keyboardmacostexteditwindow-manager
Is there any way I could configure TextEdit to close the window (through keyboard shortcut) without asking me if I want to save an unsaved file?
Can be another script/program configure globally when triggered with a certain shortcut or just a script for TextEdit.
The reason for doing it is that I have a lot of temporary notes in TextEdit's window and I want to close them as fast as possible.
The default shortcut was changed to ⌘⌫ on Lion.
You can change it back to ⌘D with defaults write -g NSSavePanelStandardDesktopShortcutOnly -bool true. It won't affect some applications like TextEdit though.
I highly doubt you can change the appearance of sheets, even through undocumented means – that's been a core part of OS X since 10.0.
That said, I think there's a way to effectively avoid the problem you're having: in System Preferences, go to General and uncheck the box for "Ask to keep changes when closing documents".
Now, apps that support auto-save (like TextEdit) won't bug you about unsaved changes when they quit – they'll simply save the changes in the background automatically, then restore them when you next launch the app.
(Note: I think the above option is only available on Mountain Lion).
Best Answer
tell application "TextEdit" to close (windows where name of its document is "Untitled") saving nowould close all untitled documents without saving them.You could close the current window with
tell application (path to frontmost application as text) to close window 1 saving no. It would close all tabs in some applications that use tabs though.It's easier to just press ⌘W⌫ in my opinion. You can disable the animation for showing the sheets with
defaults write -g NSWindowResizeTime -float 0.001.