Shortcuts! We all love shortcuts.
Shortcuts exist to make our life easier. Would you type in ‘http://www.azharkamar.com’ in a browser address bar when you can simply type ‘azharkamar’ there and then hit ‘Ctrl + Enter’ to get exactly the same result? Didn’t know about this? Well you’ve learnt something new today. 
It has become a habit for me to type in just the domain name and then press ‘Ctrl + Enter’. This shortcut is only for ‘.com’ domains. There are other TLDs with shortcuts too for example ‘Shift + Enter’ is a shortcut that appends a ‘.net’ extension to a domain name.
Below here’s a list of keyboard shortcuts for the Mozilla Firefox browser. This guide covers the 3 main operating systems – Windows, Mac and Linux.
Firefox Keyboard Shortcuts
| FUNCTIONS | OPERATING SYSTEMS | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Browser Management | Windows | Mac OS X | Linux |
| Help | F1 | - | F1 |
| Add Bookmark | Ctrl + D | Cmd + D | Ctrl + D |
| Bookmarks Sidebar (toggle) | Ctrl + B
Ctrl + I |
Cmd + B | Ctrl + B |
| Browsing History (toggle) | Ctrl + H | Cmd + Shift + H | Ctrl + H |
| Download History | Ctrl + J | Cmd + J | Ctrl + Y |
| Clear Private Data | Ctrl + Shift + Del | - | Ctrl + Shift + Del |
| Page Manipulation | Windows | Mac OS X | Linux |
| Full Screen (toggle) | F11 | - | F11 |
| Increase Text Size | Ctrl + +
Ctrl + Scroll down |
Cmd + + | Ctrl + +
Ctrl + Scroll down |
| Decrease Text Size | Ctrl + -
Ctrl + Scroll up |
Cmd + - | Ctrl + -
Ctrl + Scroll up |
| Restore Text Size | Ctrl + 0 | Cmd + 0 | Ctrl + 0 |
| Ctrl + P | Cmd + P | Ctrl + P | |
| Reload Page | F5
Ctrl + R |
F5
Cmd + R |
F5
Ctrl + R |
| Force Reload Page (override cache) | Ctrl + F5
Ctrl + Shift + R Shift + Reload button |
Cmd + F5
Cmd + Shift + R Shift + Reload button |
Ctrl + F5
Ctrl + Shift + R Shift + Reload button |
| Stop Loading | Esc | Esc
Cmd + . |
Esc |
| Save Page As | Ctrl + S
Alt + Left-click |
Cmd + S | Ctrl + S |
| Page Source | Ctrl + U | Cmd + U | Ctrl + U |
| Page Info | - | Cmd + I | Ctrl + I |
| DOM Inspector | Ctrl + Shift + I | Cmd + Shift + I | Ctrl + Shift + I |
| Page Navigation | Windows | Mac OS X | Linux |
| Go Down One Screen | PageDown
Spacebar |
PageDown
Spacebar |
PageDown
Spacebar Shift + Backspace |
| Go Up One Screen | PageUp
Shift + Spacebar |
PageUp
Shift + Spacebar |
PageUp
Shift + Spacebar Backspace |
| Go to Bottom of Page | End | End | End |
| Go to Top of Page | Home | Home | Home |
| Move to Next Frame | F6 | F6 | F6 |
| Move to Previous Frame | Shift + F6 | Shift + F6 | Shift + F6 |
| Move Focus to Next Actionable Item | Tab | Tab | Tab |
| Move Focus to Previous Actionable Item | Shift + Tab | Shift + Tab | Shift + Tab |
| Web Navigation | Windows | Mac OS X | Linux |
| Open Home Page | Alt + Home | Option + Home | Alt + Home |
| Open Link | Enter
Left-click |
Return
Click |
Enter
Left-click |
| Open Link (in new Background Tab) | Ctrl + Enter
Ctrl + Left-click Middle-click |
Cmd + Return
Cmd + Click |
Ctrl + Enter
Ctrl + Left-click Middle-click |
| Open Link (in new Foreground Tab) | Ctrl + Shift + Left-click
Shift + Middle-click |
Cmd + Shift + Click | Ctrl + Shift + Left-click
Shift + Middle-click |
| Paste URL in Tab | - | - | Middle-click in Tab |
| Open Link in New Window | Shift + Enter
Shift + Left-click |
Shift + Return
Shift + Click |
Shift + Enter
Shift + Left-click |
| Save Link Target As | Alt + Enter | Option + Return | Alt + Enter |
| Caret Browsing | F7 | F7 | F7 |
| Tabs and Windows | Windows | Mac OS X | Linux |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open New Tab | Ctrl + T | Cmd + T | Ctrl + T |
| Close Tab
(close Window if only one tab) |
Ctrl + W
Ctrl + F4 Middle-click on Tab |
Cmd + W
Cmd + F4 |
Ctrl + W
Ctrl + F4 Middle-click on Tab |
| Undo Close Tab | Ctrl + Shift + T | Cmd + Shift + T | Ctrl + Shift + T |
| Next Tab | Ctrl + Tab
Ctrl + PageDown |
Ctrl + Tab
Ctrl + PageDown |
Ctrl + Tab
Ctrl + PageDown |
| Previous Tab | Ctrl + Shift + Tab
Ctrl + PageUp |
Ctrl + Shift + Tab
Ctrl + PageUp |
Ctrl + Shift + Tab
Ctrl + PageUp |
| Select Tab [1 to 9] | Ctrl + [1…9] | Cmd + [1…9] | Alt + [1…9] |
| Open New Window | Ctrl + N | Cmd + N | Ctrl + N |
| Close Window | Ctrl + Shift + W
Alt + F4 |
Cmd + Shift + W
Option + F4 |
Ctrl + Shift + W
Alt + F4 |
| Location | Windows | Mac OS X | Linux |
| Select Location Bar | Ctrl + L
Alt + D |
Cmd + L | Ctrl + L
Alt + D |
| Complete .com Address | Ctrl + Enter | Cmd + Return | Ctrl + Enter |
| Complete .net Address | Shift + Enter | Shift + Return | Shift + Enter |
| Complete .org Address | Ctrl + Shift + Enter | Cmd + Shift + Return | Ctrl + Shift + Enter |
| Open Address in New Tab | Alt + Enter | Option + Return | Alt + Enter |
| Open File | Ctrl + O | Cmd + O | Ctrl + O |
| Text Manipulation | Windows | Mac OS X | Linux |
| Select All | Ctrl + A | Cmd + A | Ctrl + A
Alt + A |
| Cut | Ctrl + X | Cmd + X | Ctrl + X |
| Copy | Ctrl + C | Cmd + C | Ctrl + C |
| Paste | Ctrl + V | Cmd + V | Ctrl + V |
| Delete | Del | Del | Del |
| Undo | Ctrl + Z | Cmd + Z | Ctrl + Z |
| Redo | Ctrl + Shift + Z
Ctrl + Y |
Cmd + Shift + Z | Ctrl + Shift + Z
Ctrl + Y |
| Search in Page | Windows | Mac OS X | Linux |
| Find in This Page | Ctrl + F | Cmd + F | Ctrl + F |
| Find Again | Ctrl + G
F3 |
Cmd + G
F3 |
Ctrl + G
F3 |
| Find Previous | Ctrl + Shift + G
Shift + F3 |
Cmd + Shift + G
Shift + F3 |
Ctrl + Shift + G
Shift + F3 |
| Quick Find Text | / | / | / |
| Quick Find Link | ‘ | ‘ | ‘ |
Thanks for your suggestion Richard. I checked out Sikuli and I gotta say that’s really some cool stuff… Thumbs up!
+ ReplyWell, If you have ever considered writing some script to automate those things that you are doing several times every day, then you have a great and easy way to automate the entir e process. It comes without saying that a few imacros and firefox add-ons will automate all actions connected to a browser (Mozilla). If you want to automate your system as such, then you may need another script, straightforward commands will automate your system. Even a beginner will automate things using a simple software called as sikuli all you need to do is to tell Sikuli what to do by giving some screenshots and easy commands.
+ ReplyA GUI can be used with Sikuli. Sikuli is an open siurce scripting application that will use a mix of straightforward commands like click, type, wait and so on. There’s no internal API support, it simply searches the screen for the image in the screenshot-which implies that you’ll use it for anything. There is literally no limit on how you employ it to automate things.