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Keyboard Shortcuts
This is a list of the most common keyboard shortcuts in Firefox, and the equivalents in Internet Explorer and Opera.
Notes for Mac OS X users
- Mac OS X uses Cmd instead of Ctrl as the accelerator key. Throughout this page, Ctrl/Cmd will be used.
- Mac OS X uses Option instead of Alt. Throughout this page, Alt/Option will be used.
- Mac OS X uses Return instead of Enter. Throughout this page, Enter/Return will be used.
- The function keys (F1 through F12) are usually only applicable to Windows and Linux, since Mac OS X reserves these for other functions.
| Command | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera |
|---|---|---|---|
| Add Bookmark | Ctrl/Cmd+D | Ctrl/Cmd+D | Ctrl/Cmd+T |
| Back | Backspace 1 Alt+<- Win/Linux Ctrl/Cmd+[ Mac/Linux Cmd+<- Mac | Backspace Alt/Option+<- | Backspace Alt/Option+<- Ctrl/Cmd+<- Z |
| Bookmarks | Ctrl/Cmd+B Ctrl+I Win | Ctrl/Cmd+I | F4 Ctrl/Cmd+Alt/Option+B Ctrl/Cmd+1 |
| Caret Browsing | F7 | Feature Not Available | Feature Not Available |
| Close Tab | Ctrl/Cmd+W Ctrl/Cmd+F4 | Ctrl+W Win | Ctrl/Cmd+W Ctrl/Cmd+F4 |
| Close Window | Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+W Alt/Option+F4 | Ctrl/Cmd+W Alt/Option+F4 | Ctrl/Cmd+W Alt/Option+F4 |
| Complete .com Address 2 | Ctrl/Cmd+Enter/Return | Ctrl/Cmd+Enter/Return | Enter/Return |
| Complete .net Address 2 | Shift+Enter/Return | Feature Not Available | Feature Not Available |
| Complete .org Address 2 | Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+Enter/Return | Feature Not Available | Feature Not Available |
| Copy | Ctrl/Cmd+C | Ctrl/Cmd+C | Ctrl/Cmd+C |
| Cut | Ctrl/Cmd+X | Ctrl/Cmd+X | Ctrl/Cmd+X |
| Decrease Text Size | Ctrl/Cmd+- | Ctrl+- Win | 9 |
| Delete | Del | Del | Del |
| Delete Individual Form Auto-Complete Entry | Shift+Del | Del | |
| DOM Inspector | Ctrl+Shift+I Win/Linux | Feature Not Available | Feature Not Available |
| Downloads | Ctrl+J Win Ctrl+Y Linux Cmd+J Mac | Feature Not Available | Ctrl/Cmd+Alt/Option+T Ctrl/Cmd+5 |
| Find Again | Ctrl/Cmd+G F3 | F3 | |
| Find As You Type Link | ' | Feature Not Available | , Shift+/ |
| Find As You Type Text | / | Feature Not Available | / . |
| Find Previous | Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+G Shift+F3 | Shift+F3 | |
| Find in This Page | Ctrl/Cmd+F | Ctrl/Cmd+F | Ctrl/Cmd+F |
| Forward | Shift+Backspace1 Alt/Option+-> Win/Linux Ctrl/Cmd+] Mac/Linux Cmd+-> Mac | Shift+Backspace Alt/Option+-> | Shift+Backspace Alt/Option+-> Ctrl/Cmd+-> X |
| Go Down One Line | Down | Down | Down |
| Go Up One Line | Up | Up | Up |
| Go Down One Page | PageDown | PageDown | PageDown |
| Go Up One Page | PageUp | PageUp | PageUp |
| Go to Bottom of Page | End | End | End |
| Go to Top of Page | Home | Home | Home |
| Full Screen | F11 Win/Linux | F11 | F11 |
| Help | F1 Win/Linux | F1 | F1 |
| History | Ctrl/Cmd+H | Ctrl/Cmd+H | Ctrl/Cmd+Alt/Option+H Ctrl/Cmd+4 |
| Home Page | Alt/Option+Home | Alt/Option+Home | Alt/Option+Home |
| Increase Text Size | Ctrl/Cmd++ | Ctrl++ Win | 0 |
| Move to Next Frame | F6 | ||
| Move to Previous Frame | Shift+F6 | ||
| New Mail Message 3 | Ctrl/Cmd+M | ||
| New Tab | Ctrl/Cmd+T | Ctrl+T Win | Ctrl/Cmd+N |
| Next Tab | Ctrl+Tab Win/Linux Cmd+Opt+Tab Mac Ctrl/Cmd+PageDown | Ctrl+Tab Win | Ctrl/Cmd+Tab Alt/Option+PageDown Ctrl/Cmd+F6 2 |
| New Window | Ctrl/Cmd+N | Ctrl/Cmd+N | Ctrl/Cmd+Alt/Option+N |
| Open File | Ctrl/Cmd+O | Ctrl/Cmd+O | Ctrl/Cmd+O |
| Open Link | Enter/Return | Enter/Return | Enter/Return |
| Open Link in New Tab | Ctrl/Cmd+Enter/Return | Ctrl+Enter Win | |
| Open Link in New Window | Shift+Enter/Return | Shift+Enter/Return | Shift+Enter/Return |
| Open Address in New Tab 2 | Alt/Option+Enter/Return | Alt+Enter Win | Shift+Enter/Return |
| Page Info | Ctrl+I Linux Cmd+I Mac | Ctrl/Cmd+8 | |
| Page Source | Ctrl/Cmd+U | Ctrl/Cmd+F3 | Ctrl/Cmd+F3 |
| Paste | Ctrl/Cmd+V | Ctrl/Cmd+V | Ctrl/Cmd+V |
| Previous Tab | Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+Tab Ctrl/Cmd+PageUp | Ctrl+Shift+Tab Win | Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+Tab Alt/Option+PageUp Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+F6 1 |
| Ctrl/Cmd+P | Ctrl/Cmd+P | Ctrl/Cmd+P | |
| Redo | Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+Z Ctrl+Y Win/Linux | Ctrl/Cmd+Y | Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+Z Ctrl/Cmd+Y |
| Reload | F5 Ctrl/Cmd+R | F5 Ctrl/Cmd+R | F5 Ctrl/Cmd+R |
| Reload (override cache) | Ctrl/Cmd+F5 Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+R | Ctrl/Cmd+F5 | |
| Restore Text Size | Ctrl/Cmd+0 | Ctrl+0Win | 6 |
| Save Page As | Ctrl/Cmd+S | Ctrl/Cmd+S | |
| Save Link Target As | Alt/Option+Enter/Return | ||
| Select All | Ctrl/Cmd+A | Ctrl/Cmd+A | Ctrl/Cmd+A |
| Select Location Bar | Ctrl/Cmd+L Alt+D Win/Linux | Alt/Option+D F4 Ctrl/Cmd+Tab | F8 |
| Select Next Auto-Complete entry in text field | Down | ||
| Select Previous Auto-Complete entry in text field | Up | ||
| Select Next Search Engine in Search Bar | Ctrl/Cmd+Down | ||
| Select Previous Search Engine in Search Bar | Ctrl/Cmd+Up | ||
| Select Tab [1 to 9] | Ctrl+[1 to 9] Win Alt+[1 to 9] Linux Cmd+[1 to 9] Mac | Ctrl+[1 to 9] Win | |
| Stop | Esc | Esc | Esc |
| Toggle Checkbox | Spacebar | Spacebar | Spacebar |
| Undo | Ctrl/Cmd+Z | Ctrl/Cmd+Z | Ctrl/Cmd+Z |
| Web Search | Ctrl/Cmd+K Ctrl+J Linux | Ctrl+E Win | Shift+F8 |
Win: This shortcut only works in Microsoft Windows.
Linux: This shortcut only works in Unix/Linux.
Mac: This shortcut only works in Mac OS X.
1: For this shortcut to work on Linux, use about:config to set the preference browser.backspace_action to 0.
2: This shortcut only works in the Location Bar.
3: This function is not available in Firefox 2.
Mozilla Firefox- An Introduction
Mozilla Firefox is a graphical web browser developed by the Mozilla Corporation, and a large community of external contributors. Firefox, officially abbreviated as Fx or fx and popularly abbreviated FF, started as a fork of the Navigator browser component of the Mozilla Application Suite. Firefox has replaced the Mozilla Suite as the flagship product of the Mozilla project, under the direction of the Mozilla Foundation.Mozilla Firefox is a cross-platform browser, providing support for various versions of Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. However, the source code has been unofficially ported to other operating systems, including FreeBSD, OS/2, Solaris, RISC OS, SkyOS, BeOS and more recently, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition.
Firefox's source code is available under the terms of the Mozilla tri-license (MPL/GPL/LGPL) as free and open source software. The current stable release of Firefox is version 2.0.0.7, released on September 18, 2007.
According to Market Share by Net Applications, 14.88% of the world's Web browsers used Firefox in September 2007, with 14.42% using version 1.5 or higher.
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