Firefox Shortcuts

Platform: Windows/English
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
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/arro
w 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
Navigation
alt+home Jump to homepage
alt+arrow left/arro
w right
One page backward / one page forward
ctrl+t Open new tab in same window
ctrl+tab or ctrl+pag
e 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
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+sp
ace 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
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
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+d
own 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
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)
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