# For Firefox users, press Alt +3... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 23, 2006, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-firefox-users-press-alt-3/353853 "2006-04-23T14:29:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2006, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-firefox-users-press-alt-3/353853/1 "2006-04-23T14:29:29Z")
Interesting, ain´t it? I found that by mistake, and couldn´t find what it´s supposed to do, appart from changing the way you see a page. Specially strange since it just works on the SDMB :eek:\* \*_At least as far as I have tested several other pages and forums._ ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2006, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-firefox-users-press-alt-3/353853/2 "2006-04-23T14:30:37Z")
That takes you to the “View as Printable page” portion of the thread. If you go to the top, click “Thread Tools”, then “View Printable Version” or something, you’ll see the same. ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2006, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-firefox-users-press-alt-3/353853/3 "2006-04-23T15:13:45Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > That takes you to the “View as Printable page” portion of the thread. If you go to the top, click “Thread Tools”, then “View Printable Version” or something, you’ll see the same. Oh… that´s it?; I guess I´m easily amuzed. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2006, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-firefox-users-press-alt-3/353853/4 "2006-04-23T15:49:51Z")
Hey, that’s handy. Thanks for pointing it out. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2006, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-firefox-users-press-alt-3/353853/5 "2006-04-23T21:05:49Z")
Interesting. The fact that you’ve only had it work on the Dope must mean that the SDMB has set up a different style sheet or something for printing, which basically takes out the stuff you would click on. You’d think other sites that have a “Printable Version” button would do this, too. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2006, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-firefox-users-press-alt-3/353853/6 "2006-04-23T23:33:38Z")
That _is_ handy. I second **asterion** ’s “thanks!” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![aktep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f0a364/32.png) [@aktep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aktep)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-firefox-users-press-alt-3/353853/7 "2006-04-24T03:09:21Z")
This can be done on any webpage by adding ACCESSKEY=“_some\_key\_here_” to an \, \, or \ tag. It doesn’t work in IE though. ---
**Author:** ![Bag\_of\_Mostly\_Water](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bag_of_mostly_water/32/1029_2.png) [@Bag\_of\_Mostly\_Water](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bag_of_Mostly_Water)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-firefox-users-press-alt-3/353853/8 "2006-04-24T03:55:56Z")
For the record, in the Mac vesion of Firefox, ctrl-3 does the same thing. Doesn’t work in Safari. ---
**Author:** ![Bag\_of\_Mostly\_Water](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bag_of_mostly_water/32/1029_2.png) [@Bag\_of\_Mostly\_Water](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bag_of_Mostly_Water)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-firefox-users-press-alt-3/353853/9 "2006-04-24T04:01:07Z")
For the record, in the Mac vesion of Firefox, ctrl-3 does the same thing. Doesn’t work in Safari. ---
**Author:** ![Bag\_of\_Mostly\_Water](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bag_of_mostly_water/32/1029_2.png) [@Bag\_of\_Mostly\_Water](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bag_of_Mostly_Water)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-firefox-users-press-alt-3/353853/10 "2006-04-24T04:05:34Z")
Sorry about the double post. I swear I hit the submit button once only! Maybe it’s because I’m using both Safari and Firefox to look at the SDMB at the same time? ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-firefox-users-press-alt-3/353853/11 "2006-04-24T20:32:32Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > Hey, that’s handy. Thanks for pointing it out. You´re welcome, but it really was just a case of sereidipity… or could be flu. _Gulps two analgesics and crawls back to bed._