to close windows, browser tabs, documents, etc. Its a very generic keystroke and not in the list of MATLAB-specific keyboard shortcuts.
It’s very bizarre because literally all other generic Mac keyboard shortcuts still work fine in MATLAB 2025, even when applied to figure windows. For example, I can minimize the figure window using Cmd+m. I can also toggle between figure windows using Cmd+`. So other Mac keyboard shortcuts apply to figures fine.
Adding to the mystery, I can still use the exact same Cmd+w keyboard shortcut to close an m file that is open in the editor. So the Cmd+w shortcut is recognized within MATLAB 2025. But does not work to close a figure.
Maybe its just me being nitpicky, but its really annoying because I use a lot of keyboard shortcuts in my work. Currently the only alternative is to reach all the way to my mouse and move the mouse to the x and click to close the figure, or I have to type "close" in the command window. Each of these takes at least 10x longer than hitting Cmd+w to quickly close a single figure.
Anyone else experiecing this? Any fix? I just downloaded MATLAB 2025a and all is working well so far except a strange quirk: There is no easy way to close a figure window using standard Mac keyboard shortcuts.
In previous versions, I can close a figure window by pressing the standard Cmd+w. This keyboard shortcut is used across Mac to close windows, browser tabs, documents, etc. Its a very generic keystroke and not in the list of MATLAB-specific keyboard shortcuts.
It’s very bizarre because literally all other generic Mac keyboard shortcuts still work fine in MATLAB 2025, even when applied to figure windows. For example, I can minimize the figure window using Cmd+m. I can also toggle between figure windows using Cmd+`. So other Mac keyboard shortcuts apply to figures fine.
Adding to the mystery, I can still use the exact same Cmd+w keyboard shortcut to close an m file that is open in the editor. So the Cmd+w shortcut is recognized within MATLAB 2025. But does not work to close a figure.
Maybe its just me being nitpicky, but its really annoying because I use a lot of keyboard shortcuts in my work. Currently the only alternative is to reach all the way to my mouse and move the mouse to the x and click to close the figure, or I have to type "close" in the command window. Each of these takes at least 10x longer than hitting Cmd+w to quickly close a single figure.
Anyone else experiecing this? Any fix? figure, mac, matlab MATLAB Answers — New Questions

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