Posted by makeuseof guest-writer Mark O’Neill
I am on a quest. A quest to completely abandon the mouse and do all of my computer tasks solely using Firefox keyboard shortcuts. Using the mouse has always felt kind of awkward for me and it kind of abruptly interrupts the flow of my work when I am on a roll typing away.
So for the past couple of weeks, I have been researching keyboard shortcuts for Firefox and here they are. They all work as they have been tested beforehand. Now the trick is to remember them all!
Does anyone know any that I have missed? I am always looking to expand my list. Let’s make this page a constantly updating definitive list of keyboard shortcuts. So bookmark the page and check back often!
CTRL + T: Opens a new tab.
CTRL + R: Reloads the current tab.
CTRL + H: View your browsing history in a sidebar
CTRL + J: Opens your Firefox download manager
CTRL + TAB: Moves to the next tab.
CTRL + SHIFT + TAB: Moves to the previous tab.
CTRL + Z: Undo last action
CTRL + SHIFT + Z: Redo last action
CTRL + ENTER: Auto-complete URL to .com
CTRL + SHIFT + ENTER: Auto-complete URL to .org
CTRL + SHIFT + T: Restore the last closed tab
CTRL + number: Change to the tab with this number
CTRL + F4: Close the current tab
CTRL + N: Opens a new Firefox window
CTRL + S: Download the current webpage page as a HTML file
CTRL + L: Highlights the URL in the browser address bar
CTRL + HYPHEN: Decrease text size on the webpage
CTRL + PLUS: Increase text size on the webpage
CTRL + D: Add webpage to bookmarks
ALT + Home: Loads your start page.
ALT + F4: Close the browser window
SHIFT + ENTER: Auto-complete URL to .net
F5: Reload the current tab
F11: Go full screen / normal screen
Space: Scroll down the page
ESC: Stop
By: Mark O’Neill is a freelance writer, proofreader and blogger. Visit his blog at BetterThanTherapy.net
Filed Under: Browser
Tags: browser tips, firefox tips, productivity, shortcuts
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ctrl + shift + delete = win
Great resource for keyboard shortcuts here :-
http://www.keyxl.com/
heh, nice idea.
Great Post Man……Thanks
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You can also use F6 or Alt+D to highlight the URL.
I wasn’t aware that CTRL + F4 was a shortcut to close the current tab. I have always used CTRL + W like I do in my office’s Mac and it works the same.
I have a few others I use on a regular basis:
F3: Find in text
/: Quick find (almost same as find in text)
F6: Highlight address bar
F7: Toggle Caret Browsing (allows you to highlight text with a movable cursor)
CTRL + Page Down: Move to next tab
CTRL + Page Up: Move to previous tab
CTRL + Y: Redo
CTRL + Left Arrow: Go back a page
CTRL + Right Arrow: Go foward a page
Shift + Space: Scroll up a page
That’s all I can think of for the moment… hope it’s useful to somebody out there!
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You forgot about my favorite one, alt + enter. Instead of ctrl + t to open a new tab and then type the address, just type the address and then press alt + enter it will open the address in a new tab automatically.