Keyboard Shortcuts For Mozilla Firefox In Windows
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Mozilla Firefox Hotkeys: Below are the list of working keyboard shortcuts for Mozilla Firefox, which is one of the best internet browser for windows. You can also check the shortcut keys for other web browsers like Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Opera etc.
Keyboard Shortcuts: Google Chrome, Internet Explorer
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List of hot keys or the combination of hot-keys are categorized, so that it will be easy to get and understand all the function of firefox from Keyboard. Categorized keyboard shortcuts are as follows
- Navigation: Navigate between the open and close window of the browser.
- Current Page: Several function on the open web page like go up/down in the open page, move to next/previous frame, different zoom function etc.
- Editing: Several text related function like copy, paste, delete etc
- Search: Keyboard shortcuts that are related to search function of the browser
- Windows And Tabs: Function that is related to tab and window of the browser like open/close a new/old tab or window etc.
- History: Function related to the browsing or download history of the browser.
- Bookmarks: Several Bookmarking function.
- Tools: Several tools of the firefox browser.
- Miscellaneous: Some other important keyboard shortcuts.
- Media Shortcuts: keyboard shortcuts when accessing a media file on the webpage.
Mozilla Firefox Shortcut Keys: Navigation
| Back | Alt + Left Arrow |
| Forward | Alt + Right Arrow |
| Home | Alt + Home |
| Open File | Ctrl + O |
| Reload | F5 |
| Reload (override cache) | Ctrl + F5 |
| Stop | Esc |
Mozilla Firefox Keyboard Hot keys: Current Page
| Go Down a Screen | Page Down (pg dn) |
| Go Up a Screen | Page Up (pg up) |
| Go to Bottom of Page | End |
| Go to Top of Page | Home |
| Move to Next Frame | F6 |
| Move to Previous Frame | Shift + F6 |
| Ctrl + P | |
| Save Page As | Ctrl + S |
| Zoom In | Ctrl + + |
| Zoom Out | Ctrl + – |
| Zoom Reset | Ctrl + 0 |
Firefox Keyboard Shortcut: Editing
| Copy | Ctrl + C |
| Cut | Ctrl + X |
| Delete | Delete (Del) |
| Paste | Ctrl + V |
| Paste (as plain text) | Ctrl + Shift + V |
| Redo | Ctrl + Y |
| Select All | Ctrl + A |
| Undo | Ctrl + Z |
Firefox Keyboard Hot-keys: Search
| Find | Ctrl + F |
| Find Again | F3 |
| Find Previous | Shift + F3 |
| Quick Find within link-text only | ‘ (Dot) |
| Quick Find | / (Forward Slash) |
| Close the Find or Quick Find bar | Esc (when the Find or Quick Find bar is focused ) |
| Focus Search bar | Ctrl + K orCtrl + E |
| Quickly switch between search engines | Ctrl + Up/Down Arrow (when Search Bar is focused ) |
| View menu to switch, add or manage search engines | Alt + Up/Down Arrow (when Search Bar is focused ) |
Mozilla Firefox Shortcut Keys: Windows And Tabs
Note: Some of these shortcuts require the currently selected tab to be “in focus.” Currently, the only way to do this is to select an adjacent object and “tab into” the current tab, for instance, by hitting Alt + D to select the address bar, and then Shift + Tab twice.
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| Close Tab | Ctrl + W orCtrl + F4 (except for App Tabs) |
| Close Window | Ctrl + Shift + W orAlt + F4 |
| Move Tab in focus Left | Ctrl + Shift + Page Up |
| Move Tab in focus Right | Ctrl + Shift +Page Down |
| Move Tab in focus to start | Ctrl + Home |
| Move Tab in focus to end | Ctrl + End |
| New Tab | Ctrl + T |
| New Window | Ctrl + N |
| New Private Window | Ctrl + Shift + P |
| Next Tab | Ctrl + Tab orCtrl + Page Down |
| Open Address in New Tab | Alt + Enter (from Location Bar or Search Bar) |
| Previous Tab | Ctrl + Shift + Tab orCtrl + Page Up |
| Undo Close Tab | Ctrl + Shift + T |
| Undo Close Window | Ctrl + Shift + N |
| Select Tab 1 to 8 | Ctrl + 1 to 8 |
| Select Last Tab | Ctrl + 9 |
| Tab Groups View | Ctrl + Shift + E |
| Close Tab Groups View | Esc |
| Next Tab Group | Ctrl + . (Dot) – (Note: only for some keyboard layouts) |
| Previous Tab Group | Ctrl + Shift + ‘ (only for some keyboard layouts) |
Mozilla Keyboard Hotkeys: History
| History sidebar | Ctrl + H |
| Library window (History) | Ctrl + Shift + H |
| Clear Recent History | Ctrl + Shift + Del |
Mozilla Shortcuts: Bookmarks
| Bookmark All Tabs | Ctrl + Shift + D |
| Bookmark This Page | Ctrl + D |
| Bookmarks sidebar | Ctrl + B or Ctrl + I |
| Library window (Bookmarks) | Ctrl + Shift + B |
Firefox Shortcuts: Tools
| Downloads | Ctrl + J |
| Add-ons | Ctrl + Shift + A |
| Toggle Developer Tools | F12 or Ctrl + Shift + I |
| Web Console | Ctrl + Shift + K |
| Inspector | Ctrl + Shift + C |
| Debugger | Ctrl + Shift + S |
| Style Editor | Shift + F7 |
| Profiler | Shift + F5 |
| Network | Ctrl + Shift + Q |
| Developer Toolbar | Shift + F2 |
| Responsive Design View | Ctrl + Shift + M |
| Scratchpad | Shift + F4 |
| Page Source | Ctrl + U |
| Browser Console | Ctrl + Shift + J |
Mozilla Firefox Shortcut Keys: Miscellaneous
| Complete .com Address | Ctrl + Enter |
| Complete .net Address | Shift + Enter |
| Complete .org Address | Ctrl + Shift + Enter |
| Delete Selected Auto complete Entry | Del |
| Toggle Full Screen | F11 |
| Toggle Menu Bar activation (showing it temporarily when hidden) | Alt or F10 |
| Show/Hide Add-on Bar | Ctrl + / (Forward Slash) |
| Caret Browsing | F7 |
| Select Location Bar | F6 or Alt + D or Ctrl + L |
Mozilla Firefox Shortcuts: Media Shortcuts
| Toggle Play / Pause | Space bar |
| Decrease volume | Down Arrow |
| Increase volume | Up Arrow |
| Mute audio | Ctrl + Down Arrow |
| Unmute audio | Ctrl + Up Arrow |
| Seek back 15 seconds | Left Arrow |
| Seek back 10 % | Ctrl + Left Arrow |
| Seek forward 15 seconds | Right Arrow |
| Seek forward 10 % | Ctrl + Right Arrow |
| Seek to the beginning | Home |
| Seek to the end | End |
Note: All the hotkeys are not case sensitive.
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