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Say good bye to your Mouse, Use the keyboard instead (Firefox Special)

February 25, 2010 by Haneez Haroon in Linux, Windows with 20 Comments

Internet Browsing is one of the most common activates on computers nowadays and how many of us do spend most of the time searching for the features on menus? We have got a list of shortcuts which were used commonly among the users, which helps you save a lot of time. Learn them and have a faster browsing experience.

Navigation

  • Back – Backspace
  • Forward – Shift+Backspace
  • Home – Alt +Home
  • Open File – Ctrl+O
  • Reload – F5
  • Reload (override cache) – Ctrl+F5
  • Stop – Esc

Current Page

  • Go to Bottom of Page – End
  • Go to Top of Page    – Home
  • Move to Next Frame  -  F6
  • Move to Previous Frame  -  Shift+F6
  • Page Source    Ctrl+U
  • Print    Ctrl+P
  • Save Page As    Ctrl+S
  • Zoom In    Ctrl++
  • Zoom Out    Ctrl+-
  • Zoom Reset    Ctrl+0

Editing

  • Copy    Ctrl+C
  • Cut       Ctrl+X
  • Delete   Delete
  • Paste    Ctrl+V
  • Redo    Ctrl+YShift+Z
  • Select All    Ctrl+A
  • Undo    Ctrl+Z

Search

  • Find    Ctrl+F
  • Find Again    F3
  • Find As You Type Link    ”
  • Find As You Type Text    /
  • Find Previous    Shift+F3
  • Web Search    Ctrl+K

Windows & Tabs

  • Close Tab    Ctrl+F4
  • Close Window    Alt+F4
  • Move Tab Left (when tab is focused)    Ctrl+Left Arrow
  • Move Tab Right (when tab is focused)    Ctrl+Right Arrow
  • Move Tab to Beginning (when tab is focused)    Ctrl+Home
  • Move Tab to End (when tab is focused)    Ctrl+End
  • New Tab    Ctrl+T
  • New Window    Ctrl+N
  • Next Tab    Ctrl+Tab
  • Open Address in New Tab (from Location Bar or Search Bar)    Alt+Enter
  • Previous Tab    Ctrl+Shift+Tab
  • Undo Close Tab    Ctrl+Shift+T
  • Select Tab (1 to 8)    CtrlAltCmd+(1 to 8 )
  • Select Last Tab    Ctrl+Alt+9

Tools

  • Bookmark All Tabs    Ctrl+Shift+D
  • Bookmark This Page    Ctrl+D
  • Bookmarks    Ctrl+B
  • Library window    Ctrl+Shift+BO
  • Caret Browsing    F7
  • Downloads    Ctrl+J
  • History    Ctrl+H
  • Toggle Private Browsing    Ctrl+Shift+P
  • Clear Recent History    Ctrl+Shift+Del
  • Error Console    Ctrl+Shift+J

Miscellaneous

  • Complete .com Address    Ctrl+Enter
  • Complete .net Address    Shift+Enter
  • Complete .org Address    Ctrl+Shift+Enter
  • Delete Selected Auto-complete Entry    Shift+Del
  • Help    F1Cmd+?
  • Select Location Bar    Ctrl+L
  • Select or Manage Search Engines (when Search Bar is focused) F4

Firefox does not provide any method of customizing keyboard shortcuts. But they are all optimized for the best practices and user friendliness. Hope this can give a value addition to your internet browsing experience.

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20 Comments

  1. KerainnonseFebruary 26, 2010 at 7:46 amReply

    good post

  2. SonmessmibeFebruary 28, 2010 at 1:41 pmReply

    cool posting

  3. hanxlkMarch 1, 2010 at 10:30 amReply

    Hope it will help you enhance your day to day browsing.
    Thank you for commenting and Stay in touch with tutebox.

  4. int-s.comMarch 16, 2010 at 2:39 amReply

    Do all versions support?

  5. pessfauffcaryMarch 18, 2010 at 2:58 amReply

    Thanks a lot.. Thats a nice post…

  6. EnlastshotaMarch 19, 2010 at 4:41 amReply

    I love the normal wway tho :P

  7. AnymnbabLumMarch 19, 2010 at 11:26 amReply

    nice tips…

  8. erosionMarch 22, 2010 at 2:16 pmReply

    I think this post is missing many alternate keys..

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    nice post

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  12. spbotdihMay 1, 2010 at 1:50 amReply

    keep posting updated info.
    thanks for the hints.

  13. megastroimMay 12, 2010 at 5:46 amReply

    hope they will be the same in firefox 4 ;-)

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