Essential Firefox Keyboard Shortcuts

There are plenty of shortcuts in every application; some people prefer mouse rather than using keyboard shortcuts. I also don’t use so often the keyboard shortcuts but it fastens the speed of browsing in Firefox. Most of people use Firefox browser. For those who still like to use Firefox; I am going to give you a big list of Firefox shortcut keys. You can improve your experience with Firefox by learning some essential keyboard shortcuts. Many of the shortcuts will be a combination of keystrokes. For example “Ctrl + C” means that you should hold down the Ctrl (control) key and press the letter “C”. Use the lowercase letters not uppercase, if using the shift key is need it will be indicated as “Shift”.

Firefox Keyboard Shortcuts

80+ Essential Firefox Keyboard Shortcuts

This is a list of keyboard shortcuts in Mozilla Firefox. If you have enabled Emacs-style text editing shortcuts in GNOME, they will also work in Firefox. When an Emacs text editing shortcut conflicts with the default shortcuts (as occurs with Ctrl+K), the Emacs shortcut will take preference if focus is inside a text box (which would include the location bar and search bar). In such cases you should use the alternate keyboard shortcut if one is listed below.

Keyboard shortcuts - Perform common Firefox tasks quickly

Navigation

Command	Shortcut
Back	Alt + ← Backspace
Forward	Alt + → Shift + Backspace
Home	Alt + Home
Open File	Ctrl + O
Reload	F5 Ctrl + R
Reload (override cache)	Ctrl + F5 Ctrl + Shift + R
Stop	Esc

Current Page

Command	Shortcut
Go to Bottom of Page	End
Go to Top of Page	Home
Move to Next Frame	F6
Move to Previous Frame	Shift + F6
Print	Ctrl + P
Save Page As	Ctrl + S
Zoom In	Ctrl + +
Zoom Out	Ctrl + -
Zoom Reset	Ctrl + 0

Editing

Command	Shortcut
Copy	Ctrl + C
Cut	Ctrl + X
Delete	Del
Paste	Ctrl + V
Redo	Ctrl + Y
Select All	Ctrl + A
Undo	Ctrl + Z

Search

Command	Shortcut
Find	Ctrl + F
Find Again	F3 Ctrl + G
Find Previous	Shift + F3 Ctrl + Shift + G
Quick Find within link-text only	‘
Quick Find	/
Close the Find or Quick Find bars	Esc	- when the Find or Quick Find bars is focused
Search bar	Ctrl + K
Select or Manage Search Engines	Alt + ↑ Alt + ↓ F4	- when Search Bar is focused

Windows & Tabs

Command	Shortcut
Close Tab	Ctrl + W Ctrl + F4	- except for App Tabs
Close Window	Ctrl + Shift + W Alt + F4
Move Tab in focus Left	Ctrl + ← Ctrl + ↑
Move Tab in focus Right	Ctrl + → Ctrl + ↓
Move Tab in focus to start	Ctrl + Home
Move Tab in focus to end	Ctrl + End
New Tab	Ctrl + T
New Window	Ctrl + N
Next Tab	Ctrl + Tab Ctrl + Page Down
Open Address in New Tab	Alt + Enter	- from Location Bar or Search Bar
Previous Tab	Ctrl + Shift + Tab Ctrl + Page Up
Undo Close Tab	Ctrl + Shift + T
Undo Close Window	Ctrl + Shift + N
Select Tab 1 to 8	Ctrl + 1to8
Select Last Tab	Ctrl + 9
Tab Groups View	Ctrl + Shift + E
Close Tab Groups View	Esc
Next Tab Group	Ctrl + `	- only for some keyboard layouts
Previous Tab Group	Ctrl + Shift + `	- only for some keyboard layouts

History

Command	Shortcut
History sidebar	Ctrl + H
Library window (History)	Ctrl + Shift + H

Bookmarks

Command	Shortcut
Bookmark All Tabs	Ctrl + Shift + D
Bookmark This Page	Ctrl + D
Bookmarks sidebar	Ctrl + B Ctrl + I
Library window (Bookmarks)	Ctrl + Shift + B

Tools

Command	Shortcut
Downloads	Ctrl + J
Add-ons	Ctrl + Shift + A
Web Console	Ctrl + Shift + K
Scratchpad	Shift + F4
Page Source	Ctrl + U
Error Console	Ctrl + Shift + J
Toggle Private Browsing	Ctrl + Shift + P
Clear Recent History	Ctrl + Shift + Del

Miscellaneous

Command	Shortcut
Complete .com Address	Ctrl + Enter
Complete .net Address	Shift + Enter
Complete .org Address	Ctrl + Shift + Enter
Delete Selected Autocomplete Entry	Del
Toggle Full Screen	F11
Toggle Menu Bar (when hidden)	Alt F10
Show/Hide Add-on Bar	Ctrl + /
Caret Browsing	F7
Select Location Bar	Alt + D Ctrl + L

Command	Shortcut
Toggle Play / Pause	Space bar
Decrease volume	↓
Increase volume	↑
Mute audio	Ctrl + ↓
Unmute audio	Ctrl + ↑
Seek back 15 seconds	←
Seek back 10 %	Ctrl + ←
Seek forward 15 seconds	→
Seek forward 10 %	Ctrl + →
Seek to the beginning	Home
Seek to the end	End

I hope these useful shortcuts keys will help you quickly perform different common tasks within Firefox and make your internet browsing fast and easy as well.

Resource collected from:

• Mozilla Support
• Amazon Ask
• Shortcut in Firefox
• 80+ Essential Firefox Keyboard Shortcuts
• Firefox Keyboard Shortcut list