Need to locate in about:config, and disable, all keyboard shortcuts
Greetings and felicitations!
Deprecating the ability to change keyboard shortcuts (read as: disable) is probably the most abhorrent thing to me about Quantum. I am sick and tired of losing work because I hit delete and Firefox randomly decides to go back a page rather than deleting a character in some text I'm writing.
Is this even possible anymore?
Please don't suggest the two addons out there that function in 65+. They simply do not function for what I need.
What I would like, if it is possible, is to know where all this is in config. I found how to disable browser.backspace_action, but I'm not sure where to look for the others.
A list would be great, or even a prefix/word to search for in config would be really helpful.
Thanks in advance for the assistance.
PS - Why does moz seem so bizarrely intent on NOT allowing users to change these?
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youareevil said
Which extension would you recommend?
I don't use any extensions to change keyboard shortcuts, but the one that I've heard of most of is Saka Key: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/saka-key/
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Overal keyboard shortcuts are controlled by the O/S but some can be modified.
Sorry, I must have missed it.
There doesn't seem to be a solution there or at the links in the thread.
It's the non-OS shortcuts that I'm having problems with, but that also doesn't seem to be addressed in that thread.
Thanks.
Firefox never included many preferences to disable keyboard shortcuts, but there were a couple legacy extensions (confusingly, two were both named keyconfig).
Currently, extensions can override some keyboard shortcuts by injecting a script into the page and capturing them that way. However, I don't know of a broad, general purpose extension designed for that. What have you found in your searches so far?
As an example of what a script in a page can do, try this test page before and after checking the FOR TESTING box: https://www.jeffersonscher.com/res/keyvents.html
Thanks.
…and extra points for the great demo.
Which extension would you recommend?
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youareevil said
Which extension would you recommend?
I don't use any extensions to change keyboard shortcuts, but the one that I've heard of most of is Saka Key: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/saka-key/
Thanks! I'll give it a try.
jscher2000 said
youareevil saidWhich extension would you recommend?I don't use any extensions to change keyboard shortcuts, but the one that I've heard of most of is Saka Key: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/saka-key/
So far so good. Saka Key seems to be doing the job.
Thanks again!
yes but how to disable ALL keyboard shortcuts. saka key is confusing. I am sick of trying to type alt codes and having my browser dance all over both monitors.... for instance, try typing ALT+0244
how to disable them all? why does firefox keep getting worse? i was happily using an old version till the toolsheds forgot to renew their damn certificate...
EDIT: and i even went through, disabled all the keys, but it still seems to be using the default keys. so annoying damn...
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Hi backbuttonsucks, the answer is still that there is no feature to disable ALL keyboard shortcuts.
I am sick of trying to type alt codes and having my browser dance all over both monitors.... for instance, try typing ALT+0244
Hmm, what do you mean by "dance"? The Alt key isn't used to switch tabs on Windows or Mac versions of Firefox, but typing Alt + a number from 1 to 9 will change tabs on Linux. But switching among tabs within a window sounds different from what you are describing.
If this is a problem with changing tabs on Linux and you don't find a workaround on this site, try one of the following where there may be more Linux users available to respond to discussions: