Firefox Shortcuts
Platform: Windows/English
Address Bar
ctrl+f5 or ctrl+r
Reload page with cache override
alt+d or ctrl+l
Jump to address bar
escape
Stop loading page
ctrl+enter
Complete a .com address in address bar: adds "http"
prefix and ".com" suffix to entry, then loads the page.
Add alt to combination to load page in background
tab.
f6/shift+f6
Jump forwards / jump backwards between tab bar
and page. To reach addressbar, press f6 until
reaching the tab (see dotted line around tab) and
press tab
shift+enter
Complete a .net address in address bar: adds "http"
prefix and ".net" suffix to entry, then loads the page.
Add alt to combination to load page in background
tab.
shift+f10
Open context menu of a hyperlink. Press arrow up or
down or initial letter to select command
f7
Turn caret mode on or off (navigation with
keyboard)
ctrl+shift+enter
Complete a .org address in address bar: adds "http"
prefix and ".org" suffix to entry, then loads the page.
Add alt to combination to load page in background
tab.
ctrl+a
Select all, useful to copy and paste text out of
webpages
ctrl+c
Copy selected text
arrow up/arrow
down in address
bar
Open URL history in address bar and navigate. Press
enter to launch selected webpage
ctrl+p
Print
alt+f, then v
Print preview
delete in address
bar history
Delete current entry from address bar history
ctrl+u
Show page source
ctrl+s
Save page as
Search
Search Bar
ctrl+k
Jumps to search bar if installed (ctrl+e used to do so
as well, but seems to be discontinued)
ctrl+f or /
Open "quick find" window and searches phrase as
you type
alt+arrow up/arro
w down
in search bar
Toggle search engines
' (apostrophe)
Open "quick find" (links only) window
ctrl+g or enter or
f3
Find next occurrence of search term.
ctrl+shift+g or shift
+f3
Find previous occurrence of search term.
escape
Close search window
arrow down/arrow Choose from previous searches. Press enter to choose
up
selected search term
in search bar
delete in previous
searches
Delete previous search entry
Bookmarks
Navigation
ctrl+b or ctrl+i
Show or hide bookmark sidebar
alt+home
Jump to homepage
ctrl+shift+b
Organize bookmarks
alt+arrow left/arro
w right
One page backward / one page forward
ctrl+d
Add bookmark
ctrl+shift+d
ctrl+t
Open new tab in same window
Bookmark all tabs. In the "create in" menu, use alt+d
own to choose bookmark destination
alt+b, then press az or number
Open bookmark menu and press first letter of a
bookmark name to load them. More than one entry
with the same letter, requires to repeatedly pressing
the letter and hit enter
ctrl+tab or ctrl+pag Jump to next browser tab
e down
ctrl+shift+tab or
ctrl+page up
Jump to previous browser tab
ctrl+1...8
Jump to browser tab 1 - 8
Firefox Features
ctrl+9
Jump to the rightmost tab regardless on how many
tabs are open
ctrl+j
Open or close download window
ctrl+w or ctrl+q
Close current browser tab
ctrl+h
Show or hide browsing history
ctrl+shift+t
Undo close browser tab
ctrl+shift+del
Clear private data (menu)
ctrl+o
Open file
Inside Webpages
ctrl+l
Open Location
alt+d, then press
tab twice (or three
times)
alt+f
Open file menu
alt+e
Open edit menu
alt+v
Open view menu
alt+s
Open history menu
alt+b
Open bookmark menu
Get "focus" on webpage for in-page keyboard
navigation. Note the dotted frame around the page
arrow down/arrow Scroll webpages up or down one line
up
page down/page up Scroll webpages up or down one page. space/shift+sp
ace does the same.
alt+t
Open tools menu
home/end
Jump to beginning / end of webpage
alt+h
Open help menu
tab/shift+tab
Jump to next / jump to previous link
ctrl+/
Show / hide Add-On Bar (holding add-ons)
enter
Open selected link in current tab
shift+ctrl+enter
Open selected link in new foreground tab
ctrl+enter
Open selected link in new background tab
shift+enter
Open selected link in new window
alt+enter
Download selected link
ctrl++/ctrl+-
Increase or decrease text size
ctrl+0
Default text size
f5 or ctrl+r
Reload page
http://www.shortcutworld.com/en/win/Firefox.pdf
Firefox Shortcuts
Platform: Windows/English
Firefox Windows
ctrl+n or alt+f+n
Opens new browser window
ctrl+shift+w or alt+
f4
Close browser window
alt+space
Opens the title bar menu (default Windows feature)
alt+space+enter
Restore Window (default Windows feature)
alt+space+x
Maximize Window (default Windows feature)
alt+space+n
Minimize Window (default Windows feature)
f11
Turn full page view on or off (default Windows
feature)
Forms
tab/shift+tab
Jump to next or previous form element
space
Activate or deactivate radio buttons and check boxes
alt+arrow down
Select from a drop-down menu
ctrl+c, ctrl+x and
ctrl+v
Copy, cut or paste selected text (when working in
forms)
arrow up/arrow
down
Select previously used form entries
shift+delete
Delete previously used form entries
The Rest
ctrl+shift+i
Open or close webpage Inspector
ctrl+shift+j
Open Java Error Console. Press escape to close
f1
Firefox (online) help
http://www.shortcutworld.com/en/win/Firefox.pdf
