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How to focus addons icons in the toolbar in Firefox via keyboard?
To get to the addons on my Firefox's toolbar, I have to point and click on their icons to open their menus or dialog boxes
I want to focus these various add-on's icons that are actually in the ...
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Rectangular/box text selection in Firefox
Is there a shortcut for rectangular selection in Firefox?
I'm not talking about the table cell selection mode, but about a mode like in Notepad++ when pressing Alt while selecting (screenshot) or in ...
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Shift+Scroll in Firefox goes through history
Most programs allow you to Shift+Scroll to scroll horizontally in a window. Google Chrome does this, my editors do this, most programs do this.
Firefox is smart and uses Shift+Scroll to go through ...
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How can I toggle an extension action on Firefox using a keyboard hotkey?
Is there a way I can toggle actions on extensions using the keyboard, on Firefox? i.e. I'm looking for a way to map keyboard shortcuts to perform the same actions as when I click on extension buttons.
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Is there a way to control the tab group order in Firefox
I have lots of tab groups, and I like to use them to store open pages.
I know that you can switch tabs using ctrl-`, and that you can open the tab gropus with ctrl-shift-E, but as far as I can tell, ...
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Add Firefox "/" and "'" keyboard shortcuts to Chrome?
I very recently switched to Chrome, and it generally works fine, but my last problem with it is lack of / and ' shortcuts.
For those that don't know:
/ is more or less like ctrl-f
' is like /, but ...
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Firefox keyboard shortcuts to menu items / add-on functions
At the moment I'm using context menus a lot to access commands in Firefox, but I would like to replace this repetitive clicking and searching with keyboard shortcuts for the common tasks that I ...
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How to combine ALT shortcuts and pinned app tabs in Firefox 4?
I usually switch between tabs using the Alt shortcuts; for example, Alt + 2 switches to the second tab. With Firefox 4 this has become problematic as soon as tabs are pinned as application tabs. Alt + ...
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Disable Google Search page's arrows besides results when scrolling up/down using keyboard
The blue arrow (marked in the figure above) hijacks the UP and DOWN in the keyboard and causes the page to jump on each result instead of scrolling smoothly. This page says that it has been bundled ...
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Firefox: access a button that belongs to an extension using keyboard shortcut?
I have an extension that, when I click its icon in the Firefox toolbar, opens a pop-up menu with some buttons. I would like to assign a keyboard shortcut to one of these buttons. Is that possible?
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How to add system-wide hotkeys which do not interfere with Firefox?
We have some operators which perform some tasks using Firefox.
There is an external program which reads of the data they need to enter, and links it to certain hotkeys. (e.g. if they need to enter an ...
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How change the number of seconds Firefox audio video player seek back/forward with keyboard?
When you open an audio/video file with Firefox you can seek forward/backward 15 seconds with right/left keys. Is there a way to change that number or maybe even tweak the keyboard shortcuts? Ideally I ...
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How to add a keyboard shortcut to Firefox Quantum using the CTRL key
How do I add an keyboard shortcut to Firefox 57+ (Quantum) using the CTRL-Key? I use Windows 7, and wish to alter the key bindings to add a function not found at Mozilla's list. I tried the add ons ...
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Get correct ctrl-tab order in Firefox without previews
For some reason Firefox has changed ctrl-tab to cycle through all tabs in left-to-right order, instead of last-used order. This is useless for those of us who have many tabs open.
Googling for a ...
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How can I stop Firefox from intercepting the '/' key event?
I miss using it to activate the search field in DuckDuckGo. Can anyone please give me advice on how to stop Firefox from intercepting / from webpages?
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