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You probably spend a decent amount of time surfing the web – that’s why you’re here right now. In this guide we will learn 10 keyboard shortcuts you should be using with Firefox.
ALT+HOME: Quickly go to your home page.
ALT+Left Arrow: Hold ALT and press the left arrow key to go back a page.
ALT+Right Arrow: Hold ALT and press the right arrow key to go forward a page.
ESC: Stop the current page loading.
F5: Refresh the page you are viewing.
SHIFT+F5: Refresh the page a reload the cache. (Useful for web developers who want to see a change in the website without clearing their cache.)
PGUP, PGDN: Use these keys to quickly scan up and down the page.
CTRL+HOME, CTRL+END: Use these keys combinations to jump to the beginning or the end of a page.
CTRL+PGUP, CTRL+PGDN: Switch between tabs effortlessly.
CTRL+W: Close the current tab.
CTRL+T: Open a new tab.
CTRL+SHIFT+T: Re-open a tab that you just closed, or the last five you closed…
CTRL+Click: Hold CTRL and click a link to open the link in a new tab. Great for making sure you don’t lose the page you are currently on. Try it now to open my guide:
SHIFT+Click: Hold SHIFT and click a link to open the link in a new window. Try it now to open my guide: .
CTRL+F: Search for text in a webpage. You can also press “/” for a quick search version.
F11: Browse in full screen mode without the distraction of toolbars.
CTRL+U: View the page source – this is useful for web programmers mainly, but give it a try. This can be useful when trying to mimic someones style if you like what their page looks like.
Finally, you should definitely learn the following three short cuts:
Stop typing www. and .com/.net/.org
CTRL+ENTER: Just type in the website name without the www. and the .com, hit CTRL+ENTER, and the www. and .com will be filled in for you.
SHIFT+ENTER: Do the same as above only this time hit SHIFT+ENTER if the site is a .net address.
CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER : Finally, use his one for .org addresses.
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Rich is the owner and creator of Windows Guides; he spends his time breaking things on his PC so he can write how-to guides to fix them.
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very intresting article. i was searching for ALT+HOME key to go for home page quickly , thanks…
very intresting article. i was searching for ALT+HOME key to go for home page quickly , thanks…
This is very helpful and the most complete and useful list I’ve found. Usually there are too many and I can’t remember them, but these are all really valauble. Thank you www.mintywhite.com
This is very helpful and the most complete and useful list I’ve found. Usually there are too many and I can’t remember them, but these are all really valauble. Thank you www.mintywhite.com
This is very helpful and the most complete and useful list I’ve found. Usually there are too many and I can’t remember them, but these are all really valauble. Thank you www.mintywhite.com
Thank you for all these shortcuts
Thank you for all these shortcuts
Thank you for all these shortcuts
cool!
cool!
Hi!
My name is Jessika!
Hi!
My name is Jessika!
Hi!
My name is Jessika!
How can I use my own shortcuts? Those that are in label for and shortcut at form tags?
How can I use my own shortcuts? Those that are in label for and shortcut at form tags?
Thanks for all the shortcuts. Quite interesting!
Thanks for all the shortcuts. Quite interesting!
I remember hearing about some freeware that could do custom general shortcuts but I don’t recall the name!
Shortcut keys save soooo much time! Its great!
Shortcut keys save soooo much time! Its great!
I remember hearing about some freeware that could do custom general shortcuts but I don’t recall the name!