Alt+E in Firefox under a *nix systems

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Oren
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Alt+E in Firefox under a *nix systems

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Any ideas why Alt+E doesn't work in Firefox on a *nix based systems? I didn't check any *nix system, but I did test it on 3.

P.S For those who don't know, in Windows it takes you to the search bar :P
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Ctrl+E doesn't do anything for me on my windows machine :(

Are you sure you arn't talking about Ctrl+F?
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Sorry, I meant Alt+E :oops:

Edit: Original post fixed.
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Ctrl+E doesn't do anything for me on my windows machine
It takes me to the Mozilla search page
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Alt+E in windows takes me to the edit menu while ctrl+E takes me to the search bar.

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Edit menu for me as well, which "search bar" are you talking about?
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the google bar in the navigation menu.

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Post by Oren »

Ok it's either Ctrl+E or Alt+E I can't remember :P
But the question is the remains the same.
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Jcart wrote:Edit menu for me as well, which "search bar" are you talking about?
I was confused as well because I removed that search field long time ago and since then was using search shortcuts in the address bar. But yes, Ctrl+E indeed switches focus to the search field if the field is shown.
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Ok, so why it doesn't on *nix systems?
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ctrl+k
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Thanks man :D

Still, any ideas why it's not the same on Win and *nix?
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Ctrl+K works for both windows and *nix for me, ctrl+e only on windows.
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