Firefox (Linux)

Inside Webpages

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Alt + f , then v

All hotkeys for Firefox (Linux)

Address Bar
Jump to address bar

Alt + D / Ctrl + L

Address Bar
Complete a .com address in address bar: adds "http" prefix and ".com" suffix to entry, then loads the page. Add alt to combination to load page in background tab.

Ctrl + Enter

Address Bar
Complete a .net address in address bar: adds "http" prefix and ".net" suffix to entry, then loads the page. Add alt to combination to load page in background tab.

Shift + Enter

Address Bar
Complete a .org address in address bar: adds "http" prefix and ".org" suffix to entry, then loads the page. Add alt to combination to load page in background tab.

Ctrl + Shift + Enter

Address Bar
Open URL history in address bar and navigate. Press enter to launch selected webpage

Arrow Up / arrow down in address bar

Address Bar
Delete current entry from address bar history

delete in address bar history

Search Bar
Jumps to search bar if installed (ctrl+e used to do so as well, but seems to be discontinued)

Ctrl + K

Search Bar
Toggle search engines

Alt + Arrow Up / arrow down in search bar

Search Bar
Choose from previous searches. Press enter to choose selected search term

Arrow Down / arrow up in search bar

Search Bar
Delete previous search entry

Delete in previous searches

Navigation
Jump to homepage

Alt + Home

Navigation
One page backward / one page forward

Alt + Arrow Left / Arrow Right

Navigation
Open new tab in same window

Ctrl + T

Navigation
Jump to next browser tab

Ctrl + Tab / Ctrl + Page Down

Navigation
Jump to previous browser tab

Ctrl + Shift + Tab / Ctrl + Page Up

Navigation
Jump to browser tab 1 - 8

Ctrl + 1 ... 8

Navigation
Jump to the rightmost tab regardless on how many tabs are open

Ctrl + 9

Navigation
Close current browser tab

Ctrl + W / Ctrl + Q

Navigation
Undo close browser tab

Ctrl + Shift + T

Inside Webpages
Get "focus" on webpage for in-page keyboard navigation. Note the dotted frame around the page

Alt + d , then press tab twice (or three times)

Inside Webpages
Scroll webpages up or down one line

Arrow Down / Arrow Up

Inside Webpages
Scroll webpages up or down one page. space/shift+space does the same.

Page Down / Page Up

Inside Webpages
Jump to beginning / end of webpage

Home / End

Inside Webpages
Jump to next / jump to previous link

Tab / Shift + Tab

Inside Webpages
Open selected link in current tab

Enter

Inside Webpages
Open selected link in new foreground tab

Shift + Ctrl + Enter

Inside Webpages
Open selected link in new background tab

Ctrl + Enter

Inside Webpages
Open selected link in new window

Shift + Enter

Inside Webpages
Download selected link

Alt + Enter

Inside Webpages
Increase or decrease text size

Ctrl + [ + ] / Ctrl + -

Inside Webpages
Default text size

Ctrl + 0 (zero)

Inside Webpages
Reload page

F5 / Ctrl + R

Inside Webpages
Reload page with cache override

Ctrl + F5 / Ctrl + R

Inside Webpages
Stop loading page

Esc

Inside Webpages
Jump forwards / jump backwards between tab bar and page. To reach addressbar, press f6 until reaching the tab (see dotted line around tab) and press tab

F6 / Shift + F6

Inside Webpages
Open context menu of a hyperlink. Press arrow up or down or initial letter to select command

Shift + F10

Inside Webpages
Turn caret mode on or off (navigation with keyboard)

F7

Inside Webpages
Select all, useful to copy and paste text out of webpages

Ctrl + A

Inside Webpages
Copy selected text

Ctrl + C

Inside Webpages
Print

Ctrl + P

Inside Webpages
Print preview

Alt + f , then v

Inside Webpages
Show page source

Ctrl + U

Inside Webpages
Save page as

Ctrl + S

Search
Open "quick find" window and searches phrase as you type

Ctrl + F / [ / ]

Search
Open "quick find" (links only) window

' (apostrophe)

Search
Find next occurrence of search term.

Ctrl + G / enter or f3

Search
Find previous occurrence of search term.

Ctrl + Shift + G / Shift + F3

Search
Close search window

Esc

Bookmarks
Show or hide bookmark sidebar

Ctrl + B / Ctrl + I

Bookmarks
Organize bookmarks

Ctrl + Shift + B

Bookmarks
Add bookmark

Ctrl + D

Bookmarks
Bookmark all tabs. In the "create in" menu, use alt+down to choose bookmark destination

Ctrl + Shift + D

Bookmarks
Open bookmark menu and press first letter of a bookmark name to load them. More than one entry with the same letter, requires to repeatedly pressing the letter and hit enter

Alt + b , then press a - z / number

Firefox Features
Open or close download window

Ctrl + J

Firefox Features
Show or hide browsing history

Ctrl + H

Firefox Features
Clear private data (menu)

Ctrl + Shift + Delete

Firefox Features
Open file

Ctrl + O

Firefox Features
Open Location

Ctrl + L

Firefox Features
Open file menu

Alt + F

Firefox Features
Open edit menu

Alt + E

Firefox Features
Open view menu

Alt + V

Firefox Features
Open history menu

Alt + S

Firefox Features
Open bookmark menu

Alt + B

Firefox Features
Open tools menu

Alt + T

Firefox Features
Open help menu

Alt + H

Firefox Features
Show / hide Add-On Bar (holding add-ons)

Ctrl + /

Firefox Windows
Opens new browser window

Ctrl + N / Alt + F + N

Firefox Windows
Close browser window

Ctrl + Shift + W / Alt + F4

Firefox Windows
Opens the title bar menu (default Windows feature)

Alt + Space

Firefox Windows
Restore Window (default Windows feature)

Alt + Space + Enter

Firefox Windows
Maximize Window (default Windows feature)

Alt + Space + X

Firefox Windows
Minimize Window (default Windows feature)

Alt + Space + N

Firefox Windows
Turn full page view on or off (default Windows feature)

F11

Forms
Jump to next or previous form element

Tab / Shift + Tab

Forms
Activate or deactivate radio buttons and check boxes

Space

Forms
Select from a drop-down menu

Alt + Arrow Down

Forms
Copy, cut or paste selected text (when working in forms)

Ctrl + c , ctrl + x and ctrl + V

Forms
Select previously used form entries

Arrow Up / Arrow Down

Forms
Delete previously used form entries

Shift + Delete

The Rest
Open or close webpage Inspector

Ctrl + Shift + I

The Rest
Open Java Error Console. Press escape to close

Ctrl + Shift + J

The Rest
Firefox (online) help

F1

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