Keyboard Shortcuts
From MozillaZine Knowledge Base
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A lot can be done without ever touching the mouse. This is a list of the keyboard shortcuts you can use for various things within the Mozilla Suite. Many of these will work in Firefox too.
| Ctrl++ or Ctrl+- | Make text larger or smaller |
|---|---|
| Ctrl+0 | Reset text size to default |
| Alt+D, Ctrl+L, or F6 | Focus and highlight Location/Address Bar (Alt+D in German [Win] version opens File menu) |
| Ctrl+D | Bookmark displayed webpage |
| Ctrl+E | Load current page into Composer |
| Ctrl+Shift+F | Load home page of default search engine |
| Ctrl+G or F3 | Repeats the last search on the page forward or backward using the 'Find As You Type' feature. Holding down Shift with F3 or Ctrl+G searches backward. |
| Ctrl+I | View Page Info |
| Ctrl+L, Alt+D, or F6 | Focus and highlight Location/Address Bar (Alt+D in German [Win] version opens File menu) |
| Ctrl+N | Add a New Window (Ctrl+T for new tab) |
| Ctrl+O | Open file from your computer (not a website URL) |
| Ctrl+P | Print Page |
| Ctrl+Q | Quit (Warning: Mozilla won't confirm it with you and will close all open windows) |
| Ctrl+R or F5 | Refresh/Reload Page |
| Ctrl+Shift+R | Force Refresh/Reload (not from cache) |
| Ctrl+S | Save Page |
| Ctrl+T | Add a New Tab (Ctrl+N for new window) |
| Ctrl+U | View Page Source |
| Ctrl+W | Close current tab or, if only one tab open, close current window |
| F3 or Ctrl+G | Repeats the last search on the page forward or backward using the 'Find' feature. Holding down Shift with F3 or Ctrl+G searches backward. |
| F5 or Ctrl+R | Refresh Page (Ctrl+Shift+R to 'force' reload/refresh not from cache) |
| F6, Alt+D, or Ctrl+L | Focus and highlight Location/Address Bar (Alt+D in German [Win] version opens File menu) |
| F7 | Show/Hide Caret/Cursor |
| F9 | Show/Hide Sidebar |
| F11 | Turn on/off Full-Screen mode |
| Shift+Enter | (from the location bar) Save current web page. |
| Ctrl+Enter | (from the location bar) Open web page in new tab. |
| Ctrl+PageDown or Ctrl+Tab | Switch one tab to the Right (next tab) |
| Ctrl+PageUp or Ctrl+Shift+Tab | Switch one tab to the Left (previous tab) |
More to come, and if you know of a few, go ahead and add 'em!
If you're willing to hack the chrome a bit, you can also add your own keyboard shortcuts as described here.
