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How do I deactivate the Ctrl+Q keyboard shotcut?

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juek

Placing the shortcut Ctrl+Q key right next to Ctrl+W is one of the craziest things that can be done in a UI. How do I deactivate Ctrl+Q? Do I need to download the sources and recompile FireFox for such a very little detail?

Placing the shortcut Ctrl+Q key right next to Ctrl+W is one of the craziest things that can be done in a UI. How do I deactivate Ctrl+Q? Do I need to download the sources and recompile FireFox for such a very little detail?

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Hello juek,

Would you please take a look at this thread :

https://superuser.com/questions/1318336/how-to-disable-ctrlq-shortcut-in-firefox-on-linux

Anything useful in there for you  ?