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Keyboard shortcut for opening a new tab in a container?

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Fouad
Fouad
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Whenever i use ctrl-T to open a new tab, it's container-less by default. The only way to switch containers is to long-click the NewTab button in the tab bar, and selecting a container. This is prohibitively cumbersome to do.

I love containers, but they need some shortcut love.

Whenever i use ctrl-T to open a new tab, it's container-less by default. The only way to switch containers is to long-click the NewTab button in the tab bar, and selecting a container. This is prohibitively cumbersome to do. I love containers, but they need some shortcut love.

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jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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Hi foodi, do you use the Firefox Multi-Account Containers extension? It has this odd keyboard shortcut:

Ctrl + .

When I check its support site, there are a number of keyboard-related issues open. You can review them and chime in, or submit a new one, here:

Issues · mozilla/multi-account-containers on Github

Fouad
Fouad Question owner
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Oh nice!

I'll definitely chime in on that page.

That shortcut don't work for me, tho. I tried both keyboard "." and numberpad "."

I'm not sure exactly why it doesn't work. I'll poke around some more....

Thanks!

cor-el
cor-el
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You can consider to set this pref to 1 on the about:config page to make the container menu appear immediately if you click the plus button.

  • privacy.userContext.longPressBehavior = 1
Fouad
Fouad Question owner
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Nice. That's a step in the right direction, certainly. Thank you!