Mozilla Firefox gives a tough competition to the browsers out there just because of its simplicity and enhanced functionality. There are many things which Firefox can do and its all because of the added features in its version 4. Firefox 4 Keyboard shortcuts are one of them which can enhance the utility of the browser for your work. Let us check out different keyboards Shortcuts for Firefox 4.
You may find many Firefox 4 keyboard shortcuts but only few of them are fully utilized in daily to daily life works. We have listed here 8 categories of Keyboard Shortcuts which in all covers 66 shortcuts. We have only listed those shortcuts which you may useful for your work.
Firefox 4 Keyboard Shortcuts
Firefox 4 Keyboard Shortcuts can be categorized into 8 different categories which are:
- Keyboard Shortcuts for Address Bar
- Keyboard Shortcuts for Search Bar
- Keyboard Shortcuts for Navigation
- Keyboard Shortcuts for Inside Webpages
- Keyboard Shortcuts for Search
- Keyboard Shortcuts for Bookmarks
- Keyboard Shortcuts for Firefox Features (Commonly Used Shortcuts)
- Keyboard Shortcuts for Firefox Windows
Let us take them one by one.
KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS FOR ADDRESS BAR
| Keyboard Shortcut | Function |
| Alt + d or Ctrl + L | Jump to address bar |
| Ctrl + Enter | Adds “http” prefix and “.com” suffix to the entry |
| Shit + Enter | Adds “http” prefix and “.net” suffix to the entry |
| Ctrl + Shift + Enter | Adds “http” prefix and “.org” suffix to the entry |
KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS FOR SEARCH BAR
| Keyboard Shortcut | Function |
| Ctrl + k | Jumps to search bar if installed |
| Alt + arrow up/arrow down | Toggle search engines |
KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS FOR NAVIGATION
| Keyboard Shortcuts | Function |
| 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 or Ctrl + page down | Jump to next browser tab |
| Ctrl + Shift + tab or Ctrl + page up | Jump to previous browser tab |
| Ctrl + 1…8 | Jump to browser tab 1 – 8 |
| Ctrl + 9 | Jump to rightmost tab |
| Ctrl + w or Ctrl + q | Close current browser tab |
| Ctrl + Shift + t | Undo close browser tab |
KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS FOR INSIDE WEBPAGES
| Keyboard Shortcut | Function |
| Arrow down/arrow up | Scroll webpages up or down one line |
| page down/page up or space/shift + space | Scroll webpages up or down one page |
| 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 + plus sign / Ctrl + minus sign | 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 | Jump forwards / Jump backwards between tab bar & page |
| Shift + F10 | Open context menu of a hyperlink |
| Ctrl + a | Select all |
| Ctrl + c | Copy selected text |
| Ctrl + p | |
| Alt + f, then v | Print preview |
| Ctrl + u | Show page source |
| Ctrl + s | Save page as |
KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS FOR SEARCH
| Keyboard Shortcut | Function |
| Ctrl + f or / | Open “quick find” window and searches phrase as you type |
| ‘ (apostrophe) | Open “quick find” (link only) window |
| Ctrl + g or enter or F3 | Find next occurrence of search term |
| Ctrl + shift + g or Shift + F3 | Find previous occurrence of search term |
| Escape | Close search window |
KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS FOR BOOKMARKS
| Keyboard Shortcut | Function |
| Ctrl + b or Ctrl + i | Show or hide bookmark sidebar |
| Ctrl + Shift + b | Organize bookmark |
| Ctrl + d | Add bookmark |
| Ctrl + Shift + d | Bookmark all tabs. |
| Alt + b then press a – z or number | Open bookmark menu and press first letter of a bookmark name to load them |
KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS FOR FIREFOX FEATURES
| Keyboard Shortcut | Function |
| Ctrl + j | Open or close download window |
| Ctrl + h | Show or hide browsing history |
| Ctrl + Shift + del | 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 |
KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS FOR FIREFOX WINDOWS
| Keyboard Shortcut | Function |
| Ctrl + n or Alt + f + n | Open 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 or or off (default windows feature) |
So these are few Firefox 4 Keyboard Shortcuts which could be used in daily use to enhance the functionality of Firefox 4.
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