How can I turn off the annoying ctrl-Q shortcut?
Dear Developers,
I'm using Firefox v60.0.1 on Debian Linux. I was wondering why on Earth is the Ctrl-Q shortcut is defined at all to immediately close all tabs and quit the browser? I think it is an extremely bad idea to have this shortcut, since it is very easy to accidentally hit it by mistyping Ctrl-W, which is in turn oftentimes used.
I suggest to remove Ctrl-Q from future versions, or at least give the user the option to turn it off. In the current version I have found no way to do it, if there is, please let me know.
Many thanks in advance!
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Unfortunately you can not change keys and that is what is mapped. But : https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/shortkeys/ I hope the above is workable for you.
Please let us know if this solved your issue or if need further assistance.
The Menus and Keyboard/Mouse shortcuts on Linux is due to the Gnome HIG just as it is due to Apple HIG for Mac.
Linux and Mac have a similar shortcut for to Quit/Exit while Windows it is Ctrl + Shift + Q
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/keyboard-shortcuts-perform-firefox-tasks-quickly
The shortcuts have not changed much if any in so long.
There were add-ons that could change hot-key settings, but whether the new Firefox can use them . . . . . .
There is an extension to disable this key, but it doesn't work on Linux.
- https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/disable-ctrl-q-and-cmd-q/
- https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/disable-ctrl-q-and-cmd-q/reviews/854938/
Bug 1325692 - [commands] Explicit support for overriding built-in keyboard shortcuts by WebExtensions
(please do not comment in bug reports
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/page.cgi?id=etiquette.html)
Unfortunately you can not change keys and that is what is mapped. But : https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/shortkeys/ I hope the above is workable for you.
This add on you recommend does not solve the problem.
Linux and Mac have a similar shortcut for to Quit/Exit while Windows it is Ctrl + Shift + Q
This does not solve the problem.
The shortcuts have not changed much if any in so long.
And has ever been an annoyance. This is a strange answer as it basically states that just because a problem exists for quite some time it would no longer be a problem.
This problem exists for a long time now. But as keyboards have changed this problem increased in importance. It needs to be fixed, it is extremely annoying.
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@ juek (and anybody who might want to reply) :
You started your own thread here :
You started your own thread here :
Yes of course. Otherwise I'm not even able to write a reply here. A conceptional design error of the support forum software.
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