Close all tabs, but not the window, in Sublime Text

Question

Is there a way to close all tabs in one go in Sublime Text, but leave the window with the current project open? It is really annoying when I just want to close all open file

Answer 1

By default, closing all tabs don't close the window, but beware: The last build 3059 (December 13, 2013) of Sublime Text 3 does now include:

Automatically closing windows when the last tab is dragged out

It is managed by this setting:

// Set to true to close windows as soon as the last file is closed, unless
// there's a folder open within the window. This is always enabled on OS X,
// changing it here won't modify the behavior.
"close_windows_when_empty": false,

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I just want to close all open file and start the new task

In that same Sublime Text 3 build 3059, you also have the setting:

When the last file is closed, a new transient file is created automatically

Combined with "File -> Close All Files", that can help starting quickly in a new file.