Ui.key.chromeAccess

Background

Many UI elements in the Mozilla “chrome” can be accessed by using an access key with another key. (The appropriate key is usually underlined in the UI element’s label.) For example, the File menu can normally be accessed by pressing "Alt+F". However, web pages can also specify access keys that can conflict with Mozilla’s shortcuts. To avoid this problem, the access key used for web page content can be specified separately from the chrome. This preference determines which access key is used for Mozilla’s chrome.

Possible values and their effects

0

Disable the access key for the chrome.

1

Use "Shift" for the chrome access key.

2

Use "Ctrl" for the chrome access key. (Default in Mac OS X)

4

Use "Alt" for the chrome access key. (Default in Windows)

8

Use "Meta" for the chrome access key.

(Other)

You can add any of the above values together to combine their functionality. That is, setting this preference to 3 (i.e., 1 + 2) means you need to press "Shift+Ctrl".

Caveats

• ui.key.generalAccessKey must be -1 for this preference to have an effect.

Recommended settings

It’s a good idea to keep this preference set to a different value than ui.key.contentAccess for the reasons mentioned above.

First checked in

2006-07-13 by Gavin Sharp

Has an effect in

• Mozilla Firefox (nightly trunk builds since 2006-07-13)
• SeaMonkey (nightly builds since 2006-07-13)

Related bugs

• Bug 128452 - in-page accesskeys conflict w/UI accelerators when accelkey is ALT
• Bug 179816 - support shift- as html accesskey
• Bug 340902 - Split ui.key.generalAccessKey into prefs for content and chrome

Related preferences

• ui.key.contentAccess
• ui.key.generalAccessKey