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Shortcut keys combination to enable specific add-on always activate

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I need to activate my shockwave flash every time for selenium test run with firefox profile. Please help if there are any keyboard shortcuts to always activate this plugin. I am doing CTRL+SHIFT+A and land on add-ons page.Now i want to select shockwave flash and turn it on using keyboard shortcuts. Please Help!!!

I need to activate my shockwave flash every time for selenium test run with firefox profile. Please help if there are any keyboard shortcuts to always activate this plugin. I am doing CTRL+SHIFT+A and land on add-ons page.Now i want to select shockwave flash and turn it on using keyboard shortcuts. Please Help!!!

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Used SHIFT+TAB and Up, down keys to reach destination

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Used SHIFT+TAB and Up, down keys to reach destination

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Here is some reading material regarding Flash player.

This bug report is the one that made Flash click to activate by default (<

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Make sure to update to the latest Flash version (27.0.0.130) because usually outdated Flash versions are set to "Ask to Activate" via the blocklisting feature.

You can download the latest Flash player versions for Firefox on this page: