Mozilla .9x, alt+arrow bindings problem on linux

[Eric West]

I have been trying to get the ALT + left/right arrow bindings to
execute browser back and forward commands. I have attempted editing
the platformHTMLBindings.html and the
~/.mozilla/<userID>/ldaxkoet.slt/user.js files. Nothing I have
attempted seems to have any effect.

W.r.t. the ALT key + arrow bindings, it seems that there is some
collision with the X window mgr. For example, ALT + down arrow raises
a hidden window. Is this my problem? Is the window mgr trapping the
ALT left/right keypresses such that the browser never sees the events?

I can't be alone in hitting this problem. (Okay I could be...) My
question is: how to get the ALT + left/right arrow keypress events to
be (a) seen by the browser and (b) execute a forward or back command?

Some env details: Red Hat 7.1, XFree86 4.0.3, sawfish(sawmill wmgr),
gnome ...

Thanks in advance for any and all assistance!

--Eric

[Adam Sjøgren]

On 21 Oct 2001 08:18:23 -0700, Eric West wrote:

> W.r.t. the ALT key + arrow bindings, it seems that there is some
> collision with the X window mgr. For example, ALT + down arrow
> raises a hidden window. Is this my problem?

I think it might be. Alt-arrows works for me (I'm using fvwm2).

Best regards,

--
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just what it was all about" as...@koldfront.dk

[Adam D. Moss]

Adam Sjøgren wrote:
>
> On 21 Oct 2001 08:18:23 -0700, Eric West wrote:
>
> > W.r.t. the ALT key + arrow bindings, it seems that there is some
> > collision with the X window mgr. For example, ALT + down arrow
> > raises a hidden window. Is this my problem?
>
> I think it might be. Alt-arrows works for me (I'm using fvwm2).

WFM too, fvwm2 and afterstep.

[Akkana]

Eric West writes:
> W.r.t. the ALT key + arrow bindings, it seems that there is some
> collision with the X window mgr. For example, ALT + down arrow raises
> a hidden window. Is this my problem? Is the window mgr trapping the
> ALT left/right keypresses such that the browser never sees the events?

The window manager will definitely get events before Mozilla will, so if
your window manager is trapping alt-arrow keys then they won't work in
mozilla.

Many X window managers let you rebind keys yourself (I know I've done
this on kde and sawfish), so you can put those functions on some other
key to let alt-arrow keys through to Mozilla.

Mozilla also lets you rebind keys, but unfortunately forward/back in
history aren't currently exposed so that you can bind them to keys
(there's a bug on that; check 77976 or 102993). See
http://www.mozilla.org/unix/customizing.html for general info on
rebinding keys.

...Akkana