You’ll find plenty of reasons to love Mozilla’s Firefox browser. For starters, it’s fast, highly customizable, and has a rich collection of extensions.
If you have chosen Firefox as your go-to app for accessing the web, prepping it for fast, smooth browsing is a good idea.
One way to do that is with the help of keyboard shortcuts. They can speed up navigation, tab management, bookmark creation, on-page searches, and various other browser operations.
To help you discover and memorize the best of Firefox’s keyboard shortcuts on Windows, we have compiled the cheat sheet below. Save it to your desktop for quick access.
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The Firefox Keyboard Shortcuts Cheat Sheet for Windows
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| Navigation | |
| Alt + Home | Open Home Page |
| Ctrl + Home button | Open Home Page in New Tab |
| Alt + Left Arrow Ctrl + [ Backspace |
Back one Page |
| Ctrl + Back button | Previous Page in New Tab |
| Alt + Right Arrow Ctrl + ] Shift + Backspace |
Forward one Page |
| Ctrl + Forward button | Next Page in New Tab |
| Enter | Open Link/Bookmark |
| Ctrl + Enter Ctrl + Left-click Middle-click |
Open Link/Bookmark in new Background Tab |
| Ctrl + Shift + Left-click Shift + Middle-click |
Open Link/Bookmark in new Foreground Tab |
| Shift + Enter Shift + Left-click |
Open Link/Bookmark in New Window |
| Alt + Enter | Save Link Target As |
| Ctrl + O | Open File |
| Windows and Tabs Shortcuts | |
| Ctrl + T | Open New Tab |
| Ctrl + W Ctrl + F4 |
Close Tab (close Window if only one tab) |
| Ctrl + Shift + T | Undo Close Tab |
| Ctrl + Drag | Copy Tab |
| Ctrl + PageUp Ctrl + Shift + Tab | One Tab to the Left |
| Ctrl + PageDown Ctrl + Tab | One Tab to the Right |
| Ctrl + 1…8 | Select Tab [1 to 8] |
| Ctrl + 9 | Select Last Tab |
| Ctrl + N | Open New Window |
| Ctrl + Shift + W Alt + F4 |
Close Window |
| Current Page | |
| Ctrl + C | Copy |
| Ctrl + X | Cut |
| Delete | Delete |
| Tab | Focus on Next Link or Field |
| Ctrl + V | Paste |
| Ctrl+ Shift + V | Paste (as plain text) |
| Ctrl + Shift + Z | Redo |
| Ctrl + A | Select All |
| Ctrl + Z | Undo |
| Shift + Tab | Focus Previous Link or Field |
| Fn + Page Down Or Press Space bar |
Go Down a Screen |
| Fn + Page Up Or Press Shift + Space bar |
Go Up a Screen |
| End Ctrl + ↓ |
Go to Bottom of Page |
| Home Ctrl + ↑ |
Go to Top of Page |
| F6 | Move to Next Frame |
| Shift + F6 | Move to Previous Frame |
| Ctrl + P | |
| Alt + Enter | Save Focused Link |
| Ctrl + S | Save Page As |
| Ctrl + + | Zoom In |
| Ctrl + – | Zoom Out |
| Ctrl + 0 | Zoom Reset |
| Search | |
| Ctrl + K Ctrl + E |
Select Search Bar |
| Ctrl + Down Arrow | Select Next Search Engine |
| Ctrl + Up Arrow | Select Previous Search Engine |
| Alt + Down Arrow Alt + Up Arrow F4 |
Open List of Search Engines |
| Alt + Enter | Open Search Results in New Tab |
| Search in Page | |
| Ctrl + F | Find in This Page |
| Ctrl + G F3 |
Find Again |
| Ctrl + Shift + G | Find Previous |
| / | Quick Find Text |
| ‘ | Quick Find Link |
| Bookmarks and Browsing History | |
| Ctrl + Shift + D | Bookmark All Tabs Into a Folder |
| Ctrl + D | Bookmark This Page |
| Ctrl + B | Bookmarks sidebar |
| Ctrl + Shift + B | Library window (Bookmarks) |
| Press Spacebar – in Empty Search Field in Bookmarks Library Window or Sidebar. | Show List of All Bookmarks. |
| Ctrl + Drag | Copy Bookmark |
| Ctrl + Shift + H | History sidebar |
| Ctrl + J | Download History |
| Ctrl + Shift + Delete | Clear Recent History |
| Media Controls | |
| Spacebar | Play/Pause (toggle) |
| Down Arrow | Decrease Volume |
| Up Arrow | Increase Volume |
| Ctrl + Down Arrow | Mute |
| Ctrl + Up Arrow | Unmute |
| Home | Back to Beginning |
| Ctrl + Left Arrow | Back 10% |
| Left Arrow | Back 15 seconds |
| Right Arrow | Forward 15 seconds |
| Ctrl+Right Arrow | Forward 10% |
| End | Forward to End |
| Tools | |
| Ctrl + J | Downloads |
| Ctrl + Shift + A | Add-ons |
| F12 | Toggle Developer Tools |
| Ctrl + Alt + K | Web Console |
| Ctrl + Alt + C | Inspector |
| Ctrl + Alt + S | Debugger |
| Shift + F7 | Style Editor |
| Shift + F5 | Profiler |
| Ctrl + Alt + E | Network |
| Shift + F2 | Developer Toolbar |
| Ctrl + Alt + M | Responsive Design View |
| Shift + F4 | Scratchpad |
| Ctrl + U | Page Source |
| Ctrl + Shift + J | Browser Console |
| Ctrl + I | Page Info |
| PDF Shortcuts | |
| N or J or Right Arrow | Next page |
| P or K or Left Arrow | Previous page |
| Ctrl + + | Zoom in |
| Ctrl + – | Zoom out |
| Ctrl + 0 | Automatic Zoom |
| R | Rotate the PDF clockwise |
| Shift + R | Rotate The PDF counterclockwise |
| Ctrl + Alt + P | Switch to Presentation Mode |
| S | Choose Text Selection Tool |
| H | Choose Hand Tool |
| Ctrl + Alt + G | Focus the Page Number input box |
| General Browser Operations | |
| Ctrl + Enter | Complete .com Address |
| Shift + Delete | Delete Selected Autocomplete Entry |
| Ctrl + Shift + F | Toggle Full Screen |
| Ctrl +Alt + R | Toggle Reader Mode |
| F7 | Caret Browsing |
| Ctrl + L | Select Location Bar |
| Ctrl + F | Go to Search Field in Library |
| Esc | Stop Autoscroll Mode |
| Esc | Cancel Drag-and-Drop Operation |
| Esc | Clear Search Field in Library or Sidebar |
| Esc | Close a Menu |
More Tips for a Faster Firefox Experience
Using keyboard shortcuts will give your Firefox browsing sessions a big burst of speed, but if you want speed up Firefox itself, try these simple tweaks:
Read the full article: The Firefox Keyboard Shortcuts Cheat Sheet for Windows
