Here is a list of Firefox shortcuts I have found over the years. I have kept this list on the company blog for months now, and yet, every-time I read over it I find something useful.
| Shortcut | Description |
|---|---|
| Alt + B | Open the Bookmarks drop-down menu |
| Alt + D | Select the current Location bar text |
| Alt + E | Open the Edit drop-down menu |
| Alt + F | Open the File drop-down menu |
| Alt + G | Open the Go drop-down menu |
| Alt + H | Open the Help drop-down menu |
| Alt + T | Open the Tools drop-down menu |
| Alt + V | Open the View drop-down menu |
| Alt + Enter | Open address in a new tab |
| Alt + Left Arrow | Move back |
| Alt + Right Arrow | Move forward |
| Alt + Home | Open the Home page |
| Alt + F4 | Close active window |
| Backspace | Move back |
| Delete | Delete |
| Esc | Stop downloading a page |
| End | Move to the bottom of a page |
| Home | Move to the top of a page |
| Ctrl + + (plus sign) | Increase text size |
| Ctrl + – (minus sign) | Decrease text size |
| Ctrl + 0 | Restore normal text size |
| Ctrl + 1 | Open Tab 1 |
| Ctrl + 2 | Open Tab 2 |
| Ctrl + 3 | Open Tab 3 |
| Ctrl + 4 | Open Tab 4 |
| Ctrl + 5 | Open Tab 5 |
| Ctrl + 6 | Open Tab 6 |
| Ctrl + 7 | Open Tab 7 |
| Ctrl + 8 | Open Tab 8 |
| Ctrl + 9 | Open Tab 9 |
| Ctrl + F4 | Close active tab |
| Ctrl + F5 | Refresh (override cache) |
| Ctrl + A | Select All |
| Ctrl + B | Open/close the Bookmarks pane |
| Ctrl + C | Copy |
| Ctrl + D | Add a bookmark (defaults to the active page) |
| Ctrl + E | Activate Web Search |
| Ctrl + F | Find |
| Ctrl + G | Find again |
| Ctrl + H | Open/close the History pane |
| Ctrl + I | Open/close the Bookmarks pane |
| Ctrl + J | Open/close the Downloads dialog box |
| Ctrl + K | Activate Web Search |
| Ctrl + L | Select the current Location bar text |
| Ctrl + M | Open a new e-mail message using the default e-mail client |
| Ctrl + N | Open a new Firefox window |
| Ctrl + O | Open a file |
| Ctrl + P | |
| Ctrl + R | Refresh |
| Ctrl + S | Save As |
| Ctrl + T | Open a new tab in the current Firefox window |
| Ctrl + U | View the source code for the current page |
| Ctrl + V | Paste |
| Ctrl + W | Close the active tab within the current Firefox window |
| Ctrl + X | Cut |
| Ctrl + Y | Redo |
| Ctrl + Z | Undo |
| Ctrl + Down Arrow | Select next search engine in Web Search bar |
| Ctrl + Up Arrow | Select previous search engine in Web Search bat |
| Ctrl + Tab | Select the next tab within the current Firefox window |
| Ctrl + Page Down | Select the next tab within the current Firefox window |
| Ctrl + Page Up | Select the previous tab within the current Firefox window |
| Ctrl + Shift + Tab | Select the previous tab within the current Firefox window |
| Ctrl + Enter | Add “www.” to the beginning and “.com” to the end of the text in the Location bar |
| Ctrl + Shift + Enter | Add “www.” to the beginning and “.org” to the end of the text in the Location bar |
| Ctrl + Shift + R | Refresh (override cache) |
| Ctrl + Shift + W | Close Firefox |
| Shift + F3 | Find previous |
| Shift + F6 | Move to the previous frame |
| Shift + Enter | Add “www.” to the beginning and “.net” to the end of the text in the Location bar |
| Shift + D | Delete the selected Autocomplete entry |
| Shift + Backspace | Move forward |
| F1 | Open Mozilla Firefox Help |
| F3 | Find again |
| F5 | Refresh |
| F6 | Select the current Location bar text |
| F7 | Toggle on/off Caret Browsing |
| F11 | Switch between full-screen/normal view |
Good info. I’ll not remember it but it’s good info. Where’s the damn mouse? Damnit!
jim
I never remember them all either. And thus I post them so I can find them.
Bobby