Firefox Shortcuts
1. Address Bar |
alt+d or ctrl+l |
Jump to address bar |
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. |
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. |
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. |
arrow up/arrow down in address bar |
Open URL history in address bar and navigate. Press enter to launch selected webpage |
delete in address bar history |
Delete current entry from address bar history |
2. Search Bar |
ctrl+k |
Jumps to search bar if installed (ctrl+e used to do so as well, but seems to be discontinued) |
alt+arrow up/arrow down
in search bar |
Toggle search engines |
arrow down/arrow up
in search bar |
Choose from previous searches. Press enter to choose selected search term |
delete in previous searches |
Delete previous search entry |
3. Navigation |
alt+home |
Jump to homepage |
alt+arrow left/arrow right |
One page backward / one page forward |
ctrl+t |
Open new tab in same window |
ctrl+tab or ctrl+page down |
Jump to next browser tab |
ctrl+shift+tab or ctrl+page up |
Jump to previous browser tab |
ctrl+1...8 |
Jump to browser tab 1 - 8 |
ctrl+9 |
Jump to the rightmost tab regardless on how many tabs are open |
ctrl+w or ctrl+q |
Close current browser tab |
ctrl+shift+t |
Undo close browser tab |
4. Inside Webpages |
alt+d, then press tab twice (or three times) |
Get "focus" on webpage for in-page keyboard navigation. Note the dotted frame around the page |
arrow down/arrow up |
Scroll webpages up or down one line |
page down/page up |
Scroll webpages up or down one page. space/shift+space does the same. |
home/end |
Jump to beginning / end of webpage |
tab/shift+tab |
Jump to next / jump to previous link |
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 |
ctrl+f5 or ctrl+r |
Reload page with cache override |
escape |
Stop loading page |
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+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+a |
Select all, useful to copy and paste text out of webpages |
ctrl+c |
Copy selected text |
ctrl+p |
Print |
alt+f, then v |
Print preview |
ctrl+u |
Show page source |
ctrl+s |
Save page as |
5. Search |
ctrl+f or / |
Open "quick find" window and searches phrase as you type |
' (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 |
6. Bookmarks |
ctrl+b or ctrl+i |
Show or hide bookmark sidebar |
ctrl+shift+b |
Organize bookmarks |
ctrl+d |
Add bookmark |
ctrl+shift+d |
Bookmark all tabs. In the "create in" menu, use alt+down to choose bookmark destination |
alt+b, then press a-z 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 |
7. Firefox Features |
ctrl+j |
Open or close download window |
ctrl+h |
Show or hide browsing history |
ctrl+shift+del |
Clear private data (menu) |
ctrl+o |
Open file |
ctrl+l |
Open Location |
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 |
alt+t |
Open tools menu |
alt+h |
Open help menu |
ctrl+/ |
Show / hide Add-On Bar (holding add-ons) |
8. 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) |
9. 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 |
10. 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 |
Mozilla Firefox shortcut keys
Below is a listing of all the major
shortcut keys in
Mozilla Firefox.
See the
computer shortcut page if you are looking for other shortcut keys used in other programs.
Shortcut Keys |
Description |
Alt + Home |
Open your home page. |
Alt + Left Arrow |
Back a page. |
Alt + Right Arrow |
Forward a page. |
F5 |
Refresh current page, frame, or tab. |
F11 |
Display the current website in full screen mode. Pressing F11 again will exit this mode. |
Esc |
Stop page or download from loading. |
Ctrl + (- or +) |
Increase or decrease the font size, pressing '-' will decrease and '+' will increase. Ctrl + 0 will reset back to default. |
Ctrl + Enter |
Quickly complete an address. For example, type computerhope
in the address bar and press CTRL + ENTER to get
http://www.computerhope.com. |
Ctrl + Shift + Del |
Open the Clear Data window to quickly clear private data. |
Ctrl + D |
Add a bookmark for the page currently opened. |
Ctrl + I |
Display available bookmarks. |
Ctrl + J |
Display the download window. |
Ctrl + K or Ctrl + E |
Move the cursor to the search box. |
Ctrl + N |
Open New browser window. |
Ctrl + P |
Print current page or frame. |
Ctrl + T |
Opens a new tab. |
Ctrl + F4 or Ctrl + W |
Closes the currently selected tab. |
Ctrl + Shift + T |
Undo the close of a window. |
Ctrl + Tab |
Moves through each of the open tabs. |
Spacebar |
Moves down a page at a time. |
Shift + Spacebar |
Moves up a page at a time. |
Alt + Down arrow |
Display all previous text entered in a text box and available options on drop down menu. | |
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