Forum:Alt-D - MediaWiki defaults to "Delete"!

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When I was having mouse problems, I got in the habit of using Alt + D to get to my browser's navigation bar. I think that started as an MSIE thing, but I'm a Firefox user. But when I press Alt + D on Wikia, it thinks I want to delete the page! I notice that this isn't the case on Wikipedia; presumably they're running a more recent version of MediaWiki, and they may also have done some other configuration. I can't find a way to configure this on a particular Wikia site; am I missing it? Thanks in advance, PhilipR 22:07, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

I use alt+d to delete on Wikipedia, so it does work there. However, you can remove this option by adding

ta['ca-delete'] = new Array('','Delete this page');

to Special:Mypage/monobook.css

See Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Keyboard shortcuts for help.

Angela (talk) 02:29, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Sidenote: it is probably not thus on wikipedia for you because you do not have sysop status there. The Alt+D accesskey only affects the delete button, which only appears for sysops. It is set there via Wikipedia:MediaWiki:Monobook.js -> ta['ca-delete'] = new Array('d','Delete this page'); the same as here (english language default configuration for mediawiki). Even though you could and might be tempted now to, I do not advise changing it on your wikia's MediaWiki:Monobook.js!... As other sysops and staff there could be annoyed the default was changed ^_^ 05:15, 24 July 2006 (UTC)