775002 - Enable users to disable javascript to hijack keyboard shortcuts

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 380637

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[diyism]

Many websites or webapps(for example twitter website) hijack the keyboard strokes as keyboard shortcuts in their web page. And in many cases some of the shortcuts conflict with the system-based keyboard shortcuts.

Since firefox enable user to "disable javascript to hijack context menu" at:
Tools/Options/Content/Enable Javascript Advanced/Disable or replace context menus

Why don't you add the feature to "disable javascript to hijack keyboard shortcuts"? Just a checkbox at:
Tools/Options/Content/Enable Javascript Advanced/Catch keyboard events

Comment 1

[Reed Loden [:reed]]

Not a security bug.

Comment 2

[diyism]

Look at the discussions:

http://superuser.com/questions/337108/how-can-i-disable-arrow-key-hijacking-on-websites

http://superuser.com/questions/168087/how-to-forbid-keyboard-shortcut-stealing-by-websites-in-firefox