FireFox Keyboard shortcuts

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This is a list of the most common keyboard shortcuts in Mozilla Firefox. If you have enabled Emacs-style text editing shortcuts in GNOME, they will also work in Firefox. When an Emacs text editing shortcut conflicts with the default shortcuts (as occurs with CtrlCmd+K), the Emacs shortcut will take preference if focus is inside a textbox (which would include the location bar and search bar). In such cases you should use the alternate keyboard shortcut if one is listed below.

Firefox 2:

Command	Shortcut
Navigation
Back	AltOpt+Left Arrow BackspaceAltOpt+Left Arrow CtrlCmd+[CtrlCmd+[ CtrlCmd+Left Arrow Delete
Forward	AltOpt+Right Arrow Shift+BackspaceAltOpt+Right Arrow CtrlCmd+]CtrlCmd+] CtrlCmd+Right Arrow Shift+Delete
Home	AltOpt+Home
Open File	CtrlCmd+O
Reload	F5 Ctrl Cmd+R
Reload (override cache)	CtrlCmd+F5 CtrlCmd+Shift+R
Stop	CtrlCmd+. Esc
Current Page
Go to Bottom of Page	End
Go to Top of Page	Home
Move to Next Frame	F6
Move to Previous Frame	Shift+F6
Page Info	CtrlCmd+I
Page Source	CtrlCmd+U
Print	CtrlCmd+P
Save Page As	CtrlCmd+S
Text Size: Decrease	CtrlCmd+-
Text Size: Increase	CtrlCmd++
Text Size: Restore	CtrlCmd+0
Editing
Copy	CtrlCmd+C
Cut	CtrlCmd+X
Delete	Delete
Paste	CtrlCmd+V
Redo	CtrlCmd+YCtrlCmd+Shift+Z
Select All	CtrlCmd+A
Undo	CtrlCmd+Z
Search
Find	CtrlCmd+F
Find Again	F3 CtrlCmd+G
Find As You Type Link	'
Find As You Type Text	/
Find Previous	Shift+F3
Web Search	CtrlCmd+K CtrlCmd+E Ctrl Cmd+J
Windows & Tabs
Close Tab	CtrlCmd+W Ctrl+F4
Close Window	CtrlCmd+Shift+W AltOpt+F4
Move Tab Left (when tab is focused)	CtrlCmd+Left Arrow CtrlCmd+Up Arrow
Move Tab Right (when tab is focused)	CtrlCmd+Right Arrow CtrlCmd+Down Arrow
Move Tab to Beginning (when tab is focused)	Ctrl Cmd+Home
Move Tab to End (when tab is focused)	CtrlCmd+End
New Tab	CtrlCmd+T
New Window	CtrlCmd+N
Next Tab	Ctrl+Tab CtrlCmd+AltOpt+Right Arrow Ctrl+Page Down
Open Address in New Tab (from Location Bar or Search Bar)	AltOpt+EnterReturn
Previous Tab	Ctrl+Shift+Tab CtrlCmd+AltOpt+Left Arrow Ctrl+Page Up
Undo Close Tab	CtrlCmd+Shift+T
Select Tab (1 to 8)	CtrlCmdAltOpt+(1 to 8)
Select Last Tab	CtrlCmdAltOpt+9
Tools
Bookmark All Tabs	CtrlCmd+Shift+D
Bookmark This Page	CtrlCmd+D
Bookmarks	CtrlCmd+B CtrlCmd+I
Caret Browsing	F7
Downloads	CtrlCmd+JCtrlCmd+Y
History	CtrlCmd+H CtrlCmd+Shift+H
Clear Private Data	CtrlCmd+Shift+Del
Miscellaneous
Complete .com Address	CtrlCmd+EnterReturn
Complete .net Address	Shift+EnterReturn
Complete .org Address	CtrlCmd+Shift+EnterReturn
Delete Selected Autocomplete Entry	DelShift+Del
Full Screen	F11
Select Location Bar	AltOpt+D F6 CtrlCmd+L
Select or Manage Search Engines (when Search Bar is focused)	AltOpt+Up Arrow AltOpt+Down Arrow F4