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Disable Ctrl-Q and Cmd-Q by Rob W

2.7 Stars out of 5
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Response by Rob W

Developer response

posted 8 years ago
The add-on just overrides Ctrl-Q and ignores the keystroke. I don't know if there is a way to exxplicitly quit Firefox (I can close all open windows, but I don't know for sure whether the windows would be restored when Firefox starts again).

I believe that quitting is such a rare operation that it should not be possible to do it by accident. Two Cmd-Q presses can still be done by accident.

If you want to explicitly quit Firefox by keyboard, you can use the following shortcut:

- Linux (and Windows too, I guess): Alt + F, Q
- macOS: Fn + Ctrl + F2, Arrow right, Arrow Down, Q, Enter (Ctrl instead of Fn + Ctrl if you are not using a Mac keyboard; to enable Ctrl+F2 the menubar shortcut should be enabled, see https://superuser.com/questions/303525/what-is-the-shortcut-to-access-the-menubar-in-mac-os-x).

(by following these shortcuts, you are basically opening the menu and activating the Quit menu item)
87 reviews
  • by Евгений, 2 years ago
  • by LucasPestana, 2 years ago
    > Instead of this add-on, visit "about:config" and set "browser.quitShortcut.disabled" to "true" to disable Ctrl+Q/Cmd+Q.
    Since many users reported your extension didn't work for them, I went straight for this setting instead. It works perfectly, thank you for this plain instruction, Rob W.

    I'd also recommend y'all to read THIS instead: https://superuser.com/a/1352295/599625 -- instructions on how to neutralize Ctrl+Q (and Ctrl+Shift+Q) for numerous versions of Firefox for Linux and Windows.
    Note: apparently, this preference also neutralizes Cmd+Q (⌘Q) for Firefox on macOS too, hooray! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29081356#29082023

    However, it appears Ctrl+Shift+Q could still appears as a global Quit shortcut in the drop-down menu (I am a Windows user, running Firefox Developer Edition, currently at version 102); I just tested it prior to disabling the preference above: there are no prompts, no warnings, nothing. The whole browser simply closes rather abruptly.

    Please try to make your extension disable Ctrl+Shift+Q as well.

    Developer response

    posted 2 years ago
    After changing the preference via about:config, the browser must be restarted for it to be fully effective. If that does not work, then you should file a bug report at bugzilla.mozilla.org
  • by Hutch, 4 years ago
    Does not seem to work on Windows 10, Firefox 85.0.2. I installed the add-on and tried Ctrl+Shift+Q...and my browser closed. I thought, okay, maybe it needs a restart to work. So I opened it back up and tried it again...same thing. I was on a regular web page when I tried it, not a special browser page (which I think add-ons don't normally work on).

    If I did something wrong or if this is fixed, let me know, and I'll change my rating.
  • by Aria, 4 years ago
  • by Firefox user 15309485, 4 years ago
  • by Firefox user 15240987, 4 years ago
  • by LionsSharks15, 4 years ago
    Does not work on Pop!_OS 20.04 LTS
  • by Sergey Yaskov, 5 years ago
    Thank you for the extension. Works well on macOS Catalina.
  • by MorningAltair, 5 years ago
    Works as described. MacOS Catalina + Firefox 76.
  • by plb, 5 years ago
    Does not work on Linux.
  • by jake, 5 years ago
    Doesn't work on linux. you say to read the description if you're on linux but there's nothing there
  • by Juraj Mäsiar, 5 years ago
    Works great on Windows!
  • by rtfgvb, 5 years ago
    Does not seem to be working at all on Ubuntu
  • by Firefox user 15729968, 5 years ago
    Doesn't work on Linux.
  • by agentE10, 5 years ago
    Works great, WIndows 10
  • by Firefox user 14672653, 5 years ago
    Does work on my Firefox 73.0.1 on MacOS Catlina.
  • by andrezsanchez, 5 years ago
    Does not work on Ubuntu.
  • by Lumehr, 5 years ago
    Thank you. What a stupid shortcut that is.
  • by Vishwa, 6 years ago
  • by Xuderis, 6 years ago
    Works on Windows 10 with Firefox 66.0.2.
  • by Firefox user 14691725, 6 years ago
  • by Mikmikmik, 6 years ago
    Absolute essential Add-on ! Works perfectly reliable !
  • by Gz, 6 years ago
    Works as expected on macOS, the shortcut no longer quits Firefox.
    On GNU/Linux it doens't work as stated in the description, until upstream adds the necessary APIs.
  • by Firefox user 14462028, 6 years ago
    Doesn't work. Ctrl-q still quits Firefox 62.0.2.
  • by Aufbeschissener Kunde, 6 years ago
    Worked great until Mozilla changed the panic-quit command from Ctrl+Q to Ctrl+Shift+Q, which I've accidentally mashed, so this extension no longer does anything. (Experienced in Firefox 62.0.2, Windows 7, 64-bit.)