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
2. 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/arrow 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
3. Navigation
Alt+Home
Jump to homepage
Alt+Arrow Left/Arrow Right
One page backward / one page forward
Ctrl+T
Open new tab in same window
Ctrl+Tab/Ctrl+Page Down
Jump to next browser tab
Ctrl+Shift+Tab/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
Close current browser tab
Ctrl+Shift+T
Undo close current browser tab
4. 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+space 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 (zero)
Default text size
F5/Ctrl+R
Reload page
Ctrl+F5/Ctrl+R
Reload page with cache override
Esc
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
5. Search
Ctrl+F/[/]
Open “quick find” window and searches phrase as you type
‘ (apostrophe)
Open “quick find” (links only) window
Ctrl+G/ enter or f3
Find next occurrence of search term.
Ctrl+Shift+G/Shift+F3
Find previous occurrence of search term.
Esc
Close search window
6. Bookmarks
Ctrl+B/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+down to choose bookmark destination
Alt+b, then press a-z / 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
7. Firefox Features
Ctrl+J
Open or close download window
Ctrl+H
Show or hide browsing history
Ctrl+Shift+Delete
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)
8. Firefox Windows
Ctrl+N/Alt+F+N
Opens new browser window
Ctrl+Shift+W/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)
9. 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)
