Speed up Firefox browsing with keyboard shortcuts

Sep. 4th, 2007 | by Mark O'Neill |

firefox-logo.pngPosted 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!

FIREFOX KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS

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

Mark O’Neill is a freelance writer, proofreader, editor and blogger. Check out his blog at http://www.betterthantherapy.net

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    Pingback by University Update - Firefox - Speed up Firefox browsing with keyboard shortcuts
    2007-09-04 23:08:36

    [...] Speed up Firefox browsing with keyboard shortcuts » This Summary is from an article posted at Cool Websites, Software and Internet Tips on Tuesday, [...]

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    Comment by Rob
    2008-06-05 23:10:59

    ctrl + shift + delete = win

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    Comment by Keyxl
    2007-09-05 03:01:25

    Great resource for keyboard shortcuts here :-

    http://www.keyxl.com/

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    Comment by Aibek
    2007-09-05 12:16:17

    heh, nice idea.

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    Comment by B.T.RAM
    2007-09-06 07:01:15

    Great Post Man……Thanks

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    Pingback by 6 Apps To Solve All Browsing Issues | MakeUseOf.com
    2007-11-14 19:28:31

    [...] available shortcuts. Almost all popular apps come with its own shortcut set. Whether it’s Firefox, Gmail, or Google Reader, they all have shortcuts. And KeyXL is the place to get them, it provides [...]

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    Comment by sbw07
    2008-02-21 06:47:21

    You can also use F6 or Alt+D to highlight the URL.

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    Comment by rbob transplant
    2008-02-23 12:22:43

    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.

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    Comment by Melina
    2008-03-08 17:38:20

    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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    2008-06-18 11:11:41

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