I have vimium which lets me set vim like key binds for firefox. It only works once the JS has loaded on a page so default screens like the new tab doesn't work. Other than that, it should let you rebind it to whatever you want, you can disable the other keys yoy don't need.
this post was submitted on 08 Jul 2026
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nice one, I already use vimium and there are command to go to the first and the last tab but not the 2nd to 8th tab, but this is already quite a solid work around thanks!
I think it's just a preview feature, so it's not accessible through a normal menu yet I think, but if you type about:keyboard in the address bar and press Enter, I think it will allow you to remap these (under the Navigation section).
This article by firefox didn't help because the action/shortcut/hot key was not shown ...
Try this: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ctrl-number-to-switch-tabs/
If it doesnt work, your best option is to either find another extension that does. or bite the bullet and configure a key remapper like keyd and make a "layer" to toggle the bind alt+(num) to ctrl+(num).
this extension worked!!! Thanks
shortkeys doesn't install (maybe because I'm on ARM?). The error is Installation aborted because the add-on appears to be corrupt.