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Ctrl+D not working

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Hi. I recently updated Firefox to 29.0.1 and after I did that the shortcut for "Bookmark This Page" (Ctrl+D) has seized to work. Whenever I press that combination it doesn't do anything, and if I go to the Bookmarks menu it says to use Ctrl+R which does not do the same thing as that just refreshes the website.

I have looked into add-ons that could change the shortcut button combinations, but none of them list this option.

What can I do to get that shortcut back as it really is annoying to have to go to the menu all the time to save a bookmark.

Hi. I recently updated Firefox to 29.0.1 and after I did that the shortcut for "Bookmark This Page" (Ctrl+D) has seized to work. Whenever I press that combination it doesn't do anything, and if I go to the Bookmarks menu it says to use Ctrl+R which does not do the same thing as that just refreshes the website. I have looked into add-ons that could change the shortcut button combinations, but none of them list this option. What can I do to get that shortcut back as it really is annoying to have to go to the menu all the time to save a bookmark.

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If you are using the language pack then you should be able to fix this easily by editing the involved file in the nb-NO.xpi file (an XPI file is a ZIP archive)

  • nb-NO.xpi/browser/chrome/nb-NO/locale/browser/browser.dtd
<!ENTITY editThisBookmarkCmd.label "Rediger dette bokmerket">
<!ENTITY bookmarkThisPageCmd.commandkey "R">

<!ENTITY bookmarkThisPageCmd.commandkey "d">

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I have now also tried this in Safe Mode and it still has no result.

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Does the "Bookmark This Page" menu item at least work (i.e. only the keyboard shortcut fails)?

Which Firefox locale (user interface language) do you use (pref: general.useragent.locale on the about:config page)?

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The menu item itself works fine yes, but not the shortcut menu.

I use the nb-NO version and it worked fine until I updated it.

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That is a bug:

  • bug 1005510 - Keyboard shortcut CTRL+D [add bookmark] not working with Norwegian [nb-NO] locale

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https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/page.cgi?id=etiquette.html

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Oh, good. At least it has been noticed then.

Is there a fix for it or do I just have to wait for a patch?

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If you are using the language pack then you should be able to fix this easily by editing the involved file in the nb-NO.xpi file (an XPI file is a ZIP archive)

  • nb-NO.xpi/browser/chrome/nb-NO/locale/browser/browser.dtd
<!ENTITY editThisBookmarkCmd.label "Rediger dette bokmerket">
<!ENTITY bookmarkThisPageCmd.commandkey "R">

<!ENTITY bookmarkThisPageCmd.commandkey "d">

Modified by cor-el

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Thank you for this. That solved my problem perfectly. :)