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Override CMD-S for web browsers.md

Occasionally, I press CMD-S by mistake. This causes the browser to stop responding for a few seconds while it prepares the current document to save, since CMD-S is the shortcut for it.

I almost never press CMD-S on purpose. Hence, I realized that if I can somehow disable this shortcut, this would be a good thing.

I'm not sure if it is possible to disable a keyboard shortcut for an application without downloading third-party software, but I have overridden the shortcut just by:

  • Launching "System Preferences".
  • Navigating to "Keyboard", "Shortcuts".
  • Clicking on the plus sign to add a new shortcut.
  • From the opened pop-up:
    • Selecting my web browser as the "Application"
    • Entering "Bookmark This Tab..." as the "Menu Title"
    • Focusing on the "Keyboard Shortcut" box and pressing CMD-S

Now, CMD-S will be the keyboard shortcut for bookmarking a tab on my browser. That is, it will override the behavior of CMD-S being the shortcut for "Save Page As...".

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