As you may have noticed, this blog is hosted on Blogger under the Blogspot.com domain. One thing that really annoys me with the Post Editor in Blogger is that, when using Firefox, if I try to use the Home key shortcut (Command-Left Arrow), instead of going to the beginning of the line on the text box where I'm editing a post as expected, the browser goes back one page.
This problem occurs because that specific combination of keys (Command-Left Arrow) is configured in Firefox to behave as Going Back one page instead of the usual Mac OS X-like behaviour of Home key.
Luckly, and for every problem that exists in Firefox, there's an extension that is ready to save the day: Keyconfig. It adds the ability to create new or modify existing shortcuts defined by a
In case you're having problems installing the extension, leave a comment here and I'll try to give some help. Enjoy!
Source: Mac OS X Hints
26 January 2009
How to make Command-Left Arrow 'go to the start of the current line' rather than 'go back one page' on Firefox
Posted by António Lopes at 09:49
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Is there a version for the 3.1b3 firefox that supports multitouch?
I have been suffering from this for years now. After screaming bloody murder over a lost paragraph for the billionth time, I finally googled "command left arrow", found this page, installed the addon, and disabled the back command (actually it appears to be called goBackKb now). Thanks.
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