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People are just getting more and more enthusiastic to set Firefox 3 as their default web browser - including Mac users. And you should be one of them, which most of the time spend your time surfing around the web.
This surfing activities could be really frustrating if you heavily depend on your mouse. I highly recommend you to get your hand away from your mouse and start to practice mouse-less browsing with your keyboard, i.e. using keyboard shortcuts.
It won't spend you more than an hour to have a glance and practice some of these Firefox shortcuts that I've compiled. I also include keyboard shortcuts for Windows Firefox to emphasize on the idea that it's not that hard to adapt yourself to new Mac environment, especially for new Mac switchers.
You will also want to see my previous keyboard shortcuts compilation :
Continue reading and you will see a list of 45 Firefox shortcuts!
| WIN | MAC | Description | |
| 1 | F7 | Fn-F7 | Toggle Caret Browsing Mode |
| 2 | CTRL-[+] | Cmd-[+] | Zoom In |
| 3 | CTRL-[-] | Cmd-[-] | Zoom Out |
| 4 | CTRL-0 | Cmd-0 | Normal Zoom |
| 5 | CTRL-B | Cmd-B | Open Bookmarks Sidebar |
| 6 | Cmd-Shift-B | Open Bookmarks Window | |
| 7 | CTRL-D | Cmd-D | Bookmark Current Page |
| 8 | CTRL-F | Cmd-F | Invoke Firefox Search |
| 9 | CTRL-K | Cmd-K Cmd-Alt-F |
Jump to Search Bar |
| 10 | CTRL-UP CTRL-DOWN |
Cmd-Up Cmd-Down |
Change Search Engine (While on Search Bar) |
| 11 | / | / | Enable Quick Find |
| 12 | ['] | ['] | Enable Quick Find Link |
| 13 | CTRL-G | Cmd-G | Find Next Occurence of Search Term |
| 14 | CTRL-SHIFT-G | Cmd-Shift-G | Find Previous Occurence of Search Term |
| 15 | Cmd-H | Hide Firefox | |
| 16 | Cmd-Alt-H | Hide Other Applications | |
| 17 | Cmd-Shift-H | Open History Sidebar | |
| 18 | CTRL-I | Cmd-I | Show Page Info |
| 19 | ALT-D | Cmd-L | Jump to Address Bar |
| 20 | Cmd-M | Minimize Firefox Window | |
| 21 | CTRL-N | Cmd-N | Open New Firefox Window |
| 22 | CTRL-P | Cmd-P | Print Current Page |
| 23 | ALT-F4 | Cmd-Q | Quit Firefox |
| 24 | CTRL-R | Cmd-R | Refresh Current Tab |
| 25 | Cmd-Shift-R | Reload Page without Cache | |
| 26 | CTRL-S | Cmd-S | Save Current Page |
| 27 | CTRL-T | Cmd-T | Open New Firefox Tab |
| 28 | CTRL-SHIFT-T | Cmd-Shift-T | Undo Close Tab |
| 29 | CTRL-U | Cmd-U | View Page Source |
| 30 | CTRL-W | Cmd-W | Close Current Tab |
| 31 | Cmd-Shift-W | Close All Tabs | |
| 32 | Cmd-[`] | Switch to Other Firefox Window | |
| 33 | CTRL-[0..9] | Cmd-[0..9] | Switch to nth tab |
| 34 | Cmd-Comma | Open Firefox Preferences | |
| 35 | ALT-← | Cmd-[ | Back to Previous Page |
| 36 | ALT-→ | Cmd-] | Forward to Next Page |
| 37 | Cmd-Down Arrow | Go to End of Page | |
| 38 | Cmd-Up Arrow | Go to Top of Page | |
| 39 | CTRL-ENTER | Cmd-Return | Complete .com Address |
| 40 | SHIFT-ENTER | Shift-Return | Complete .net Address |
| 41 | CTRL-SHIFT-ENTER | Cmd-Shift-Return | Complete .org Address |
| 42 | ESC CTRL-[.] |
Escape Cmd-[.] |
Stop Loading Page |
| 43 | ALT-ENTER | Alt-Return | Open Highlighted Address Bar in New Tab |
| 44 | CTRL-TAB | Ctrl-Tab Cmd-Alt-Right Arrow |
Switch to Next Tab |
| 45 | CTRL-SHIFT-TAB | Ctrl-Shift-Tab Cmd-Alt-Left Arrow |
Switch to Previous Tab |
It's only about the changing of CTRL to Cmd, right?
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Applications,
Productivity
Tags:
Browser,
Firefox
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