Closed Bug 767190 Opened 13 years ago Closed 13 years ago

Firefox allows webpages to steal keyboard shortcuts

Categories

(Firefox :: Keyboard Navigation, defect)

Product:
Firefox
Component:
Keyboard Navigation
Version:
13 Branch
Platform:
x86
Linux
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 380637

People

(Reporter: ross, Unassigned)

Details

Many webpages have begun using JavaScript to add keypress listeners which overlap with Firefox keyboard shortcuts. Firefox should provide a way to block these, so I can continue to use Firefox's keyboard shortcuts as expected. The most common example: "/" keypress activates a search box for a given site. If I have enabled quick find, then Firefox should not send this keypress to the webpage, but instead activate quick find. To see a few example sites which do this: google.com, wiki.pylonshq.com, twitter.com. Thanks, Ross
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 13 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
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