Well, Firefox does not use mnemonics for bookmark items on any platform. They're pretty pointless for dynamic content such as bookmarks and history anyway.
If you're referring to the inability to select a bookmark item by pressing the key corresponding to it's first character, then this is not a Firefox bug, but a gtk limitation. It just doesn't support that ** Package changed: firefox (Ubuntu) => gtk+2.0 (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gtk+2.0 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1065167 Title: no mnemonics for items in bookmarks menu Status in The Mozilla Firefox Browser: New Status in “gtk+2.0” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: The bookmarks menu as well as the history menu don't show / have mnemonics for the items in the menu. The only way to access items in these menus is by using the cursor keys (or the mouse :( ) The other menus (file, edit, view, tools and help) do have the mnemonics for the items Example <alt>F brings up the file menu; mnemonic V gives print preview <alt>B brings up the bookmark menu; no option to go to an item by using a mnemonic ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: firefox 15.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-31.50-generic 3.2.28 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-31-generic x86_64 AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu13 Architecture: amd64 ArecordDevices: **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: VT1705 Analog [VT1705 Analog] Subdevices: 2/2 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 Subdevice #1: subdevice #1 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: wim 2002 F.... pulseaudio BuildID: 20120907231657 CRDA: Error: command ['iw', 'reg', 'get'] failed with exit code 1: nl80211 not found. Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'PCH'/'HDA Intel PCH at 0xf7c00000 irq 44' Mixer name : 'VIA VT1705' Components : 'HDA:11064397,18490397,00100000' Controls : 34 Simple ctrls : 19 Channel: Unavailable Date: Wed Oct 10 19:39:55 2012 ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/firefox/firefox ForcedLayersAccel: False IfupdownConfig: auto lo iface lo inet loopback InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120823.1) IpRoute: default via 192.168.2.1 dev eth0 proto static 169.254.0.0/16 dev eth0 scope link metric 1000 192.168.2.0/24 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.2.222 metric 1 IwConfig: lo no wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions. PrefSources: prefs.js ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_ZA:en PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_ZA.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=15.0.1/20120907231657 (In use) RelatedPackageVersions: rhythmbox-mozilla 2.96-0ubuntu4.2 totem-mozilla 3.0.1-0ubuntu21.1 RfKill: RunningIncompatibleAddons: False SourcePackage: firefox UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 07/27/2012 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: P2.60 dmi.board.name: H61M-VS. dmi.board.vendor: ASRock dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrP2.60:bd07/27/2012:svnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:rvnASRock:rnH61M-VS.:rvr:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.: dmi.product.name: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.product.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.sys.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/1065167/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp