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special charicter for add-on shortcuts

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petesietos
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I want to set a keyword shortcut using special characters. Here's an example command+option+\. I've tried adding the shortcut for activating 1password. However, when I try to add it, I get the error message "Type a letter". This exact same shortcut was working before I had updated the app.

I want to set a keyword shortcut using special characters. Here's an example command+option+\. I've tried adding the shortcut for activating 1password. However, when I try to add it, I get the error message "Type a letter". This exact same shortcut was working before I had updated the app.

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TyDraniu
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Here's a list of allowed keys: https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/source/toolkit/mozapps/extensions/content/shortcuts.js#84 

   "0" - "9",
   "A" - "Z",
   F1 - F19,
   "MediaNextTrack", "MediaPlayPause", "MediaPrevTrack", "MediaStop",
   "Up",  "Down", "Left",  "Right",
   "Comma", "Period",
   "Space",
   "Home", "End",
   "PageUp", "PageDown",
   "Insert",  "Delete"

You can't use anything else without recompiling Firefox.