Feb 28
In a previous post called “No More http://, www, or .com. Easy tip saves time.“, I show you how to save time by using some keyboard shortcuts when entering a URL. Just like that shortcut, there are dozens more that can make your surfing faster and easier.
I have listed the shortcuts that I use the most and the ones that help me save time. Try these shortcuts when you are using Firefox and see if they help. You can also go to the Firefox website and find lots more shortcuts.
| Command | Shortcut |
| Stop downloading a page | Esc |
| Refresh (override cache) | Ctrl + F5 |
| Refresh | Ctrl + R |
| Open/close the Bookmarks pane | Ctrl + B |
| Add a bookmark (defaults to the active page) | Ctrl + D |
| Open/close the History pane | Ctrl + H |
| Open a new tab in the current Firefox window | Ctrl + T |
| Open address in a new tab | Alt + Enter |
| Open the Home page | Alt + Home |
| Find | Ctrl + F |
| Delete the selected Autocomplete entry | Shift + D |
| Add “www.” to the beginning and “.com” to the end of the text in the Location bar | Ctrl + Enter |
| Add “www.” to the beginning and “.org” to the end of the text in the Location bar | Ctrl + Shift + Enter |
| Add “www.” to the beginning and “.net” to the end of the text in the Location bar | Shift + Enter |
If you use some or all of these shortcuts, you’ll find that they become instinctive and will save you lots of time. You might want to print them out and put them next to you keyboard or monitor so they’ll be handy.
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March 5th, 2008 at 11:40 pm
they are realy usable.
March 6th, 2008 at 7:33 pm
Any way to change the shortcuts for certain things in Firefox?
March 6th, 2008 at 10:30 pm
Good information, thanks! Im going to be switching to firefox within the next week because basically, IE sucks
March 7th, 2008 at 9:52 am
Very useful information. Thank you so much. I also enjoyed looking at your other posts here as well. Great job!
March 13th, 2008 at 9:11 pm
i use ctrl + enter and ctrl + F all the time. saves a lot of time and very convenient too. you’re right, once you find how useful they are, they’d become instinctive and automatic.
August 8th, 2008 at 10:54 am
@selfaccess
indeed its very usable
thanks for posting it, have been using FF for 5 years but never knew of this one
nice blog btw