Contents
Keyboard Shortcut Basics for Firefox 2.0
Shortcuts for Viewing and Navigating Web Pages
Shortcuts for Working with Tabs
Shortcuts for Firefox Search
Shortcuts for Printing Web Pages
Shortcuts for the Address Bar
Shortcuts for Opening Toolbar Menus
Shortcuts for Bookmarks
Shortcuts for History
Shortcuts for Editing Web Pages
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Shortcuts for Viewing and Navigating Web Pages
Action |
Shortcut |
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Display Firefox’s Help features |
F1 |
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Switch from regular view to full-screen view |
F11 |
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Cycle through items on a web page, in the Address bar, or in the Links bar |
F6 |
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Cycle back through items on a web page, in the Address bar, or in the Links bar |
Shift+F6 |
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Go to your home page |
Alt+Home |
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Go to the next page |
Alt+Right Arrow |
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Go to the previous page |
Alt+Left Arrow or Backspace |
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Display a shortcut menu for a link |
Shift+F10 |
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Scroll up (toward the beginning of a page) |
Up Arrow |
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Scroll down (toward the end of a page) |
Down Arrow |
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Scroll up one “page” at a time |
Page Up |
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Scroll down one “page” at a time |
Page Down |
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Jump to the beginning of a page |
Home |
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Jump to the end of a page |
End |
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Search for specific text on the current page |
Ctrl+F |
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Find the next instance of text you’re searching for |
Ctrl+G |
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Find the prior instance of text you’re searching for |
Shift+F3 |
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Find as you type (finds text on the current page as you type it in—you don’t need to press Enter) |
‘ |
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Find links in the current web page |
/ |
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Refresh the current page |
F5 or Ctrl+R |
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Force a refresh of the current page (even if Firefox thinks you have the most recent version) |
Ctrl+F5 or Ctrl+Shift+R |
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Stop downloading a page |
Esc |
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Open a new website or page |
Ctrl+O |
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Open a new window |
Ctrl+N |
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Open link in a new window |
Shift+Enter |
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Save the current page |
Ctrl+S |
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Open the Save Link As... dialog box |
Alt+Enter |
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Activate (“click”) a selected link |
Enter |
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Display the source code of the current page |
Ctrl+U |
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Increase font size of current web page |
Ctrl+Plus Sign |
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Decrease font size of current web page |
Ctrl+Minus Sign |
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Restore the original text size |
Ctrl+0 (zero) |
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Turn Caret browsing on. Caret browsing allows you to edit text within a web page, such as copying or cutting text, without using a mouse. |
F7 |
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Check or uncheck a check box in a form |
Spacebar |
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Open the Downloads dialog box |
Ctrl+J |
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