Firefox

Firefox keyboard shortcuts.

Manage tabs, reopen what you closed, and fly around the web in Firefox. Mac and Windows shortcuts.

Tabs

New tab⌘+TCtrl+TCtrl+T

Close tab⌘+WCtrl+WCtrl+W

Reopen closed tab⌘+⇧+TCtrl+Shift+TCtrl+Shift+T

Next tab⌃+TabCtrl+TabCtrl+Tab

Jump to tab 1–8⌘+1–8Ctrl+1–8Ctrl+1–8

New window⌘+NCtrl+NCtrl+N

New private window⌘+⇧+PCtrl+Shift+PCtrl+Shift+P

Navigation

Focus address bar⌘+LCtrl+LCtrl+L

Search the web⌘+KCtrl+KCtrl+K

Find on page⌘+FCtrl+FCtrl+F

Reload⌘+RCtrl+RCtrl+R

Reload, ignore cache⌘+⇧+RCtrl+Shift+RCtrl+Shift+R

Back⌘+[Alt+←Alt+←

Forward⌘+]Alt+→Alt+→

Page

Zoom in⌘++Ctrl++Ctrl++

Zoom out⌘+-Ctrl+-Ctrl+-

Reset zoom⌘+0Ctrl+0Ctrl+0

Bookmark this page⌘+DCtrl+DCtrl+D

Toggle reader view⌘+⌥+RCtrl+Alt+RCtrl+Alt+R

Full screen⌃+⌘+FF11F11

Tools

Open DevTools⌘+⌥+ICtrl+Shift+ICtrl+Shift+I

Downloads⌘+⇧+YCtrl+JCtrl+J

History⌘+YCtrl+HCtrl+H

Clear recent history⌘+⇧+⌫Ctrl+Shift+DelCtrl+Shift+Del

Add bookmark to all tabs⌘+⇧+DCtrl+Shift+DCtrl+Shift+D

On Linux, Firefox uses the same shortcuts as Windows (Ctrl-based). A handful of keys differ slightly between Firefox versions.

Tabs and the address bar first

As with any browser, the biggest Firefox time-savers are tab management and the address bar. Ctrl/⌘ + T opens a tab, Ctrl/⌘ + W closes one, and the essential Ctrl/⌘ + Shift + T reopens the last tab you closed — repeatedly, in order. Ctrl/⌘ + L jumps to the address bar and selects what's there so you can just type. These four cover most of the clicking you'd otherwise do.

Firefox niceties

A few are worth singling out. Ctrl/⌘ + Shift + R forces a reload that ignores the cache — the first thing to try when a page looks broken. Firefox's reader view (Ctrl + Alt + R) strips a cluttered article down to clean text. And a private window is Ctrl/⌘ + Shift + P — note the P, where Chrome uses N. If you move between browsers, compare with the Chrome and Safari cheatsheets; most keys match, with a few telling exceptions.