Skip to main content

All Questions

1 vote
1 answer
121 views

How to change find bar "Whole Words" shortcut in Firefox

On macOS, Firefox uses the control key for each of the keyboard shortcuts in the "Find in Page…" bar. For example, Highlight All is currently toggled by Control-I, Match Case is Control-C, ...
user12638282's user avatar
0 votes
1 answer
324 views

How to remap Control and Cmd in Firefox for MacOS?

MacOS allows to assign a hotkey for copy/paste actions via System settings. However Firefox does not respect remapped application short-cuts in MacOS. I tried several external application to remap ...
Denis's user avatar
  • 339
0 votes
1 answer
1k views

Firefox not pasting with Ctrl-v inside textarea

I'm using Firefox (95.0.2) on a MacOS (Big Sur 11.6.2) and changed the Ui.key.generalAccessKey (to 17 for Ctrl) to use Ctrl instead of Command to support copy/paste a la windows (i.e. ctrl-c to copy, ...
shalomb's user avatar
  • 240
0 votes
1 answer
134 views

How to disable "command + / " in YouTube as a shortcut in macOS?

I'm using a Mac. Regardless of the browser I use, when I am in YouTube and press command + / then the website will pop a helper modal. In my system I have set command + / as a shortcut for other ...
user956609's user avatar
1 vote
1 answer
417 views

Can I change the command bindings back to control bindings on Firefox?

I have been a Linux user for years and just got a Mac. One thing that has been bugging me for the past couple of days is how every program seems to use command for shortcuts instead of Ctrl. ...
rooter's user avatar
  • 11
2 votes
1 answer
395 views

Firefox on MacOS: Customize keyboard shortcut for "go back"

Is there a way to change the keyboard shortcut for the back button? Because there is no menu item for this, the MacOS keyboard shortcuts cannot be used. Instead of Cmd+← (boths hands needed) I want ...
Georg Ledermann's user avatar
0 votes
1 answer
224 views

Cycle through links on page and open a link

Is there a Firefox shortcut and/or combination of shortcuts to cycle through links on a page, then open a specific link ? To do this now I use the shortcut : ' to open find then I search for the link ...
blue-sky's user avatar
  • 629
1 vote
0 answers
137 views

How to add a firefox shortcut to open an addon

Similar to chrome chrome://extensions/shortcuts is there any way to define a shortcut on FF to popup a addon in the toolbar?
a--m's user avatar
  • 168
0 votes
1 answer
325 views

Firefox Clear Web Console keyboard shortcut

Is there a keyboard shortcut to clear the Firefox Web Console? According to https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Tools/Web_Console/Keyboard_shortcuts, Ctrl + L should work, but it does not work ...
hanxue's user avatar
  • 3,058
0 votes
1 answer
564 views

Confirm "are you sure you want to leave this page" dialog with keyboard

In Firefox, sometimes trying to navigate away from a website produces the following dialog: How do I select "Leave Page" using only my keyboard? I've tried pressing Tab to select the "Leave Page" ...
arxanas's user avatar
  • 899
0 votes
2 answers
114 views

Opening Firefox searches in a tab and backgrounding the new tab

In Chrome, when typing a search into the Omnibar, I can user Cmd+Enter to open the webpage or search query in a new tab, with the tab immediately being backgrounded -- this way, my focus stays on the ...
Jules's user avatar
  • 698
3 votes
1 answer
2k views

Disable the caret browsing permanently in Firefox on a Mac?

I don't use the caret browsing and I want to remove F7 key function from Firefox. Can that be done?
Dharma's user avatar
  • 1,102
1 vote
1 answer
1k views

CTRL + SPACE Shortcut Key for Context Menu on Mac

I'm writing as a last resort after my many hours of searching.... My System is: Mac OS X 10.9.4 Firefox 31.1.1 Thunderbird 31.1.2 It seems I must be going about my goal to access the context menu ...
m31uk3's user avatar
  • 11
2 votes
1 answer
579 views

Close window with CMD+W with Firefox on OS X

According to this page, Firefox's default shortcuts for Mac include Command + W to close a window, and Command + Shift + W to close a window. This behavior is infuriatingly nonstandard, and defies ...
element119's user avatar
1 vote
1 answer
289 views

How do I move FireFox tabs using keyboard on MacOSX?

On linux I can move FF tabs using Ctrl-PgUp and Ctrl-PgDn. What do I do on Mac OS X (Darwin)? Note that I do not even have PgUp and PgDn keys here. I can switch between tabs using Cmd-Alt-RightArrow ...
sds's user avatar
  • 2,060

15 30 50 per page