Changing the Password Hasher Shortcut Key · Jun 22, 03:19 PM
For versions 1.1.0 and greater…
Procedure
- Go to about:config using the location bar.
- Filter on passhash and look for passhash.optShortcutKeyCode and passhash.optShortcutKeyMods.
- 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 ;.
- 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.
- 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
— Steve Cooper
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