70+ Keyboard shortcuts to move faster in Mozilla Firefox

By Bill Detwiler, MS, MCP

Version 1.0 July 27, 2005

Keystroke
Alt + B Alt + D Alt + E Alt + F Alt + G Alt + H Alt + T Alt + V Alt + Enter Alt + Left Arrow Alt + Right Arrow Alt + Home Alt + F4 Backspace Delete Esc End Home Ctrl + + (plus sign) Ctrl + - (minus sign) Ctrl + 0 Ctrl + 1 Ctrl + 2 Ctrl + 3 Ctrl + 4 Ctrl + 5 Ctrl + 6 Ctrl + 7 Ctrl + 8 Ctrl + 9 Ctrl + F4

Function
Open the Bookmarks drop-down menu Select the current Location bar text Open the Edit drop-down menu Open the File drop-down menu Open the Go drop-down menu Open the Help drop-down menu Open the Tools drop-down menu Open the View drop-down menu Open address in a new tab Move back Move forward Open the Home page Close active window Move back Delete Stop downloading a page Move to the bottom of a page Move to the top of a page Increase text size Decrease text size Restore normal text size Open Tab 1 Open Tab 2 Open Tab 3 Open Tab 4 Open Tab 5 Open Tab 6 Open Tab 7 Open Tab 8 Open Tab 9 Close active tab Page 1

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70+ Keyboard shortcuts to move faster in Mozilla Firefox

Keystroke
Ctrl + F5 Ctrl + A Ctrl + B Ctrl + C Ctrl + D Ctrl + E Ctrl + F Ctrl + G Ctrl + H Ctrl + I Ctrl + J Ctrl + K Ctrl + L Ctrl + M Ctrl + N Ctrl + O Ctrl + P Ctrl + R Ctrl + S Ctrl + T Ctrl + U Ctrl + V Ctrl + W Ctrl + X Ctrl + Y Ctrl + Z Ctrl + Down Arrow Ctrl + Up Arrow Ctrl + Tab Ctrl + Page Down Ctrl + Page Up Ctrl + Shift + Tab Ctrl + Enter Ctrl + Shift + Enter Refresh (override cache) Select All Open/close the Bookmarks pane Copy

Function

Add a bookmark (defaults to the active page) Activate Web Search Find Find again Open/close the History pane Open/close the Bookmarks pane Open/close the Downloads dialog box Activate Web Search Select the current Location bar text Open a new e-mail message using the default e-mail client Open a new Firefox window Open a file Print Refresh Save As Open a new tab in the current Firefox window View the source code for the current page Paste Close the active tab within the current Firefox window Cut Redo Undo Select next search engine in Web Search bar Select previous search engine in Web Search bat Select the next tab within the current Firefox window Select the next tab within the current Firefox window Select the previous tab within the current Firefox window Select the previous tab within the current Firefox window Add "www." to the beginning and ".com" to the end of the text in the Location bar Add "www." to the beginning and ".org" to the end of the text in the Location bar Page 2

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70+ Keyboard shortcuts to move faster in Mozilla Firefox

Keystroke
Ctrl + Shift + R Ctrl + Shift + W Shift + F3 Shift + F6 Shift + Enter Shift + D Shift + Backspace F1 F3 F5 F6 F7 F11 Refresh (override cache) Close Firefox Find previous Move to the previous frame

Function

Add "www." to the beginning and ".net" to the end of the text in the Location bar Delete the selected Autocomplete entry Move forward Open Mozilla Firefox Help Find again Refresh Select the current Location bar text Move to the next frame Toggle on/off Caret Browsing Switch between full-screen/normal view

Bill Detwiler is a Section Editor for CNET Networks where he works on the TechRepublic.com team. Previously he worked as a Technical Support Associate and Information Technology Manager in the social research and energy industries. Bill is a Microsoft Certified Professional with experience in Windows administration, data management, and desktop support. He has bachelor's and master's degrees in the Administration of Justice from the University of Louisville, where he guest lectures on high-tech and computer crime.

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70+ Keyboard shortcuts to move faster in Mozilla Firefox

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Version history
Version: 1.0 Published: July 27, 2005

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