I use Firefox as the primary browser on my home PC. Why Firefox instead of Internet Explorer?
- Firefox seems to load web pages faster
- Firefox does not generate Windows errors for me like IE does
- Better tabbed browsing than IE
- The bookmark maintenance features in Firefox are better than IE
- Incredible add-in support. There are tons of add-ins available for Firefox!
- More Keyboard Shortcuts!
...and that's just the beginning. If you have not dumped Windows Internet Explorer for Firefox, I'd highly recommend giving Mozilla Firefox a try.
Now, back to the subject of this post! Firefox keyboard shortcuts. As I noted in my post on Internet Explorer Keyboard Shortcuts, my favorite Explorer shortcut keys are;
CTRL-ENTER: This is my favorite. When typing in the URL of a website, you can skip the "www" and the ".com". For example, in the address box, enter google, then CTRL-ENTER and low and behold, the address turns into www.google.com.
CTRL-F: Find on the page. Looking for a specific word, use CTRL-F.
CTRL-N: opens a new Internet Explorer Window.
ALT-LeftArrow & ALT-RightArrow: Simulates the Explorer Back and Forward button. Quite handy.
Guess what? These all also work in Mozilla Firefox. Very cool! No relearning keyboard shortcuts. In addition to my fav's, Firefox includes a ton of other keyboard shortcuts. Following is the complete reference.
Keyboard Shortcuts
| Command | Shortcut |
| Add Bookmark | Ctrl+D |
| Back | Backspace |
| Bookmarks | Ctrl+B |
| Caret Browsing | F7 |
| Close Tab | Ctrl+ |
| Close Window | Ctrl+Shift+W |
| Complete .com Address | Ctrl+Enter |
| Complete .net Address | Shift+Enter |
| Complete .org Address | Ctrl+Shift+Enter |
| Copy | Ctrl+C |
| Cut | Ctrl+X |
| Decrease Text Size | Ctrl+- |
| Delete | |
| Delete Individual Form Auto-Complete Entry | Shift+ |
| DOM Inspector | Ctrl+Shift+I |
| Downloads | Ctrl+J |
| Find Again | Ctrl+G |
| Find As You Type Link | ' |
| Find As You Type Text | / |
| Find Previous | Ctrl+Shift+G |
| Find in This Page | Ctrl+F |
| Forward | Shift+Backspace |
| Go Down One Line | Down |
| Go Up One Line | Up |
| Go Down One Page | PageDown |
| Go Up One Page | PageUp |
| Go to Bottom of Page | End |
| Go to Top of Page | Home |
| Full Screen | F11 |
| Help | F1 |
| History | Ctrl+H |
| Home Page | Alt+Home |
| Increase Text Size | Ctrl++ |
| Move to Next Frame | F6 |
| Move to Previous Frame | Shift+F6 |
| New Tab | Ctrl+T |
| Next Tab | Ctrl+Tab |
| New Window | Ctrl+N |
| Open File | Ctrl+O |
| Open Link | Enter |
| Open Link in New Tab | Ctrl+Enter |
| Open Link in New Window | Shift+Enter |
| Open Address in New Tab | Alt+Enter |
| Page Source | Ctrl+U |
| Paste | Ctrl+V |
| Previous Tab | Ctrl+Shift+Tab |
| | Ctrl+P |
| Redo | Ctrl+Shift+Z |
| Reload | F5 |
| Reload (override cache) | Ctrl+F5 |
| Restore Text Size | Ctrl+0 |
| Save Page As | Ctrl+S |
| Save Link Target As | Alt+Enter |
| Select All | Ctrl+A |
| Select Location Bar | Ctrl+L |
| Select Next Auto-Complete entry in text field | Down |
| Select Previous Auto-Complete entry in text field | Up |
| Select Next Search Engine in Search bar | Ctrl+Down |
| Select Previous Search Engine in Search bar | Ctrl+Up |
| Select Tab [1 to 8] | Ctrl+[1 to 8] |
| Select Last Tab | Ctrl+9 |
| Stop | Esc |
| Toggle Checkbox | Spacebar |
| Undo | Ctrl+Z |
| Web Search | Ctrl+K |
Mouse Shortcuts
| Command | Shortcut |
| Back | Shift+Scroll down |
| Close Tab | Middle-click on tab |
| Decrease text size | Crtl+Scroll up |
| Forward | Shift+Scroll up |
| Increase Text Size | Ctrl+Scroll down |
| New Tab | Double-Click on Tab Bar |
| Open in Background Tab | Ctrl+click |
| Open in Foreground Tab | Ctrl+Shift+click |
| Open in New Window | Shift+click |
| Paste URL and Go | Middle-click on Tab |
| Reload (override cache) | Shift+Reload button |
| Save Page As | Alt+click |
| Scroll line by line | Alt+Scroll |
Happy surfing!
2 comments:
CTRL+N opens INTERNET EXPLORER window?
my enter shortcut key in mozilla stopped working, somebody help me with this annoying problem,.
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