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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.

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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

Print

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.

 

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