# Alt+D tries to delete a post

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/alt-d-tries-to-delete-a-post/96265
**Category:** Bug
**Created:** [September 3, 2018, 12:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/alt-d-tries-to-delete-a-post/96265 "2018-09-03T12:45:27Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![carlokok](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/carlokok/32/115951_2.png) [@carlokok](https://meta.discourse.org/u/carlokok)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2018, 12:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/alt-d-tries-to-delete-a-post/96265/1 "2018-09-03T12:45:27Z")

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Using alt+d (go to address bar in Firefox) on a post when the post itself is active will also trigger a delete. Can I disable this somehow?

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### Author: ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2018, 10:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/alt-d-tries-to-delete-a-post/96265/2 "2018-09-03T22:00:28Z")

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@vinothkannans what is going on here?

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### Author: ![vinothkannans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/vinothkannans/32/86465_2.png) [@vinothkannans](https://meta.discourse.org/u/vinothkannans)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2018, 3:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/alt-d-tries-to-delete-a-post/96265/4 "2018-09-04T03:54:05Z")

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I’m checking it. All the post shortcuts like b (bookmark post) and e (edit post) are also firing with alt combo.

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### Author: ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2018, 3:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/alt-d-tries-to-delete-a-post/96265/5 "2018-09-04T03:59:22Z")

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Ouch we should fix this globally then, good catch.

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### Author: ![vinothkannans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/vinothkannans/32/86465_2.png) [@vinothkannans](https://meta.discourse.org/u/vinothkannans)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2018, 5:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/alt-d-tries-to-delete-a-post/96265/6 "2018-09-04T05:55:12Z")

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It is fixed as per commit

[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/f896d6b0219f949e9890bddb43028328dc9860bf](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/f896d6b0219f949e9890bddb43028328dc9860bf)

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### Author: ![vinothkannans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/vinothkannans/32/86465_2.png) [@vinothkannans](https://meta.discourse.org/u/vinothkannans)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2018, 12:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/alt-d-tries-to-delete-a-post/96265/10 "2018-09-04T12:30:00Z")

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