# Disabling WordPress editor keyboard shortcuts with a Greasemonkey script

DevFeed: [Disabling WordPress editor keyboard shortcuts with a Greasemonkey script](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/wordpress-tricks-disabling-editing-shortcuts-21909.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.nelhage.com/2010/06/disable-wordpress-edit-shortcuts/>)

Author: Nelson Elhage

Published: 2010-06-13T20:07:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Nelson Elhage](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/nelson-elhage.md>)

Topics: [WordPress](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/wordpress.md>), [Emacs](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/emacs.md>), [JavaScript](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/javascript.md>)

Tags: [emacs](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/emacs.md>), [javascript](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/javascript.md>), [shortcuts](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/shortcuts.md>), [wordpress](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/wordpress.md>)

## AI overview

The article explains how to disable WordPress editor keyboard shortcuts that interfere with Emacs-style navigation. It describes a Greasemonkey user script that manipulates the editor's HTML accesskey-based shortcuts.

## Source excerpt

One of the major reasons I can't stand webapps is because I'm a serious emacs junkie, and I can't edit text in anything that doesn't have decent emacs keybindings. Fortunately, on Linux, at least, GTK provides basic emacs keybindings if you add gtk-key-theme-name = "Emacs" to your .gtkrc-2.0. However, some webapps think that they deserve total control over your keys, and grab key combinations for a WYSIWYG editor of some sort.