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Changing the Password Hasher Shortcut Key

For versions 1.1.0 and greater…

Procedure

  1. Go to about:config using the location bar.
  2. Filter on passhash and look for passhash.optShortcutKeyCode and passhash.optShortcutKeyMods.
  3. Set passhash.optShortcutKeyCode either to one of the virtual keys using VK_ as a prefix, e.g. VK_F6 or to a displayable key using the character, e.g. h or ;.
  4. Set passhash.optShortcutKeyMods to one or more space-separated key modifiers. accel is a cross-platform modifier which is the Control key on PCs and the Command key on Macs. You can also use alt, control, shift, and combinations.
  5. Restart Firefox.

Examples

Control-Alt-H

  • passhash.optShortcutKeyCode=h
  • passhash.optShortcutKeyMods=control alt

Control-; (PC) and Command-; (Mac)

  • passhash.optShortcutKeyCode=;
  • passhash.optShortcutKeyMods=accel

Control-F12 (PC) and Command-F12 (Mac)

  • passhash.optShortcutKeyCode=VK_F12
  • passhash.optShortcutKeyMods=accel

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