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    Simple shortcut question in Firefox

    Hi all,

    I'm on a laptop atm so I don't have a seperate num pad. One of the numpad shortcuts that I find really useful is Alt - 1 6 7 - it'll give the degrees celcius or angle symbol.

    Unfortunately on my new lappie I have to use the Function key to activate the 'numpad' that runs over the mjkluio789 keys, turning the shortcut into Function+Alt - 1 6 7. In firefox, Function + Alt 6 seems to be the shortcut to take me to my homepage in the current tab, meaning that if I ever want to type a degree sign on a website I have to go to word, type it in there and copy that into the tab, or I'll lose whatever I was typing as the tab nagivates to google...

    How can I find where this shortcut is set and how to disable it?

    Cheers all!

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    Re: Simple shortcut question in Firefox

    Hi,

    If you do a Google for "Firefox keyboard shorcuts", you find a list of combinations.

    I've followed two different links and don't see a combination for ALT 6.

    Do you think you may have something else installed like a FireFox addon, or other app which is hijacking this key combo of ALT-6

    ALT-HOME take you to the homepage.

    Hope this helps

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    Re: Simple shortcut question in Firefox

    Yeah, I have a selection of add-ons... Quick update, function + alt + 7 will do it as well. Alt + 7 and Function + 7 by themselves won't.

    I'll have a look through my add-ons and see if any of them are doing this... Really weird!

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