If you’re hinting at an argument about whether lazy loading content should exist, that’s a separate discussion. In my experience, pages that override ctrl+f do it for a good reason
Every single other page that does it just wastes my time. It's always a super janky slow implementation that somehow additionally fails to actually search through all the text on the page.
[1] https://fmhy.net
I agree, ecommerce sites are the place that I most often want to open several items in tabs and decide between them, and the place this function is most often blocked! I wish I could scream at the jerk who implemented this, but that jerk is not among the options of screamable people.
It's entirely possible the browser itself does, but that the site's JavaScript is (also) overriding the right click handler. There's browser extensions to override their override but having to do that is stupid.
The proper way is to have an actual link but to override the behavior to navigate within the SPA. So if you click it, the navigation will be within the SPA but if you ctrl+click it, the browser takes over and opens the underlying link in a new page.
Typical issue is when a developer forgets to make it an actual link, but only inclides the SPA navigation.
That way trusted sites that used it responsibly could be given permission, but it could not be used by any random site.
damn!- was sitting in the Fx queue for TEN years: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=380637
I do like when websites use ctrl-k -- it means nothing to my plug-in so websites always get it, plus it helps with key binding discovery.
// ==UserScript==
// @name Key Passthrough 2.0
// @description Ensure specific hotkeys reach userscripts on greedy sites. Ctrl+Shift+/ toggles aggressive mode for sites that swallow keys entirely.
// @run-at document-start
// @include *
// @exclude http://192.168.*
// Always-enabled key codes: 27=Esc, 116=F5 (Refresh), 166=Browser_Back, 167=Browser_Fwd, 191=/
// Other keycodes to consider: 8=BS, 9=Tab, 16/160/161=Shift, 17/162/163=Ctrl, 18=Alt, 37=LArrow, 39=RArrow, 46=Delete, 112=F1
// ==/UserScript==
(function () {
'use strict';
// Keys to passthrough in normal mode.
// Esc, Ctrl, / (191) and Browser nav (166/167) are the core cases.
// F1/F5 included if you have AHK remaps on those.
// Esc included to prevent sites trapping it in overlays.
const PASSTHROUGH_KEYS = new Set([27, 116, 166, 167, 191]);
// Aggressive mode toggle hotkey: Ctrl+Shift+/
const AGGRESSIVE_TOGGLE_CODE = 191;
const REFIRE_FLAG = '_kp_refire';
let aggressiveMode = sessionStorage.getItem('kp_aggressive') === '1';
const logPrefix = '[KeyPassthrough]';
const announce = (msg) => console.log(`${logPrefix} ${msg}`);
if (aggressiveMode) announce('Aggressive mode ON (persisted from earlier in session)');
// --- Normal mode ---
// We're first in the capture chain at document-start.
// For passthrough keys, do nothing — just let the event propagate naturally.
// The site's listeners follow ours in the chain, so we've already won the race.
// --- Aggressive mode ---
// For sites that still swallow keys via stopImmediatePropagation in an
// inline <script> that races document-start: block the site's listeners,
// then re-dispatch a clone after the current call stack clears so our
// userscripts get a clean second shot.
function refire(e) {
// Build a plain init object from the original event
const init = {
key: e.key,
code: e.code,
keyCode: e.keyCode,
which: e.which,
charCode: e.charCode,
ctrlKey: e.ctrlKey,
shiftKey: e.shiftKey,
altKey: e.altKey,
metaKey: e.metaKey,
repeat: e.repeat,
bubbles: true,
cancelable: true,
composed: true,
};
const clone = new KeyboardEvent(e.type, init);
clone[REFIRE_FLAG] = true;
// After current capture/bubble cycle fully completes
setTimeout(() => document.dispatchEvent(clone), 0);
}
function handleKey(e) {
// Ignore our own re-dispatched events
if (e[REFIRE_FLAG]) return;
// Aggressive mode toggle: Ctrl+Shift+/
if (e.ctrlKey && e.shiftKey && e.keyCode === AGGRESSIVE_TOGGLE_CODE) {
aggressiveMode = !aggressiveMode;
sessionStorage.setItem('kp_aggressive', aggressiveMode ? '1' : '0');
announce(`Aggressive mode ${aggressiveMode ? 'ON' : 'OFF'}`);
e.stopImmediatePropagation();
return;
}
if (!PASSTHROUGH_KEYS.has(e.keyCode)) return;
if (aggressiveMode) {
// Block the site from seeing this key, then re-dispatch for our scripts
e.stopImmediatePropagation();
refire(e);
}
// Normal mode: do nothing, let event propagate naturally
}
document.addEventListener('keydown', handleKey, true);
document.addEventListener('keyup', handleKey, true);
})();