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How to disable spacebar scrolling/pagedown?

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Now that keyconfig extension is no longer compatible with the recent browser version. Is there anyway to disable spacebar as pagedown to prevent it from scrolling?

Now that keyconfig extension is no longer compatible with the recent browser version. Is there anyway to disable spacebar as pagedown to prevent it from scrolling?

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I created a user script which I think prevents this. A user script is a snippet of code that is run in the context of the web page. You can apply userscripts using any of these extensions (you only need one):

The script:

https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/38545-prevent-spacebar-doing-page-down

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Sounds more like a keyboard problem then a Browser issue. A working Browser will not do what your saying.

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WestEnd said

Sounds more like a keyboard problem then a Browser issue. A working Browser will not do what your saying.

Hi WestEnd, if you click on an empty area of a page, not in a form field, the space bar works like Page Down, and Shift+Spacebar works like Page Up. At least that's what I see on Windows 7.

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I created a user script which I think prevents this. A user script is a snippet of code that is run in the context of the web page. You can apply userscripts using any of these extensions (you only need one):

The script:

https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/38545-prevent-spacebar-doing-page-down

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jscher2000 said

I created a user script which I think prevents this. A user script is a snippet of code that is run in the context of the web page. You can apply userscripts using any of these extensions (you only need one): The script: https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/38545-prevent-spacebar-doing-page-down

Thanks for giving me an idea. I changed it to (key.keyCode === 32) for it to work though.