Firefox Keyboard and Mouse Shortcuts

Browser Management  
Help F1
Add Bookmark Ctrl+D
Bookmarks Sidebar (toggle) Ctrl+B
Ctrl+I
Browsing History (toggle) Ctrl+H
Download History Ctrl+J
Clear Private Data Ctrl+Shift+Del
Page Manipulation  
Full Screen (toggle) F11
Zoom In (Full Page)5 Ctrl++
Ctrl+Scroll down
Zoom Out (Full Page)5 Ctrl+-
Ctrl+Scroll up
Restore Page to Default View Ctrl+0
Print Ctrl+P
Reload Page F5
Ctrl+R
Force Reload Page (override cache) Ctrl+F5
Ctrl+Shift+R
Shift+Reload button
Stop Loading Esc
Save Page As Ctrl+S
Alt+Left-click
Page Source Ctrl+U
Page Info n/a
DOM Inspector Ctrl+Shift+I
Page Navigation  
Go Down One Line
Alt+Scroll down
Go Up One Line
Alt+Scroll up
Go Down One Screen PageDown
Spacebar
Go Up One Screen PageUp
Shift+Spacebar
Go to Bottom of Page End
Go to Top of Page Home
Move to Next Frame F6
Move to Previous Frame Shift+F6
Move Focus to Next Actionable Item Tab
Move Focus to Previous Actionable Item Shift+Tab
Web Navigation  
Open Home Page Alt+Home
Back one Page Alt+
Ctrl+[
Shift+Scroll down
Backspace
Forward one Page Alt+
Ctrl+]
Shift+Scroll up
Shift+Backspace
Open Link Enter
Left-click
Open Link (in new Background Tab)2 Ctrl+Enter
Ctrl+Left-click
Middle-click
Open Link (in new Foreground Tab)2 Ctrl+Shift+Left-click
Shift+Middle-click
Paste URL in Tab n/a
Open Link in New Window Shift+Enter
Shift+Left-click
Save Link Target As Alt+Enter
Caret Browsing F7
Tabs and Windows  
Open New Tab Ctrl+T
Double-Click on Tab Bar
Close Tab
(close Window if only one tab)
Ctrl+W
Ctrl+F4
Middle-click on Tab
Undo Close Tab Ctrl+Shift+T
Next Tab Ctrl+Tab
Ctrl+PageDown
Previous Tab Ctrl+Shift+Tab
Ctrl+PageUp
Select Tab [1 to 9] Ctrl+[19]
Open New Window Ctrl+N
Close Window Ctrl+Shift+W
Alt+F4
Location  
Select Location Bar Ctrl+L
Alt+D
Complete .com Address 1 Ctrl+Enter
Complete .net Address 1 Shift+Enter
Complete .org Address 1 Ctrl+Shift+Enter
Open Address in New Tab 1 Alt+Enter
Open File Ctrl+O
Search Engines  
Select Search Bar Ctrl+K
Select Next Search Engine in Search Bar Ctrl+
Select Previous Search Engine in Search Bar Ctrl+
Open List of Search Engines in Search Bar Alt+
Alt+
Forms  
Select Next Entry
Select Previous Entry
Toggle Checkbox Spacebar
Auto Complete  
Select Next Auto-Complete Entry
Select Previous Auto-Complete Entry
Delete Individual Auto-Complete Entry Shift+Del
Text Manipulation  
Select All Ctrl+A
Cut Ctrl+X
Copy Ctrl+C
Paste Ctrl+V
Delete Del
Undo Ctrl+Z
Redo Ctrl+Shift+Z
Ctrl+Y
Search in Page  
Find in This Page Ctrl+F
Find Again Ctrl+G
F3
Find Previous Ctrl+Shift+G
Shift+F3
Quick Find Text /
Quick Find Link '

1: This shortcut only works in the Location Bar.

2: Opening a link in a new background or foreground tab can be inversed in the Options/Preferences menu, Tabs tab, ticking the option when I open a new tab, switch to it immediately.

3: For Backspace to work like on Windows set browser.backspace_action to 0 in about:config.

4: For Middle-click not to paste URL in tab set middlemouse.contentLoadURL to false in about:config.

5: Full page zoom is set by default. To zoom text only go to View > Zoom > and select Zoom Text Only.


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