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how to disable ALL firefox shortcut (Alt-F etc.) and restaure default shortcuts after.

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ebecheto
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With FireSSh, I would like to disable ALL shortcuts( bindkeys). I want to prevent Firefox to grab the Alt key (that opens Alt-F => Files, Alt-T-> Tools...), And even, any other bindkeys (Ctrl-W ...)

That should not change the default behaviour of Firefox for other windows or tabs. Customizing the Firefox bindkeys is not what I want, since it change it for all window/tabs. I suppose this feature exist, since when you oppend a pdf into a tab, some bindkeys are affected to something else. In particular, you cannot exit with Ctrl-W.

Any help is welcomed

With FireSSh, I would like to disable ALL shortcuts( bindkeys). I want to prevent Firefox to grab the Alt key (that opens Alt-F => Files, Alt-T-> Tools...), And even, any other bindkeys (Ctrl-W ...) That should not change the default behaviour of Firefox for other windows or tabs. Customizing the Firefox bindkeys is not what I want, since it change it for all window/tabs. I suppose this feature exist, since when you oppend a pdf into a tab, some bindkeys are affected to something else. In particular, you cannot exit with Ctrl-W. Any help is welcomed

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cor-el
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In that case the keyboard shortcuts do not work because a plugin has focus and processes all key presses.

You can't disable the Alt key that way AFAIK.

ebecheto
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So do you know how the plugin (I can ask the developper) has to do to permit the option to disable all focus/process of keys ?

cor-el
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You need to click with the mouse outside the plugin to make the keyboard work again. It is usually not possible to use the keyboard to achieve that.

ebecheto
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I think we are not talking about the same thing. Thanks anyhow for your help. Regards,