Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 12:22:01 -0400 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: jimmie james <jimmiejaz@gmail.com> Cc: gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Behaviour of ctrl key sequences in firefox-1.0PR Message-ID: <4173EDA9.90800@marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <7e148fb90410180852661883e2@mail.gmail.com> References: <7e148fb90410180852661883e2@mail.gmail.com>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 jimmie james wrote: |>I've lately portupgraded to firefox-1.0PR and I have found a couple |>of what for me are serious usability issues. I cannot say if these |>are linked, but the behaviour seems to indicate it. First, I can |>no longer use ctrl-u, ctrl-a, ctrl-e, ctrl-k and so on in the URL |>field, or any other text input field. Additionally, any movement |>input using neither arrow keys nor the usual emacs ctrl key sequences |>is possible in text input fields. | | | I hated that too, but on the firefox forums, | http://forums.mozillazine.org/index.php?c=4 | I came across this gem of a "tip" | /usr/X11R6/lib/firefox/lib/firefox-0.10.1/res/builtin/platformHTMLBindings.xml | add to text input section <handler event="keypress" key="u" | modifiers="control" command="cmd_deleteToBeginningOfLine | "/> | | With that, ^u in a text box, erases text, on a page, views source. | Adding other entries and keystrokes will get all your old bindings | back. There's a thead (sorry, don't have the URL handy) that lists | the valid "cmd_*" settings. For reverting all control keys to the Emacs style, just add the following to ~/.gtkrc-2.0: gtk-key-theme-name = "Emacs" Or, if running GNOME, use the Keyboard Shortcuts capplet to change the Text editing shortcuts to Emacs. Joe - -- PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFBc+2pb2iPiv4Uz4cRAlOlAJ9g7mh3XkhKYmPBofLb6yReSvHx2ACghZzu wT11guTvHNmud+1qerpWllc= =XgPd -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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