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Firefox bold text problem! No bold text in FireFox?


Question Posted Monday June 29 2009, 2:26 am

Why on earth can't I figure out how to make ctrl+b bold things on Firefox? I've looked everywhere online but can't find anything about how to get it to work. Is this a problem for anyone else? Anyone got a solution, by chance?

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DangerNerd answered Monday June 29 2009, 4:45 pm:
Hi,

crtl+b is the key you press in firefox to open your bookmarks list. Always has been, I am afraid.

If you are looking for an editor, have a look at Mozilla Seamonkey, which has a decent web page editor.

There might be some sites out there that have coding that will let you use ctrl-b to bold something, but it isn't a function of the browser.

Happy bolding!

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theymos answered Monday June 29 2009, 3:19 pm:
You can't. Firefox is a web browser. Web browsers allow you to view pages, not edit them.

Text boxes, such as the ones used to ask/answer questions on Advicenators, only hold raw text. No formatting is allowed. It is possible to make a text box which holds formatting, but this can only be done by the person who made the website, and it's rather difficult for them to do. Firefox only follows the instructions of the web designer.

Instead of formatting, you can use *asterisks* for emphasis and _underscores_ for underlines and strong emphasis.

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