Firefox 3 Shortcuts (win)
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Table of Contents:
1. Firefox Address and Search Bar
| alt+d or ctrl+l | Jump to address bar |
| ctrl+enter | Complete a .com address in address bar: adds "http://" prefix and a ".com"-suffix, then loads the page. |
| shift+enter | Complete a .net address in address bar: adds "http://" prefix and a ".net"-suffix, then loads the page. |
| ctrl+shift+enter | Complete a .org address in address bar: adds "http://" prefix and a ".org"-suffix, then loads the page. |
| arrow up or arrow down | Opens URL suggestion/ history in address bar |
| delete or shift+delete | Deletes entries from address bar history |
| ctrl+e or ctrl+k | Jumps to search bar if installed |
| alt+arrow up or arrow down | Toggle search engines (in search bar) |
| arrow down or arrow up | Select previous searches (in search bar) |
| del or shift+del | Delete previous search entry (in search bar, works also in forms) |
2. Page Navigation and Tabbed Browsing
| alt+home | Jump to homepage |
| alt+arrow left / alt+right arrow | One page backward or forward |
| ctrl+t | Open new tab in same window |
| ctrl+tab or ctrl+page down | Jump to next browser tab |
| ctrl+shift+tab or ctrl+page up | Jump to previous browser tab |
| ctrl+1 - ctrl+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 |
3. Working inside Web Pages
| 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 websites up or down one line |
| page down / page up | Scroll websites up or down one page |
| tab / shift+tab | Jump to next or 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 | Go to next frame (tab and shift + tab seems to be easier) |
| shift+f10 | Open context menu of a hyperlink. Press arrow up or down or initial letter to select command |
| f7 | Turn caret mode on/off (navigation with keyboard) |
| ctrl+a | Select all, useful to copy and paste text out of websites |
| ctrl+c | Copy selected text |
| ctrl+p | |
| alt+f, then v | Print preview |
| ctrl+u | Show page source |
| ctrl+s | Save page as |
| 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. enter will not work for quick find links only |
| ctrl+shift+g or shift+f3 | Find previous occurrence of search term. |
| escape | Close search window |
4. Manage the 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) |
5. Access Firefox Features
| ctrl+j | Open or close download window |
| ctrl+h | Show or hide browsing history |
| ctrl+b or ctrl+i | Show or hide bookmark sidebar |
| ctrl+d | Add bookmark |
| ctrl+shift+d | Bookmark all tabs. In the "create in" menu, use alt+down 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 |
| ctrl+shift+del | Clear private data (menu) |
| ctrl+o | Open file |
| f1 | Firefox (online) help |
| 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 |
6. Forms in Firefox
| 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 |