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Key bindings

Posted Feb 5, 2004 4:01 UTC (Thu) by Ross (subscriber, #4065)
In reply to: Build a better TEXT EDITOR!!! by jonabbey
Parent article: Building A Better Browser (Forbes)

I haven't tried Firebird but I have a few complaints about Mozilla.

One thing I wish for is the ability to use ALT as the menu shortcut
modifier instead of CTRL. Not only is ALT more familar to me but I
sometimes use the control keys in text widgets by habit. I also hate
the text selection semantics in the URL bar. My final user interface
complaint is the slowness of the menu widgets. I sometimes click twice
because the menus are so slow to open (especially long menus like
Bookmarks).


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Key bindings

Posted Feb 5, 2004 14:23 UTC (Thu) by foo (guest, #1117) [Link]


Shut down mozilla, add this line:

user_pref("ui.key.accelKey", 18);

to your ~/.mozilla/*/*/prefs.js file,
and you're all set.

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