223005 - Allow user changing the keybindings

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 57805

(Core :: DOM: UI Events & Focus Handling, enhancement)

Description

[Santiago Romero]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20031010 Debian/1.4-6
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20031010 Debian/1.4-6


 Not all users are used to the same keys. Users of opera, galeon and konqueror
can change the keybindings using the Menu UI (in the Preferences dialog) to
modify the keybindings to suit their needs.

 For example, under those browsers you can change the key associated to Open New
Tab to CTRL+N, while in Mozilla you MUST use CTRL+T. I can't find a menu or text
file to change it FOR MY USER. Another example: under galeon, konqueror and
opera I can set alt+q and alt+w to Previous and Next Tab. Under Mozilla I *must*
use ctrl+pgup and ctrl+pgdown.

 Mozilla is good enought to allow each user to set the keys to their needs,
while maintaining its default keys as mozilla developers prefer. This way people
will be able to adapt to mozilla easily. I've heard people that can't get used
to mozilla keys and they return to Explorer. 

 A "Keybindings" menu should be very easy to implement, and will allow each user
to configure mozilla according to their needs.

 I'm waiting for this (and other 2 wishes I'm going to report, such as "Saving
all the tabs state when closing mozilla" and "Allow putting tabs bar vertically
(at the left or right)") about 1 year in order to abandon konqueror and start
using mozilla. Please, take a look at it.
 
 In any case great job :)


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Put a new Explorer/Konqueror/Opera/Galeon user in front of Mozilla
2. He will try to open a new window with CTRL+N or CTRL+U
3. He will explore the Preferences menu looking where to change the CTRL+T key,
and then he won't find it.
4. He will report the wish here :-)

Comment 1

[Bill Mason]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 57805 ***