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Title: Alt+S Shortcut in Firefox
Post by: Simon on Mar 24, 2008, 11:35:43
Quote from: Niall on Mar 24, 2008, 02:58:21Oh and while I'm thinking about it, when you post on these forums, it says "alt + s" will post. That is only the case for IE now as they changed Firefox a few versions ago, so it no longer does that, which irritates me immensely!

There's a way round that, Niall.  If you open a new FF window, and type about:config in the address bar, when you hit Enter, you should see a long page of configuration options.  Go to the bottom and look for:

ui.key.chromeAccess
ui.key.contentAccess


Right click each one, select Modify and swap the integers round, so chromeAccess becomes 5 and contentAccess becomes 4.  Close the window, and Alt+S should then work to send messages on forums.  :)
Title: Re: Alt+S Shortcut in Firefox
Post by: Rik on Mar 24, 2008, 11:39:45
How on earth did you find that one out, Simon? :karma:
Title: Re: Alt+S Shortcut in Firefox
Post by: madasahatter on Mar 24, 2008, 11:41:22
Look slike Simon has way too much time on his hands  ;D
Title: Re: Alt+S Shortcut in Firefox
Post by: Simon on Mar 24, 2008, 11:45:37
It annoyed me too!  ;)
Title: Re: Alt+S Shortcut in Firefox
Post by: Sebby on Mar 24, 2008, 13:49:58
Thanks so much, Simon. This has always irritated me! I will give you a karma when back on my PC!
Title: Re: Alt+S Shortcut in Firefox
Post by: Sebby on Mar 24, 2008, 14:07:17
Okay, all done. :karmic:
Title: Re: Alt+S Shortcut in Firefox
Post by: Simon on Mar 24, 2008, 18:07:03
Thanks, Seb, glad to help!   :)
Title: Re: Alt+S Shortcut in Firefox
Post by: Niall on Mar 24, 2008, 19:02:28
Yay! Ta for that. That's been irritating me for ages. The last time I looked into it, there wasn't a work around.
Title: Re: Alt+S Shortcut in Firefox
Post by: bob_s on Mar 26, 2008, 20:30:41
I use firefox, but I think my observation skills are lacking.  I never noticed the shortcut message.

I hope I am not missing any other tricks out there ::)
Title: Re: Alt+S Shortcut in Firefox
Post by: Sebby on Mar 26, 2008, 21:10:24
It's not something that's explicitly mentioned, Bob. Alt+S is just a shortcut to submit a form, but you need to adjust the settings to do so in Firefox. :)
Title: Re: Alt+S Shortcut in Firefox
Post by: Rik on Mar 27, 2008, 08:54:01
Quote from: bob_s on Mar 26, 2008, 20:30:41
I use firefox, but I think my observation skills are lacking.  I never noticed the shortcut message.

You won't see the message if you use the QR box, Bob, but on a normal reply, it's shown just above the buttons, see below.

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Title: Re: Alt+S Shortcut in Firefox
Post by: Simon on Mar 27, 2008, 09:48:31
It does still work with the QR box though.  :)
Title: Re: Alt+S Shortcut in Firefox
Post by: Lance on Apr 26, 2011, 18:41:24
A massive bump, but a worthwhile one I feel given the number of users who might have swapped from IE to firefox in recent years.

I've just used this again on FireFox 4 on my work laptop as it was annoying me not being able to use the shortcut! Firefox hadn't previously been installed on the machine.
Title: Re: Alt+S Shortcut in Firefox
Post by: Rik on Apr 26, 2011, 18:43:14
A bump?? Are you using a wrecking ball? ;D
Title: Re: Alt+S Shortcut in Firefox
Post by: Lance on Apr 26, 2011, 18:43:52
Nope, just the search function  ;D
Title: Re: Alt+S Shortcut in Firefox
Post by: Rik on Apr 26, 2011, 18:45:17
 ;D
Title: Re: Alt+S Shortcut in Firefox
Post by: Simon on Apr 26, 2011, 20:12:42
I thought I'd travelled in time - I had hair when I started this thread!  ;D
Title: Re: Alt+S Shortcut in Firefox
Post by: Rik on Apr 27, 2011, 09:30:27
:lol:

I had a waist!
Title: Re: Alt+S Shortcut in Firefox
Post by: Simon on Apr 27, 2011, 10:25:30
I've still got one!
Title: Re: Alt+S Shortcut in Firefox
Post by: Rik on Apr 27, 2011, 10:32:23
Ah, but is it convex or concave?
Title: Re: Alt+S Shortcut in Firefox
Post by: Simon on Apr 27, 2011, 10:36:54
Definitely convex!  ;D
Title: Re: Alt+S Shortcut in Firefox
Post by: Rik on Apr 27, 2011, 10:40:02
 ;D