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If you're using ublock origin on Chromium, you already have this.

Go to chrome://extensions/shortcuts and set a shortcut on "Enter element zapper mode".

I set it to ctrl+shift+q because I kept accidentally closing my browser and I needed something to override it ...

Would you look at that. I've actually been using uBlock since forever, but had no idea it could do that. Oh well, I guess sometimes you just can't see the forest for trees.

I'd love for the extension to collect what elements are being killed by other users and kill them automatically for me. Specially on mobile.

I don't think that feature exists anywhere else and seems a trivial implementation of collaborative filtering to decide what to delete preemptively for each user.

That would be an awesome feature, but would mean sticking your hand into the whole data-collection/user privacy/GDPR rats nest. Not a ship I'm too keen to captain.

I just right-click on the element and select {uBlock} "Block Element" from the context menu.

This is nice because uBlock Origin is available for multiple browsers.

You're right! Please feel free to add instructions for Firefox if you know how, I suspect it's similar.

Firefox Android with uBlock: open the 3 dots menu, uBlock Origin, touch the picker, go to the tab with the element to hide, touch it, touch preview, confirm. Sometimes it's necessary to select parent elements in the DOM list it displays: it's faster than trying to pick the right element with the finger.

It's available as an add-on. You can find it by searching in the add-ons manager (cmd+shift+A in osx). This brings you to https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin where you can click to install. I recommend searching for it on your own through the built-in mechanism rather than trusting a link provided by a stranger.

I meant instructions for the relevant keyboard shortcut.

Oh, I just use the mouse. It's fast enough for me.

Documentation is here for more details: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Element-zapper

The zapper will also try to detect and remove CSS rules which prevent the whole page from being scrolled.

Thanks, I just closed chromium.

Yeah the correct shortcut is actually Alt+F4.

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