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