Top Ten Firefox Keyboard Shortcuts

Written on June 25, 2008 by Jenny Kortina and 16 people have commented

With the release of Firefox 3, I thought I would share my top ten Firefox shortcuts. So without further ado, here they are:

⌘ + l = focus address bar
⌘ + d = bookmark current page
⌘ + k = focus google search bar
⌘ + f = find
⌘ + g = find next
⌘ + t = new tab
⌘ + w = close current tab
⌘ + shift + t = reopen accidentally closed tab (Best one ever!)
crtl + tab = tab through tabs
crtl + shift + tab = tab backwards through tabs

Bonus for Delicious Extension users:

⌘ + Shift + . = pulls delicious page if you have delicious firefox extension installed

Be sure to checkout our Browser Shortcut Cheat Sheet for a comprehensive listing of shortcuts for both Firefox and Safari.

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#1 Mario says:
How could you forget apple+1-8 to switch between tabs!? So much handier than ctrl+tab/ctrl+shift+tab.
#2 Josh Pigford says:
Let’s not get started on the “HOW COULD YOU FORGET XYZ! IT’S THE GREATEST THING EVER THIS LIST IS STUPID!” comments.

This is a list of Jenny’s top 10 firefox shortcuts…not the world’s top 10 firefox shortcuts.
#3 Nathaniel says:
Awesome, I didn’t know there was a shortcut for reopening the last closed tab!
#4 macFanDave says:
Josh,

I tried XYZ and nothing happened. Am I supposed to press them all at once or X, then Y, then Z?

TIA
#5 Josh Pigford says:
@macFanDave: Were you yodeling when you pressed them? If not…there’s your problem.
#6 macFanDave says:
Thanks, Josh, that was AMAZING!

I can’t describe what happened — you just have to see it for yourself.

I don’t know how I lived without that feature. I found the key to be that you can’t be shy when you are yodeling — you really have to belt it out!

Don’t worry about your co-workers or family staring at you, it’s worth it!
#7 Kiavik says:
I have a faster shortcut for the first one: F6 (at least in Windows) focuses the address bar. Try it and see if it works in OSX too
#8 paresh says:
so so
#9 lailai says:
What about WINDOWS?
#10 Alex says:
Also, if you hit alt+f4 on a windows machine you get instant downloads.
#11 alex is retarded says:
alex, anyone who knows anything will know that alt+f4 is close the active
window
#12 johnobrow says:
whaddaya mean “what about windows”? - it’s theappleblog.com
HELLO!
Very useful list
#13 ELBSeattle says:
Am I the only one who felt a delicious smug shiver in response to the ‘what about Windows’ whinge?

I, for one, am glad that the computing world does not (always) revolve around Windows.
#14 tom says:
Stay away from Mozilla. They are highly unprofessional. Their solution for everything is to insult and ban you.

I asked for support on their forums. I got this:

http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/8517/mozillazinefirefoxforumpn4.jpg