Shortcut for downloads Button in Tooolbar

[peak9000]

In MS Edge, I can press Ctrl+J to open the downloads preview in the toolbar. In Firefox, I have to click it with the mouse or, even worse, press Tab multiple times to reach it.

I’m aware that Ctrl+Shift+Y opens the Library window, but that’s a separate window and doesn’t.

[Jon]

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[arucan1]

I agree. I use Ctrl+J pretty often, usually to drag a downloaded file into a webpage, and having it open a whole separate window is really annoying.

Half the time I forget to close that window, so it just ends up sitting there in front of my browser or somewhere in the background. I have to keep switching between windows just to drag a file. At that point, I might as well open the Downloads folder in File Explorer.

I'd love Firefox to let us choose whether Ctrl+J opens the usual Downloads window or the small downloads popup in the toolbar. Edge already opens its downloads popup with Ctrl+J, and I find that much more convenient.

I know Firefox already has a downloads button in the toolbar, but I'm so used to Ctrl+J that having to reach for the mouse every time kind of defeats the purpose of a keyboard shortcut.

Honestly, opening a separate window for something this simple feels like something straight out of 2008 lol.