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by j1elo 50 days ago
I'm on Firefox 150.0.1 on Windows, and Ctrl+. consistently opens up the Firefox Multi-Account Containers panel, regardless of hitting that shortcut while focusing this same text box I'm writing on right now, or not.

So this sounds like not working as expected I guess.
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embedding-shape 50 days ago
Might depend on when you first launched Firefox, so it tries to "grandfather" some settings across the versions?

That `ctrl + .` now opens the emoji picker on Linux seems to very much be intended, judging by this release post: https://www.firefox.com/en-US/firefox/150.0/releasenotes/

> Added support for the GTK emoji picker on Linux, allowing users to insert emoji using the system shortcut (typically Ctrl+.).

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freehorse 50 days ago
>> Windows

> Linux [...] system shortcut

So it makes sense that they do not get the emoji picker, as they are in windows. I use macos and I also get the multiacccount container. On macos the emoji system-wide shortcut is ctrl+cmd+space.

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embedding-shape 50 days ago
Oh, totally yes, missed that they wrote that, thanks! This change from Firefox only applies to Linux, so Windows and macOS users shouldn't notice any difference compared to before in regards to `ctrl + .` as far as I understand.
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NooneAtAll3 50 days ago
...whose idea it was to have shortcuts differ by OS??
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freehorse 50 days ago
It is not uncommon at all? A lot of programs have slightly (or majorly) different shortcuts in windows vs linux vs macos. There are usually differences in the keyboard layouts themselves (command key in macos, super key in linux, windows(?) key in windows), as well as in system shortcuts generally.

If in most linux distributions ctrl+. opens the emoji pickers, it is not weird that they implemented it there, and not in other OSes where it would not make sense.

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embedding-shape 50 days ago
I think it's more that no one tried to align shortcuts across OSes, and it'd also be a huge endeavor and to be honest, sounds like it wouldn't be worth it. Takes a couple of seconds to adjust and orient yourself even if you switch between Linux, Windows and macOS multiple times per day.
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NooneAtAll3 50 days ago
it literally takes more effort to make code differ - instead of 1 code you write 3
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einsteinx2 50 days ago
Another option on macOS is fn+e which I’ve always found easier to remember. I’m not sure why there’s two shortcuts in the first place, but maybe this information is useful to someone.
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