Quick Tip: Mouseless browsing in Firefox
The following are useful key strokes to eliminate the use of the mouse and increase the speed of your browsing in Firefox. These keystrokes will work in Linux and Windows.
CTRL+L: Select the URL bar
CTRL+K: Select the search bar
CTRL+T: Open new tab
CTRL+W: Close current tab
CTRL+TAB: Shuffle tabs forward
CTRL+SHIFT+TAB: Shuffle tabs backward
CTRL+R: Refresh
CTRL+F: Open find dialogue
CTRL+H: Open history menu
CTRL+D: Bookmark current page
CTRL+U: View page source
BACKSPACE: Go back one page
ALT+RIGHT ARROW: Forward one page
ALT+LEFT ARROW: Back one page
ALT+HOME: Go to homepage
CTRL+K followed by CTRL+DOWN ARROW: Select search bar and change search engine
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Charl.ie wrote:
F5 also refreshs/reloads
Posted 30 Dec 2006 at 2:51 am ¶
Kory wrote:
CTRL+F4: closes a tab
CTRL+N: opens a new window
ALT+D: also highlights address bar (in most browsers).
Posted 30 Dec 2006 at 11:33 am ¶
David Jefferson wrote:
These don’t work for the Mac. Can you publish a similar Mac list?
Thanks,
David
Posted 30 Dec 2006 at 12:40 pm ¶
kylepott wrote:
@David Jefferson: I believe the commands are similar, however, try the commands with these changes for Mac:
Mac uses CMD instead of CTRL as the accelerator key. Mac uses OPTION instead of ALT.
Posted 30 Dec 2006 at 12:49 pm ¶
kylepott wrote:
Another great shortcut is CTRL+F12 which will undo a closed tab in Firefox 2.
Posted 30 Dec 2006 at 3:19 pm ¶
Sara L wrote:
Use the Command Key on a Mac. However the command on a Mac to open the history menu is SHIFT+COMMAND+H. COMMAND+H Hides the program that is active.
Posted 31 Dec 2006 at 8:41 am ¶
tinny wrote:
this should speed things up a bit. Thanks.
Posted 03 Jan 2007 at 5:25 am ¶
Daisy wrote:
Great list!
Ctrl j will re-open a download window if you’ve got it set to close automatically after download.
Posted 03 Jan 2007 at 7:57 am ¶
Geoff wrote:
Leave it to the mac users… lol.
Posted 10 Jan 2007 at 9:51 pm ¶
Hello wrote:
F6 will also select the address bar.
Posted 10 Jan 2007 at 11:50 pm ¶
Lyss wrote:
ESC stops the page loading.
Posted 11 Jan 2007 at 12:36 am ¶
James A. Calwell III wrote:
I use forums and the Alt+S shortcut regularly. In Firefox 2.0, this shortcut was axed in favor of the History menu that I don’t really care for. Is there some way to restore this?
Posted 15 Jan 2007 at 12:37 am ¶