Ctrl+F+Esc won't close find bar in Firefox

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I was looking for a keyboard shortcut to close the find bar in Firefox 49.0 on Ubuntu and arrived to this question:

However, for some reason Esc won't close the Find bar even if it has the focus. It's a bit annoying when one wants to refocus on the web content.

Is there any special setting I am not aware of that's preventing me from using the normal workflow?

Use Find Bar Tweak. Hitting <ctrl>+<f> will toggle the find bar regardless of whether it has focus (on Windows anyway). — DavidPostill, Oct 18, 2016 at 10:56

DavidPostill · Accepted Answer · 2016-10-19 09:45:55Z

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Download and install the Find Bar Tweak extension.

Pressing CtrlF will toggle the Find Bar regardless of whether it has focus.

Tested and working on Windows, I presume it will work on Linux as well.

answered Oct 19, 2016 at 9:45

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This also works great with Vimperator installed - that grabs the ESC and stops the bar from closing.
– jamesc
Oct 22, 2016 at 17:58
@jamesc Great! :)
– DavidPostill ♦
Oct 22, 2016 at 17:59

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