# Keyboard shortcuts for discourse site do nothing

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/keyboard-shortcuts-for-discourse-site-do-nothing/36552>\
**Category:** Meta Discussion\
**Created:** [March 26, 2020, 2:53pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/keyboard-shortcuts-for-discourse-site-do-nothing/36552 "2020-03-26T14:53:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![devel-chm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/devel-chm/32/3572_2.png) [@devel-chm](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/devel-chm)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2020, 2:53pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/keyboard-shortcuts-for-discourse-site-do-nothing/36552/1 "2020-03-26T14:53:33Z")

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How does one use the keyboard shortcuts listed in the “Keyboard Shortcuts” menu under the 3-line-menu located in the top left of the Julia Discourse display between the Search (magnifying glass) and the User widgets?

The menu has a long list of keyboard shortcuts but I can’t find the directions to “activate” them. Is there another key that needs to be pressed first or pressed and held?

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**Author:** ![mbauman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mbauman/32/31082_2.png) [@mbauman](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mbauman)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2020, 3:51pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/keyboard-shortcuts-for-discourse-site-do-nothing/36552/2 "2020-03-26T15:51:06Z")

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Good question. They work for me without any modifiers or mode-switches (as long as the page itself has the focus). What OS and browser are you using?

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**Author:** ![devel-chm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/devel-chm/32/3572_2.png) [@devel-chm](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/devel-chm)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2020, 4:14pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/keyboard-shortcuts-for-discourse-site-do-nothing/36552/3 "2020-03-26T16:14:27Z")

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Firefox 74.0 (64-bit) on windows 7.

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**Author:** ![mbauman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mbauman/32/31082_2.png) [@mbauman](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mbauman)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2020, 4:58pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/keyboard-shortcuts-for-discourse-site-do-nothing/36552/4 "2020-03-26T16:58:16Z")

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Works for me in a newly-installed Firefox 74 on Windows 10. I’d be surprised if this was a Windows version thing… do you have any content blockers installed? Or perhaps do you have the search-for-text-as-you-start-typing option enabled (as suggested at the discourse support board):

> **[Keyboard shortcuts on Windows Firefox](https://meta.discourse.org/t/keyboard-shortcuts-on-windows-firefox/145702)**
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> Is there a known issue with keyboard shortcuts not working in Firefox on Windows? We have a member on Windows 7 and Firefox 74 reporting difficulty on our instance here: