On Mon, Nov 02, 2015 at 11:14:00PM -0800, patrick keshishian wrote: > On 11/2/15, Артур Истомин <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 02, 2015 at 10:22:08PM +0100, Mike Burns wrote: > >> On 2015-11-03 01.11.13 +0500, Артур Истомин wrote: > >> > On Mon, Nov 02, 2015 at 09:07:05AM -0800, patrick keshishian wrote: > >> > > On 11/2/15, Артур Истомин <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > > > I have strange behaviour with keyboard and touchpad. > >> > > > > >> > > > Keyboard. It is like I am in console/terminal. All keyboard > >> > > > shortcuts > >> > > behave > >> > > > like > >> > > > I am in console/terminal. E.g. Ctrl+A does not selecting all in > >> > > > firefox > >> > > > address bar, > >> > > > but instead move cursor to beginning; Ctrl+U delets all from the > >> > > > left; > >> > > > Ctrl+W delets one word from the left etc. (I even study some new > >> > > > shortcuts) > >> > > > >> > > This has always been the behavior for text-input fields/widgets. > >> > > >> > Wow, I didn't know it. I always thought it was a problem with my > >> > hardware. > >> > Is it possible to make it worked like in Linux? > >> > >> If you don't want that, you'll have to undo it: > >> http://kb.mozillazine.org/Emacs_Keybindings_%28Firefox%29 > > > > But it's exactly the behavior that I'm trying to avoid :) > > I want crossplatform keybindings in GUI applications: > > > > Ctrl+A - select all in input field > > Ctrl+W - close tab > > You mentioned Firefox, my first response was with regard > to text-input fields/widgets. e.g., address bar, search box, etc. > However, at least with Firefox, if focus is not owned by any > text-entry field/widget, CTRL+A and CTRL+W do behave as > you wish. i.e., The former selects content of the page/pane > and the latter will close the current tab/window. > > Is this not what you see happen?
It is. Moreover, I find it more convenient to have common keybindings for all applications, GUI/CLI. But there is one wrinkle - I have problems when I sit for someone else's computer :) > > --patrick

