1796096 - Add a shift+esc keyboard shortcut to quickly open about:processes

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Toolkit :: Performance Monitoring, enhancement)

Description

[Florian Quèze [:florian]]

On Windows ctrl+shift+esc quickly opens the system task manager, and on both Edge and Chrome, shift+esc opens the in-browser task manager.

I think we should also use this keyboard shortcut for our about:processes page.

I'm not sure if we should limit this to Windows or use the shortcut everywhere. I don't think it hurts on other platforms, but on Mac Safari doesn't seem to have a Task Manager, and Chrome's Task Manager doesn't have a shortcut.

Comment 1

[Florian Quèze [:florian]]

Attachment: Bug 1796096 - Add a shift+esc keyboard shortcut to quickly open about:processes, r=mconley.

Comment 2

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/9e7b1eec3733
Add a shift+esc keyboard shortcut to quickly open about:processes, r=mconley.

Comment 3

[Norisz Fay [:noriszfay]]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/9e7b1eec3733

Comment 4

[Dianna Smith [:diannaS]]

:florian would you like to add a relnote for this in fx108?

Comment 5

[Florian Quèze [:florian]]

(In reply to Dianna Smith [:diannaS] from comment #4)

:florian would you like to add a relnote for this in fx108?

Good idea!

Release Note Request (optional, but appreciated)
[Why is this notable]: While adding the shortcut is a small change, it is a good opportunity to give some attention to about:processes (which was already available from the relatively hidden "More tools -> Task Manager" menu item of the hamburger menu since bug 1777563 / Firefox 104).
[Affects Firefox for Android]: no
[Suggested wording]: The shift+esc keyboard shortcut now opens the Process Manager, offering a way to quickly identify processes that are using too much resources.
[Links (documentation, blog post, etc)]: