Preventing Quitting Apps by Mistake with Holding CMD+Q Like in Chrome or CommandQ App

Configuration Help & General Discussion
1

Is there a way to prevent accidentally quitting apps by pressing CMD+Q, like in Chrome or CommandQ app with BTT?

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2

Yes. Here is one method that I use to achieve the same feature:

  1. Create a 'global' shortcut with the trigger as Command + Q
  2. Leave the rest empty, and go about your day. :cowboy_hat_face:
    Works for me, pretty simple.
3

Have been using this Karabiner script and I love it:

{
    "description": "Quit application by pressing command-q twice",
    "manipulators": [
        {
            "conditions": [
                {
                    "name": "command-q",
                    "type": "variable_if",
                    "value": 1
                }
            ],
            "from": {
                "key_code": "q",
                "modifiers": { "mandatory": ["command"] }
            },
            "to": [
                {
                    "key_code": "q",
                    "modifiers": ["left_command"]
                }
            ],
            "type": "basic"
        },
        {
            "from": {
                "key_code": "q",
                "modifiers": { "mandatory": ["command"] }
            },
            "to": [
                {
                    "set_variable": {
                        "name": "command-q",
                        "value": 1
                    }
                }
            ],
            "to_delayed_action": {
                "to_if_canceled": [
                    {
                        "set_variable": {
                            "name": "command-q",
                            "value": 0
                        }
                    }
                ],
                "to_if_invoked": [
                    {
                        "set_variable": {
                            "name": "command-q",
                            "value": 0
                        }
                    }
                ]
            },
            "type": "basic"
        }
    ]
}
4

double cmd+q to quit is also pretty easy to setup with BTT:
double_q_quit.bttpreset.bttpreset (5.9 KB)

long press q is also pretty simple:
long_q_quit.bttpreset (6.0 KB)