Firefox Keyboard Shortcuts
Tired of messing around with the cursor in Firefox, or just tired of that pesty carpal tunnel syndrome from using your mouse all day? Here’s Webchicklet’s Top 10 Firefox Keyboard Shortcuts for Windows and Mac. Now you can break free from the chains of your mouse, and speed up your web surfing at the same time. This is just my personal opinions on the Firefox keyboard shortcuts that save me the most time, based on frequency of use. The Mac keyboard shortcut is listed in brackets if different( Ctrl in windows = Cmd in Mac).
- Backspace (Delete) – If you need to quickly move back to the previously viewed page(s), just hit the Backspace key until you get to where you want to be!
- F6 Button – Need to quickly type a new web address in the address bar? Instead of reaching for your mouse and moving the curser to the address bar, why not just hit the F6 button and start typing.
- Ctrl – F – To search for a word in the page you are viewing, just hit Ctrl -F and the find bar pops up at the bottom of the window.
- Ctrl – A – Want to copy the entire contents of a page? Highlight the entire contents of a page quickly with Ctrl A, and then Ctrl Insert or C to copy the data.
- Ctrl – W: Tired of looking at that page? Close a tab or a window super fast with Ctrl – W
- Ctrl – T, Ctrl – N: Didn’t mean to close that tab or Window? Open a new tab or window quickly with this shortcut
- Ctrl – Tab: If you have a bunch of Firefox tabs open, you can scroll quickly through them with Ctrl-Tab. If you over shoot the one you wanted you can reverse the scroll with Ctrl-Shift-Tab.
- Ctrl-Shift-H: This one is handy when you want to find that site you visited earlier today but can’t remember what it was. Hitting these keys brings up the history of your web surfing so you can scroll through the list, or use the search box at the top to find it quick!
- End: This is obvious, and useful. Just hit the End button to get to the bottom of the page in a flash.
- Home: Equally obvious and just as useful. Get back to the top of the page quickly with the Home button.
And there you have it, the top 10 time saving Firefox Keyboard Shortcuts for Windows and Mac. These may seem obvious to some, but I find when I’m working with other colleagues or friends, they are always amazed at how much quicker I can do what I have to do while surfing. So give your mouse and your wrist a break and try some of these shortcuts today!
BTW, Firefox has many more shortcuts than I would ever want to list here. So if you want even more ways to save time while surfing, check out the official Firefox Keyboard Shortcut List
Is your favourite Firefox shortcut not listed here? I’m always looking for new ways to save time, so leave me a comment and let everyone know what your number one keyboard shortcut is!
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Thanks for the list. Learned some new ones.
Here’s one of my favorites:
CTRL + K highlights the search bar
Thanks! Didn’t know that one. I like it!
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