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Reviews for Shortkeys (Custom Keyboard Shortcuts) for Firefox

Shortkeys (Custom Keyboard Shortcuts) for Firefox by Peter Malecka, Mike Crittenden

3.2 Stars out of 5
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25 reviews
  • by Hannes Leonhartsberger, 3 months ago
    It's a really good add-on which provides shortcut functionality which firefox normally doesn't have. The only criticism I have is that the shortcut input field doesn't ignore whitespace.
  • by kirk781, a year ago
    I do not understand the multiple 1 star reviews for this addon. It does what it says in the description. One can create custom keyboard shortcuts for use in the browser. I don't have a ton of shortcuts [only half a dozen] but the extension does the job. It also has backup/restore option and despite not being updated in nearly 3 years, still works.
  • by cj, 2 years ago
    "Move tab right/left" and "Next/Prevoius tab" are the same functions. Can't add a shortcut to jump to right or left tab.
  • by Xii-Nyth, 3 years ago
    ok so weird thing that might be throughing people off is you type out the key,not press it, to set the shortcut. Also disabling 'alt' even in in the context of a page as far as highlighted text doesnt work. oddly though, remapping it to something like open new tab does.
  • by Firefox user 17137151, 3 years ago
    Firefox 94, it works. Shortcuts seem to only work in tabs that were opened after you saved the preference. So, if the extension doesn't appear to work, restart the browser and you should be good to go!

    I use this to disable Option+Home, which immediately navigates "home" (blank tab) and loses any filled-in form data on the page. Was bumping that key combo all the time because the keys are adjacent on my Kinesis!
  • by aloisjanicek, 3 years ago
  • by NaCl, 3 years ago
    To the reviewers calling people idiots: if using the add on isn't intuitive its just as bad as having a non working add on. To access the activation options you need to press the ">" on the left for each short cut.

    Adding some simple tutorial would have cleared up most of the bad reviews. How can you blame people for messing up when every other add on gives you an introduction? Anyway, great add on but read the github and make sure to activate the shortcut.
  • by Sinister Stairs, 4 years ago
    I can finally disable cmd-d on the Mac! This would be 5* if I could remap it to Find.
  • by Максим, 4 years ago
    People say here that the extension doesn't work but won't specify what exactly doesn't work. It actually works fine. Nevertheless there's a bug: when you enable "Sync to other devices" the entry will disappear.
  • by no_traps, 5 years ago
    A great addon that is a bit crippled on Firefox, sadly, due to browser limitations. I was hoping it could make up for Firefox' lack of shortcuts for internal pages.

    E: seems the last update made the interface fit the Options tab better. Great stuff.
  • by Salman Talib, 5 years ago
  • by CTGiles, 5 years ago
    Shortcuts don't work and don't save.
  • by Firefox user 14344974, 6 years ago
  • by Firefox user 14358075, 6 years ago
    seriously, though, the fact that i had to look at the reviews to see a complaint about the UX before I understood how to save an action is crazy. -1 for that, great otherwise.
  • by PERCE-NEIGE, 6 years ago
    @User.493d09
    Read the description: "shortkeys cannot override Firefox default shortcuts such as: ctrl+j, alt+d and
    others using the "Do nothing" action *outside of the webpage* e.g. the default firefox chortcut will still work in the url bar/ search bar"

    It's only for adding additional shortkeys, not for changing the default one, as it doesn't seem possible with a web-extension yet.
  • by Davin, 6 years ago
    Could better if it adds "Page Up" "Page Down" actions to dropdown choices. "Scroll" and "Scroll more" is not enough. Thanks for a great extension so far. I love it!
  • by Patu, 7 years ago
    The only alternative for keyconfig in Firefox Quantum so far.
  • by MrSteveHolland, 7 years ago
    Need to add actions for Developer tools (e.g. I want to create a custom shortcut for opening Developer Tools, inspector etc.)
  • by Riksoft, 7 years ago
    V. 2.2.7: Great addon that has now added "close tabs on the right" and "close tabs on the left", in its list of predefined actions.

    CONS: these 2 actions work only on some pages. E.g., from the page I'm now writing this review it doesn't work (and it's not a matter of input field because I've put the focus on the page).

    SUGGESTION: Maybe (or maybe not because that is button) in this open source addon
    https://github.com/j70/multitabx
    can be found the trick to improve this one, because that addon is working even from the about:addon page.

    Developer response

    posted 7 years ago
    Check out the new version :)
  • by 041744, 7 years ago
    It works, but could use more functions. I wish there was a way to shortcut undo closed tab, I tried looking for a way to do this with javascript but had no luck. You do need to restart the browser for the shortcuts to work which is annoying but not terrible

    Developer response

    posted 7 years ago
    Check out the new version: 2.2.6: Reopen Last Closed Tab
  • by lullabee, 7 years ago
    For me, customizable keybinds are mandatory, so this addon is a god-send.

    The only problem I see is that it waits for the page to be fully loaded before working.

    If this can be fixed (maybe loading content scripts on page opening / removing load checks for appropriate actions like tab switching), I'll update my rating to 5 instead of 4.
  • by naoric, 7 years ago
    Loved it on Chrome and was very glad to find it here!
    One thing still bothers me though - the sites filter doesn't work whether I'm trying to restrict site pattern or whitelist others..

    It it just me?

    Developer response

    posted 7 years ago
    Hi naoric,

    thanks, would you open an issue here: https://github.com/pmalecka/chrome-shortkeys/

    and provide some repro steps?
    Thanks,
    Peter
  • by Firefox user 13256743, 7 years ago
    Would it be possible to have the shortcuts defined in the extension have higher priority than those in the page? I use alt+arrow to switch tabs, but it only works if I'm not in a text field otherwise it tries to navigate within the field (a function I don't really use).

    Apart from that I greatly enjoy the addon as it's the only webextension I know off able to customize keyboard shortcuts in Firefox Nightly.
  • by jonrandy, 7 years ago
    New version works well. Running bookmarklets didn't appear to work though
  • by eriador, 7 years ago
    I'll rate again later, I haven't tried it yet as it says it's "not compatible with Firefox 55.0.2" so I'll have to wait for FF 57. I need it because the KeyBinder addon I was using won't be upgraded to WebExtensions.

    Quick question: can I use it to assign the function keys to the downloads window and to the bookmarks sidebar, so that I can open them quickly?

    EDIT: I'm not a coder so i can't submit pull requests to your github, and the issues section seems disabled. Since this is a FF-specific request, I cannot open an issue for the original chrome-shortkeys either...

    Developer response

    posted 7 years ago
    EDIT: Issues now enabled on Github. I looked into the current API for webextension on FF, and the API for opening the Downloads window/bookmark panel. Sorry

    Hi there,
    there's no need to wait for FF57, this will become compatibile with earlier version of FF (47-*) with the new version of the addon. It's already submmitted and awaiting review from AMO.

    Bookmarks window and Downloads window is not currently supported. Feel free to submit a PR or open an issue on github: https://github.com/pmalecka/chrome-shortkeys

    Currently the following actions are supported:
    - Run custom JS
    - Do nothing (for disabling a Chrome shortcut you don't like)
    - Open a bookmark or bookmarklet
    - Scroll up/down/left/right by a little or a lot
    - Scroll to the top or bottom of the page
    - Go back or forward in history
    - Jump to existing tab by URL
    - Open new tab with URL
    - Switch to the previous/next/first/last tab
    - Create a new tab or close the current tab
    - Clone the current tab
    - Close all (unpinned) tabs except for current tab
    - Reload the page
    - Copy the current URL
    - Pin/Unpin the current tab
    - Move the current tab left or right
    - Zoom in/out/reset
    - Blacklist or whitelist specific shortcuts on specific sites
    - Clear downloads (page and bar)
    - Click button and switch to next tab (for Tribal Wars players)