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Flash overrides Firefox keyboard shortcuts -- how to turn that off?

Fresh7 days ago
Mar 15, 202613128 views
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I often cycle through my Firefox tabs using Ctrl+Tab and Ctrl+Shift+Tab. But whenever it reaches a tab that is running a Flash (or similar) plugin, Ctrl+Tab and Ctrl+Shift+Tab won't work anymore, because Flash has the focus and overwrites the general keybindings. I have to stop and click outside of…

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Fix for: Flash overrides Firefox keyboard shortcuts -- how to turn that off?

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Folks, be aware that this is a Flash bug!!! The Flash developers (I mean the developers who build flash) ought to be lined up and shot. This is a programming mistake typical of somebody first-day-in-the-real-world that I can't believe has existed fo…

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