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What happened to the context menu

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Firefox auto updated, could have sworn I turned that off, and suddenly my context menu has arrows in it. Why are there arrows in my context menu and how do I make them go away? I right click and use my keyboard for 99% of what I do in my browser so right click + b not working is completely unacceptable. I want my text menu back.

Firefox auto updated, could have sworn I turned that off, and suddenly my context menu has arrows in it. Why are there arrows in my context menu and how do I make them go away? I right click and use my keyboard for 99% of what I do in my browser so right click + b not working is completely unacceptable. I want my text menu back.

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Thank you I was about to install Chrome or start using IE because of this...

I spoke too soon. While this does return the text menus, it doesn't specify the keyboard shortcut. So I see the work back, but I can't just hit b to go back.

Modified by Totchos

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I really hoped 33 would rectify this problem. It didn't. Seriously, how hard is it to put back functionality that has been in EVERY version of the browser for a decade?

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How about using Alt with the left arrow key to "go back"?

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Or they could put back functionality that has always been there. It's like they turned into Microsoft or Apple. Firefox thinks something is a good idea so they make the change without checking with the user base to see if anyone actually wants it.

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You can provide feedback to Mozilla here: https://input.mozilla.org/en-US/feedback

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Has anyone filed a bug requesting that the accelerators be restored (hidden or visible)?

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I did when 32 dropped. As we can see, did a whole lot of good. I submitted feedback again, expecting the same response.

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One user filing a Bug report or providing feedback doesn't revert a changed feature; and even if Mozilla decided to change something like that back to what it used to be, the change wouldn't happen overnight.

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Bug 1017580 - removed accesskeys should be come back (RESOLVED INVALID)


Modified by cor-el

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Bug 1017580 - removed accesskeys should be come back (RESOLVED INVALID)

Hmm, okay, I guess hidden accesskeys could lead to conflicts with new menu items, or unpleasant surprises.