# Is this... firefox? The board? The new board? (ctrl-b to bold etc...) **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 17, 2008, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-firefox-the-board-the-new-board-ctrl-b-to-bold-etc/464001 "2008-09-17T17:18:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-firefox-the-board-the-new-board-ctrl-b-to-bold-etc/464001/1 "2008-09-17T17:18:52Z")
I ju **s** _t_ found _ **out** _ that ctrl-b, ctrl-i, ctrl-u all work to put bold italic and underline in your posts. Is this firefox? Is it the board upgrade? Or has this always worked? ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-firefox-the-board-the-new-board-ctrl-b-to-bold-etc/464001/2 "2008-09-17T17:56:33Z")
just tried it in Safari - doesn’t work for me. I have to use the buttons for formatting. ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-firefox-the-board-the-new-board-ctrl-b-to-bold-etc/464001/3 "2008-09-17T18:09:01Z")
I thought it was a board upgrade, but maybe not, if it doesn’t work in safari. You know what is cool about Firefox 3 (at least, I never noticed it before if it was part of previous versions)? You can highlight any words on a webpage, right click on it, and select “Search Google for [selection]” and it will open another tab with your Google search. _So freaking useful_ when doing homework, I can tell you that! ---
**Author:** ![Shrinking\_Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Shrinking\_Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shrinking_Violet)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-firefox-the-board-the-new-board-ctrl-b-to-bold-etc/464001/4 "2008-09-17T18:19:31Z")
> [@mnemosyne](#): > > You know what is cool about Firefox 3 (at least, I never noticed it before if it was part of previous versions)? You can highlight any words on a webpage, right click on it, and select “Search Google for [selection]” and it will open another tab with your Google search. _So freaking useful_ when doing homework, I can tell you that! I can do that in IE6 … but maybe because I also have Google Toolbar installed? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-firefox-the-board-the-new-board-ctrl-b-to-bold-etc/464001/5 "2008-09-17T21:43:51Z")
It is new to with the upgrade. I [posted excitingly about it last week](New feature found in upgrade: Ctrl keys work in editor!). ---
**Author:** ![hende](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/aca169/32.png) [@hende](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hende)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-firefox-the-board-the-new-board-ctrl-b-to-bold-etc/464001/6 "2008-09-17T21:45:03Z")
**This is a bold test** _This is an italic test_ This is an underline test Works with IE7 (no google toolbar installed). ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2008, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-firefox-the-board-the-new-board-ctrl-b-to-bold-etc/464001/7 "2008-09-20T19:31:31Z")
**What** you _talkin’_ 'bout, Willis? Sweet! 🙂