Firefox 2 shortcut keys

Jeremy Howard · 1 Nov 2006, 08:14 AM

For those of you who have switched to Firefox 2, you may have noticed that some of the shortcut keys (those little underlined letters in FastMail.FM) don't work any more.

The reason is that in Firefox 2, you now must type Alt-Shift-Key, not just Alt-Key. So for example, 'Compose' is now Alt-Shift-C.

I think this is actually pretty useful - you can access the menus directly with Alt-Key, the web page shortcuts with Alt-Shift-Key, and use Find As You Type using the keys on their own.

In other Firefox 2 news: the integrated spell-checker works really well with FastMail.FM - I hadn't expected to like it much, but it's actually really effective. It shows little red underlines under mis-spelled words (like MS Word does) and adds a 'add to dictionary' entry to the right-click menu.

**Shelded** · 1 Nov 2006, 11:33 AM

Welcome to EMD, Jeremy! Hope you will find us to be a polite and helpful crowd. Stick around and check us out. Thanks for your contribution there.

kastaway · 1 Nov 2006, 01:08 PM

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Originally posted by Shelded
Welcome to EMD, Jeremy! Hope you will find us to be a polite and helpful crowd. Stick around and check us out. Thanks for your contribution there.

Heh, heh. Yep, I think $5 is a good price.

Si1 · 1 Nov 2006, 02:08 PM

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Originally posted by Jeremy Howard
So for example, 'Compose' is now Alt-Shift-C.

Just a note for Mac users: you can do the same with [CTRL]+[C], and so on.

drchadwick · 1 Nov 2006, 11:53 PM

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Originally posted by Si1
Just a note for Mac users: you can do the same with [CTRL]+[C], and so on.

In Firefox 2.0, would that be [CTRL]+[SHIFT]+[KEY] now?

(I'd check myself, but I'm in front of my work PC at the moment.)

Si1 · 2 Nov 2006, 01:15 AM

No, it's just [CTRL]+[key].

2 Nov 2006, 01:42 AM

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Originally posted by Jeremy Howard
The reason is that in Firefox 2, you now must type Alt-Shift-Key, not just Alt-Key. So for example, 'Compose' is now Alt-Shift-C.

Another reason not to upgrade

hadaso · 2 Nov 2006, 06:14 AM

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Originally posted by Daniel S
Another reason not to upgrade

Seems like the reason I didn't dump vi for emacs. In emacs everything seemed to require longer key combinations.

newhampshire · 3 Nov 2006, 02:10 AM

Is there a list of all the keyboard shortcuts in one place? I think there are some non obvious ones, such as Ctrl-Enter to send your message.

I would love a master list of all the underlined words shortcuts and non obvious shortcuts.

Thanks.

hugoheden · 20 Nov 2006, 05:41 AM

Uhm.. With Firefox 2.0 for Windows, if you use Ctrl+Shift+Enter (instead of just Ctrl+Enter) for sending a message, it works just as well -- and you don't get that dreadful Download Manager window. Interesting!

janusz · 21 Nov 2006, 03:06 AM

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Originally posted by Shelded
Welcome to EMD, Jeremy! Hope you will find us to be a polite and helpful crowd. Stick around and check us out.

Well, he's been sticking around, checking us out and writing some 6 posts a day for the last five years

robmueller · 21 Nov 2006, 08:16 AM

hugoheden: I'm not sure if you're the one that updated the bugzilla entry as well, but if so, thanks. That's a neat workaround and I've added it to the blog.

http://blog.fastmail.fm/?p=579

Rob

**Shelded** · 21 Nov 2006, 02:19 PM

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Originally posted by janusz
Well, he's been sticking around, checking us out and writing some 6 posts a day for the last five years

That's the problem with averages.... there are an awful lot of posts early on and few recently. Try that with meals and see how things suit. So, yes, I was being a smidgen witty

hugoheden · 22 Nov 2006, 03:31 AM

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Originally posted by robmueller
hugoheden: I'm not sure if you're the one that updated the bugzilla entry as well, but if so, thanks. That's a neat workaround and I've added it to the blog.

http://blog.fastmail.fm/?p=579

Rob

Yes, that was me. You're welcome. Yes, I saw your blogpost

Hugo

FMRocks · 23 Nov 2006, 01:52 PM

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Originally posted by Jeremy Howard
In other Firefox 2 news: the integrated spell-checker works really well with FastMail.FM - I hadn't expected to like it much, but it's actually really effective. It shows little red underlines under mis-spelled words (like MS Word does) and adds a 'add to dictionary' entry to the right-click menu.

Amen to that! I absolutely love the built-in Spellchecker in Firefox 2. I can't figure out how I ever did without it!

1 Nov 2006, 08:14 AM	#1
Jeremy Howard Ultimate Contributor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Australia Posts: 11,501	Firefox 2 shortcut keys For those of you who have switched to Firefox 2, you may have noticed that some of the shortcut keys (those little underlined letters in FastMail.FM) don't work any more. The reason is that in Firefox 2, you now must type Alt-Shift-Key, not just Alt-Key. So for example, 'Compose' is now Alt-Shift-C. I think this is actually pretty useful - you can access the menus directly with Alt-Key, the web page shortcuts with Alt-Shift-Key, and use Find As You Type using the keys on their own. In other Firefox 2 news: the integrated spell-checker works really well with FastMail.FM - I hadn't expected to like it much, but it's actually really effective. It shows little red underlines under mis-spelled words (like MS Word does) and adds a 'add to dictionary' entry to the right-click menu.

1 Nov 2006, 11:33 AM	#2
Shelded Moderator Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: USA Northwest Posts: 3,849	Welcome to EMD, Jeremy! Hope you will find us to be a polite and helpful crowd. Stick around and check us out. Thanks for your contribution there.

2 Nov 2006, 01:15 AM	#6
Si1 Cornerstone of the Community Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: UK Posts: 590	No, it's just [CTRL]+[key].

3 Nov 2006, 02:10 AM	#9
newhampshire Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 121	Is there a list of all the keyboard shortcuts in one place? I think there are some non obvious ones, such as Ctrl-Enter to send your message. I would love a master list of all the underlined words shortcuts and non obvious shortcuts. Thanks.

20 Nov 2006, 05:41 AM	#10
hugoheden Junior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Estocolmo Posts: 9	Uhm.. With Firefox 2.0 for Windows, if you use Ctrl+Shift+Enter (instead of just Ctrl+Enter) for sending a message, it works just as well -- and you don't get that dreadful Download Manager window. Interesting!

21 Nov 2006, 08:16 AM	#12
robmueller Intergalactic Postmaster Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 6,102 Representative of: Fastmail.FM	hugoheden: I'm not sure if you're the one that updated the bugzilla entry as well, but if so, thanks. That's a neat workaround and I've added it to the blog. http://blog.fastmail.fm/?p=579 Rob