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How do I disable "override keyboard shortcuts" by default?

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If I go to a webpage, and click the information button, then click permissions, in that list is an option for "Override Keyboard Shortcuts". How can I set that to be disabled by default for all sites?

If I go to a webpage, and click the information button, then click permissions, in that list is an option for "Override Keyboard Shortcuts". How can I set that to be disabled by default for all sites?

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You can look at this pref on the about:config page.

  • permissions.default.shortcuts (default = 0)
UNKNOWN: Services.perms.UNKNOWN_ACTION [0]
ALLOW: Services.perms.ALLOW_ACTION [1]
BLOCK: Services.perms.DENY_ACTION [2]
PROMPT: Services.perms.PROMPT_ACTION [3]
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Hi,

look at this product and look for information about shortcuts and the firefox API:

Then this:

Give in 'about:config' in the addressbar and search for shortcut, hotkey, override or keyboard.

Pls reply back.

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You can look at this pref on the about:config page.

  • permissions.default.shortcuts (default = 0)
UNKNOWN: Services.perms.UNKNOWN_ACTION [0]
ALLOW: Services.perms.ALLOW_ACTION [1]
BLOCK: Services.perms.DENY_ACTION [2]
PROMPT: Services.perms.PROMPT_ACTION [3]
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setting permissions.default.shortcuts to 2 solved the issue, but when that is set to 2, my backspace key doesn't work.

This doesn't happen when it is set to 0, 1, or 3.

Is that expected?

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Is this about the backspace key in an input field?

The backspace key and also the Delete key do not seem to work to delete text. If I select text (Shift + Left) then the Delete key works.

What specific reason do you have to disable shortcut keys?

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yes, it is an input field.

I've disabled the shortcut keys because it kept interfering with the keyboard shortcuts for an add-on that I have installed.

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If you can't live with selecting the text and using the delete key then maybe contact the developer of that extension.

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Well, the extension isn't broken, it's working as intended. The problem is FF's shortcut system.

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Shortcut options should be in settings. Addons should not be required.

Once again, I work more on fixing ff than using it....

Firefox is doing it wrong.