How to Use Keyboard Shortcuts for Firefox Browsers

In the event that your touchpad is not working properly or a mouse is not available, using the keyboard to navigate around in Firefox can solve the issue, at least temporary, it can be a good experience, as well. Some people claim using shortcut keys is faster while browsing Internet with Firefox; this depends on your preference, however. Following are some less known and used keyboard shortcuts for Firefox >>

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Mozilla Firefox (any version of 3.0.XX and 3.5.X)
• Mouse/touchpad, optional
• Keyboard

1. If you need help on using Firefox, press F1 for help contents.
   
   To go back to a page, press Alt+ ← (Left arrow). To go forward one page previously visited, press Alt+ → (right arrow). To go back to home page, press Alt+Home. If you want to see your search history, press Ctrl+Shitf+H / Cmd+Shift+H. Press Ctrl+Shift+Del / Cmd+Shift+Del to remove history.
   
   Press Ctrl+U / Cmd+U, to see the active page source.

2. To increase the font size on a viewing page, press Ctrl++ / Cmd++. Press Ctrl+- /Cmd+- to decrease the font size on current web page. Pressing Ctrl+= brings back the Firefox default font size.
   
   To see in full screen, press F11.

3. Press Ctrl+F / Cmd+F to search text on a current web page. This will open the "Find" function, same as going to Edit > Find on the main menu. Press Ctrl+G / Cmd+G to find the text again on a particular web page.

4. Press Ctrl+K / Cmd+K to enter search criteria into the Search field. Press Ctrl (or Cmd)+↓ (down arrow) or Ctrl (or Cmd)+↑ (up arrow) to rotate through the available search services.

5. Entering domain suffix: After entering an Internet address, instead of typing in the suffix ".com", press Ctrl+Enter (for PC), and Cmd+Enter (on Mac). Firefox will add the suffix for you after the Internet address.
   
   For ".net": (PC & Mac) Shift+Enter
   
   For ".org": (PC) Ctrl+Shift+Enter, (Mac) Cmd+Shift+Enter.

6. To open a new Firefox browser window, press Ctrl+N / Cmd+N. To open a new Firefox browser tab, press Ctrl+T / Cmd+T.
   
   Press Ctrl+Shift+W / Cmd+Shift+W to close a Firefox browser window. To close a tab, press Ctrl+W / Cmd+W.

7. Press Ctrl+Shift+F7 / Cmd+Shift+F7 to activate Spellcheck (must have spell checking addon). To save current "entry", press Ctrl+S / Cmd+S (must have "Scribe" extension).

Tips & Warnings

• These shortcut keys are useful when you have difficulties using your touchpad, and a mouse is not available.
• See website under the "Resources" section for a more complete list of Firefox keyboard shortcuts.

Resources

• Common Firefox Shortcut Keys
• Youtube Video: Useful Firefox Keyboard Shortcuts