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Firefox is capturing Ctrl + Shift + g from Eclipse

For example, if I am in Eclipse, and I hit Ctrl+Shift+G, Eclipse will not pick up the shortcut and Firefox will launch with a new tab or create a new tab in the current window and switch focus. It also happens even when Firefox is not running.

Basically, if I select text and hit Ctrl+Shift+G, Firefox will open a new tab with a search for the selected text. This prevents me from using other programs (like Eclipse) since Firefox is consuming the shortcut event and not the intended program.

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marked as duplicate by Oliver Salzburg, Tom Wijsman, Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007, Nifle, ChrisF Mar 8 '12 at 22:36


Which shortcuts? On the desktop? Keyboard shortcuts? What do you mean by "overriding"? Please edit your question with more details so we can be of more help. –  iglvzx Mar 2 '12 at 1:07
So, there is no firefox.exe process at all (Task Manager) when this happens? Have you tried restarting the computer? –  iglvzx Mar 2 '12 at 1:16
@iglzx Yes to both –  Zombies Mar 5 '12 at 18:23

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It's not Firefox that's doing that..

Ctrl+Shift+G in Firefox will open the in-document search functionality.

You have some tool installed that will perform a Google search for whatever text you have selected in your default browser.

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There is no way to disable directly all firefox keyboard shortcuts however you can customize/remove them with a firefox addon (just google for "customize firefox shortcuts addon"). Still this should not affect shortcuts outside firefox, as iglvzx said check the task manager to see if firefox is runing.

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I don't want to turn off the short cuts in FF. I want FF to stop intercepting them when other windows are active. –  Zombies Mar 2 '12 at 17:21
