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Refresh firefox Current display page using keyboard shortcut without focusing on firefox window.

I want to refresh the current page tab that the firefox browser opened without focusing on it. For example, I am focusing on a text editor (creating some serverside code) and I save some changes, and trigger my custom shortcut (i.e [ctrl+alt+space+a]) keys to refresh firefox browser without focusing on it.

I want to refresh the current page tab that the firefox browser opened without focusing on it. For example, I am focusing on a text editor (creating some serverside code) and I save some changes, and trigger my custom shortcut (i.e [ctrl+alt+space+a]) keys to refresh firefox browser without focusing on it.

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You can't do that with a keyboard shortcut without opening/focusing the Firefox window.

Maybe use this extension instead:

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You can't do that with a keyboard shortcut without opening/focusing the Firefox window.

Maybe use this extension instead:

That's what I wan to hear. Thanks for the suggestions.