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[solved] firefox on Linux change 'alt+1' to 'ctrl+1' (infosec.pub)
submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by yaw@infosec.pub to c/firefox@lemmy.world
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Hi I use firefox on Linux and want to change to the first, second, third, ..., last tab with ctrl+1/2/3/.../9 instead of alt+1/2/3/.../9 because alt is already mapped to changing desktops. any idea how I could accompilish this?

edit1: I use mac and windows at work and there the shortcuts are ctrl+<number>. It would be so nice to have consistent shortcuts ๐Ÿง

[SOLUTION] install ctrl+number extension recommended by @TobuscusLover2001@lemmy.zip

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[โ€“] yaw@infosec.pub 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

nice one, I already use vimium and there are command to go to the first and the last tab but not the 2nd to 8th tab, but this is already quite a solid work around thanks!

[โ€“] Emperor@reddthat.com 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

you can use g + n to go to the numbered tab, or shift + t to search existing tabs. they maybe be more shortcuts that you prefer.

vimium should completely sidestep your issue.

[โ€“] yaw@infosec.pub 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I can't seem to find the command: only g0 (firstTab) and g$ (lastTab) : https://vimium.github.io/commands/#tabs

[โ€“] Emperor@reddthat.com 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

have you tried g2? or even relative commands like 2gt to go 2 tabs over?

[โ€“] yaw@infosec.pub 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

yeah, g2 does nothing.... it's also not mentioned in the docs. 2gt, gT, J and 2K work as expected but are relative. Do you have version 2.4.2 too?

[โ€“] Emperor@reddthat.com 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

This didn't work for me either, sorry I should have checked. Turns out it was this for me: https://github.com/philc/vimium/issues/4053

You can use vimium c with map g3 runKey keys="g1+2K" if you want to keep RFP.

[โ€“] yaw@infosec.pub 2 points 1 day ago

okay, I don't know what it is, but ctrl+{1,2,...,9} now works as expected ....