Mar 23, '07 07:30:00AM • Contributed by: bloodnok
- Unzip or jar extract the contents of /Applications » Thunderbird.app » [Control-click and show package contents] » Contents » MacOS » chrome » toolkit.jar into a temporary directory.
- Replace the file content » global » platformHTMLBindings.xml with this one. Do check this file first for nasties (there shouldn't be any).
- Zip or jar to recreate the archive (jar cvf toolkit.jar content/) and replace the original. Wise OS X users will have backed up the original first -- but I don't need to tell you that ...
[robg adds: Personally, I like the current behavior, but understand that some find it quite annoying. In testing this hint, I had some troubles with step one, but Google found this page in the MozillaZine Knowledge Base that explains exactly what you need to do -- jump down to the Any OS, without GTK section for the details. Additionally, you can remap these keys across all applications by following the directions in this blog post (I haven't tested that one). Finally, we have this detailed hint (which includes a link to a very detailed article) on customizing key bindings in Cocoa applications.]
