October 30, 2008 in Applications, Productivity | 4 Comments
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 :
- Mac OS X Leopard: 200+ Productivity Booster Keyboard Shortcuts
- 100 Mac Keyboard Shortcuts for Creating Symbols
- 25 Useful Shortcuts for Safari
- Modifier Keys and Their Impact on Keyboard Shortcuts
- 40 Mac Keyboard Shortcuts for Finder
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?
Abbreviations
- Cmd → Command/Apple
- Alt → Alt/Option
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4 Comments
jhm
It might sound ridiculous, but if in FF, the cmd-[1-9] would invoke the corresponding bookmark bar bookmark instead of the corresponding tab, I would switch tomorrow.
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Chris Chua
Just an amendment, CTRL-H works on Windows to open the History Sidebar as well. Yep. And Shift-Delete works in both windows and mac (correct me if I'm wrong, I recall using it on my mac previously) to remove Auto-Complete items from the Address Bar as well as form fields. Cheers! I love FF for it's shortcuts. IMHO it's the best keyboard browser that's non-text-based (haha, so don't talk about Lynx). I use ['] and / shortcuts all the time to jump to a certain link or part of the page near a form control then press Enter/Return to click the button/link. :)
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David Chu
I like vimperator add-on for Firefox. It is a very cool add-on based on VIM (vi improved). Basically, with h, j, k, l keys you can move around, o for open new link, y copy or yank, t for new tab, r for refresh, / for searching, n for searching next, ! for command, and many more VIM keys available! No need to use mouse and toolbar. That's why the initial view of firefox with no address, toobar visible. It was strange at the begging. Trust me, just try a few days, with muscle memory power, you would not using browser without it! I enjoy browsing with only keyboard most of time.
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Arjan
For those on a Mac having trouble when hitting Cmd-Left in a text editor (which in some cases will take you back to the previous page, rather than move your cursor to the start of the current line): you might want to use the keyconfig add-on to disable Cmd-Left, Cmd-Right and even Delete/Backspace. (More details at macosxhints.com.) As for Cmd-L: remember the name "Location bar" rather than "Address bar" :-)
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