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Firefox is showing Bookmarks when I press the Windows (mod4) key. How to disable this?

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On Firefox on Linux, pressing the Mod4 key (also known as Windows key) brings up my Bookmarks (the sidebar). I've had this happen before on Windows years ago and couldn't find a solution (had to reinstall the OS back then). No setting was changed between the time it was working (1 hour ago) and the time such behavior appeared (10 minutes ago). I am constantly using the Mod4 key for window manager functions, so it's very unusable now on Firefox's window.

On Firefox on Linux, pressing the Mod4 key (also known as Windows key) brings up my Bookmarks (the sidebar). I've had this happen before on Windows years ago and couldn't find a solution (had to reinstall the OS back then). No setting was changed between the time it was working (1 hour ago) and the time such behavior appeared (10 minutes ago). I am constantly using the Mod4 key for window manager functions, so it's very unusable now on Firefox's window.

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I can either recommend a reinstall or a temporary work around: