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title: Firefox
date: 2022-11-23 16:23:31.703957
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  A visual cheat-sheet for the 116 keyboard shortcuts found in Firefox
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## Keyboard Shortcuts

### Navigation

| Shortcut           | Action                  |
| ------------------ | ----------------------- |
| `Alt` `Left`       | Back                    |
| `Alt` `Right`      | Forward                 |
| `Alt` `Home`       | Home                    |
| `Ctrl` `O`         | Open File               |
| `Ctrl` `R`         | Reload                  |
| `Ctrl` `Shift` `R` | Reload (override cache) |
| `Ctrl` `.`         | Stop                    |

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### Current Page

| Shortcut        | Action                             |
| --------------- | ---------------------------------- |
| `Tab`           | Focus Next Link or Input Field     |
| `Shift` `Tab`   | Focus Previous Link or Input Field |
| `Space`         | Go Down a Screen                   |
| `Shift` `Space` | Go Up a Screen                     |
| `Ctrl` `Down`   | Go to Bottom of Page               |
| `Ctrl` `Up`     | Go to Top of Page                  |
| `F6`            | Move to Next Frame                 |
| `Shift` `F6`    | Move to Previous Frame             |
| `Ctrl` `P`      | Print                              |
| `Ctrl` `S`      | Save Page As                       |
| `Ctrl` `+`      | Zoom In                            |
| `Ctrl` `-`      | Zoom Out                           |
| `Ctrl` `0`      | Zoom Reset                         |

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### Editing

| Shortcut           | Action                  |
| ------------------ | ----------------------- |
| `Ctrl` `C`         | Copy                    |
| `Ctrl` `X`         | Cut                     |
| `Backspace`        | Delete                  |
| `Home`             | Go to Beginning of Line |
| `End`              | Go to End of Line       |
| `Ctrl` `V`         | Paste                   |
| `Ctrl` `Shift` `V` | Paste (as plain text)   |
| `Ctrl` `Shift` `Z` | Redo                    |
| `Ctrl` `A`         | Select All              |
| `Ctrl` `Z`         | Undo                    |

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### Search

| Shortcut           | Action                                             |
| ------------------ | -------------------------------------------------- |
| `Ctrl` `F`         | Find                                               |
| `Ctrl` `G`         | Find Again                                         |
| `Ctrl` `Shift` `G` | Find Previous                                      |
| `'`                | Quick Find within link-text only                   |
| `/`                | Quick Find                                         |
| `Esc`              | Close the Find or Quick Find bar                   |
| `Ctrl` `K`         | Focus Search bar                                   |
| `Ctrl` `Up/Down`   | Change the Default Search Engine                   |
| `Alt` `Up/Down`    | View menu to switch, add, or manage search engines |

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### Windows and Tabs {.row-span-2}

| Shortcut                | Action                                       |
| ----------------------- | -------------------------------------------- |
| `Ctrl` `W`              | Close Tab                                    |
| `Ctrl` `Shift` `W`      | Close Window                                 |
| `Ctrl` `Tab`            | Cycle through Tabs in Recently Used Order    |
| `Ctrl` `Q`              | Quit                                         |
| `Ctrl` `PgUp`           | Go one Tab to the Left                       |
| `Ctrl` `PgDown`         | Go one Tab to the Right                      |
| `Ctrl` `Shift` `PgUp`   | Move Tab Left                                |
| `Ctrl` `Shift` `PgDown` | Move Tab Right                               |
| `Ctrl` `Shift` `Home`   | Move Tab in focus to start                   |
| `Ctrl` `Shift` `End`    | Move Tab in focus to end                     |
| `Ctrl` `M`              | Mute/Unmute Audio                            |
| `Ctrl` `T`              | New Tab                                      |
| `Ctrl` `N`              | New Window                                   |
| `Ctrl` `Shift` `P`      | New Private Window                           |
| `Alt` `Enter`           | Open Address in New Foreground Tab           |
| `Enter`                 | Open Focused Bookmark or Link in Current Tab |
| `Ctrl` `Enter`          | Open Focused Bookmark in New Foreground Tab  |
| `Ctrl` `Shift` `Enter`  | Open Focused Bookmark in New Background Tab  |
| `Ctrl` `Enter`          | Open Focused Link in New Background Tab      |
| `Shift` `Enter`         | Open Focused Bookmark or Link in New Window  |
| `Ctrl` `Shift` `T`      | Undo Close Tab                               |
| `Ctrl` `Shift` `N`      | Undo Close Window                            |
| `Ctrl` `1-8`            | Select Tab 1-8                               |
| `Ctrl` `9`              | Select Last Tab                              |
| `Ctrl` `Shift` `X`      | Moves the URL left or right                  |

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### History

| Shortcut                | Action               |
| ----------------------- | -------------------- |
| `Ctrl` `Shift` `H`      | History sidebar      |
| `Ctrl` `Shift` `Delete` | Clear Recent History |

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### Bookmarks

| Shortcut                            | Action                     |
| ----------------------------------- | -------------------------- |
| `Ctrl` `Shift` `D`                  | Bookmark All Tabs          |
| `Ctrl` `D`                          | Bookmark This Page         |
| `Ctrl` `B`                          | Bookmarks sidebar          |
| `Ctrl` `Shift` `S`                  | Library window (Bookmarks) |
| `(search field in Library)` `Space` | Search for all Bookmarks   |

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### Tools

| Shortcut           | Action                 |
| ------------------ | ---------------------- |
| `Ctrl` `J`         | Downloads              |
| `Ctrl` `Shift` `A` | Add-ons                |
| `Ctrl` `Alt` `I`   | Toggle Developer Tools |
| `Ctrl` `Alt` `K`   | Web Console            |
| `Ctrl` `Alt` `C`   | Inspector              |
| `Ctrl` `Alt` `S`   | Debugger               |
| `Shift` `F7`       | Style Editor           |
| `Shift` `F5`       | Profiler               |
| `Ctrl` `Alt` `E`   | Network                |
| `Shift` `F2`       | Developer Toolbar      |
| `Ctrl` `Alt` `M`   | Responsive Design View |
| `Shift` `F4`       | Scratchpad             |
| `Ctrl` `U`         | Page Source            |
| `Ctrl` `Shift` `J` | Browser Console        |
| `Ctrl` `I`         | Page Info              |

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### PDF Viewer

| Shortcut         | Action                          |
| ---------------- | ------------------------------- |
| `N/J/Right`      | Next page                       |
| `P/K/Left`       | Previous page                   |
| `Ctrl` `+`       | Zoom in                         |
| `Ctrl` `-`       | Zoom out                        |
| `Ctrl` `0`       | Automatic Zoom                  |
| `R`              | Rotate the document clockwise   |
| `Ctrl` `R`       | Rotate counterclockwise         |
| `Ctrl` `Alt` `P` | Switch to Presentation Mode     |
| `S`              | Choose Text Selection Tool      |
| `H`              | Choose Hand Tool                |
| `Ctrl` `Alt` `G` | Focus the Page Number input box |

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### Miscellaneous

| Shortcut               | Action                             |
| ---------------------- | ---------------------------------- |
| `Ctrl` `Enter`         | Complete .com address              |
| `Shift` `Enter`        | Complete .net address              |
| `Ctrl` `Shift` `Enter` | Complete .org address              |
| `Shift` `Delete`       | Delete Selected Autocomplete Entry |
| `Ctrl` `Shift` `F`     | Toggle Full Screen                 |
| `Ctrl` `Alt` `R`       | Toggle Reader Mode                 |
| `F7`                   | Caret Browsing                     |
| `Ctrl` `L`             | Select Location Bar                |

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### Media Shortcuts

| Shortcut       | Action                  |
| -------------- | ----------------------- |
| `Space`        | Toggle Play/Pause       |
| `Down`         | Decrease volume         |
| `Up`           | Increase volume         |
| `Ctrl` `Down`  | Mute audio              |
| `Ctrl` `Up`    | Unmute audio            |
| `Left`         | Seek back 15 seconds    |
| `Ctrl` `Left`  | Seek back 10%           |
| `Right`        | Seek forward 15 seconds |
| `Ctrl` `Right` | Seek forward 10%        |
| `Home`         | Seek to the beginning   |
| `End`          | Seek to the end         |

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## Also see

- [Keyboard shortcuts for Firefox](https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/keyboard-shortcuts-perform-firefox-tasks-quickly)
  _(support.mozilla.org)_
