Firefox keyboard shortcuts

Had enough of accidentally hitting a wrong key? Wondering if you can do something about it? Years of suffering, yet no real progress? Read on.

Quick start

Locate your firefox installation folder. On Windows check C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox. You need the directory that contains the firefox executable.
Navigate to defaults/pref subfolder, it will probably contain a channel-prefs.js file.
Copy the defaults/pref/autoconfig.js file there. You will likely have to do this as superuser.
Copy the main autoconfig.js file (a different one) to the main folder, next to the firefox itself.
Restart firefox and enjoy.

Enjoy what, exactly?

The shipped config completely disables a number of built-in shortcuts. This is the functionality we find most useful ourselves, if you need something else you'll have to edit the autoconfig.js to suit your own purpose.

Anything else?

For debugging purposes it sets a superfluous preference that you can find in your about:config if you search for hackmaster. If there's nothing, the file didn't load.

What if I want some of shortcuts back?

Edit the file and delete the ids you want to keep.

What if I want to disable more shortcuts?

Check out provided keys.html, locate the ids you want to disable and add them to the array.

What if I want to edit a shortcut?

You are in for quite a ride. The shipped config removes the attributes from XML nodes, you will have to change their values instead. Theoretically, it should work, but please don't ask us for advice or guidance.

Grumpy Mute wishes to add

Another sea of bullshit navigated.

Don't you like getting your feet dirty in the crossover between moldy legacy and undocumented changes? No API reference, shitty DX, unjustifiable complexity, everything, everywhere, all at once. Delicious.

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